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Sociology

A guide for finding sociology resources and information

Data Sources on the Web

Afrobarometer
The Afrobarometer is an independent, nonpartisan research project that measures the social, political, and economic atmosphere in Africa.

American Community Survey (U.S. Census)
ACS is the premier source for detailed information about the American people and workforce. It helps local officials, community leaders, and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities.

American FactFinder
U. S. Census Bureau source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data

CIA World Factbook
The Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Data.gov
The home of the U.S. Government’s open data.
Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.

Eurobarometer
The Eurobarometer tracks public opinion in Europe on a number of issues, including economics.

Data Visualization Tool from IMF data
Developed by Google, this tool uses the IMF World Economic Outlook data. Create graphs that compare different countries' economic indicators in visual form.

NationMaster
Compare countries side by side on a number of social and economic factors.

Social Science Data on the Internet

UN (United Nations) Data
Containing over 60 million data points cover a wide range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators

Online resources for education and social science (Assoc. of College and Resource Libraries)
An on-going wiki list of sources reviewed and recommended by academic librarians.

Statistical Reports of various Federal Agencies
Looking for statistics on health, commerce, U.S. budget, education, labor or transportation? You've come to the right place!

U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons
Monthly updates that provide a statistical snapshot of our inmates including age, citizenship, ethnicity, gender, offenses, safety, race, security assignments, and sentences imposed.

USA.gov
The U.S. government's official web portal. It is an easy-to-search, free access website designed to give users a centralized place to find information from U.S. local, state, and federal government agency websites.

World Bank
free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe.

Opinions, Trending, Polls and Research Organizations

IMF - The Brookings Institute
Information on the IMF, including research articles and links to books, from the Brookings Institute.

Gallup.inc.
Trusted source for trends in U.S. politics, economy, general consumer well being, and the world.

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.

Pew Research Center
nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Population Reference Bureau
The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well-being of current and future generations.

RAND Corporation
he RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous.

SocioWeb
Your Independent Guide to Sociological Resources on the Internet