Sociology

Sociology Gateways

• Sociological Tour through Cyberspace
• SocioSite

Change

• Social, Political and Economic Change
  Reports and review of world demographic and political changes and a review of theories of change.

Children

• Child Abuse and Neglect
  Access to “the foremost bibliographic resources on the maltreatment of children.” Citations and abstracts for books, journal articles, papers, reports, etc. You must register to access the database, but registration is free.

Criminal Justice

• Bureau of Justice Statistics
  Excellent source of stats
• Criminal Justice Research Guide from Iona College
• Florida State University’s Criminal Justice Links
• National Criminal Justice Information Center
  Covers 10 topical areas, each containing either hyperlinks to other WWW sites or full-text documents.
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
  The University of Albany and the US Bureau of Justice Statistics partner in placing this information on the Web. Six sections are included: characteristics of the criminal justice system, public attitudes toward crime, nature and distribution of known offenses, characteristics of people arrested, judicial processing of defendants, and persons under correctional supervision. Lots of tables and statistics.

Homelessness

• U.S. Census Bureau: Poverty Statistics
• National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

Research Methods

• Free Resources in Social Research Methods
  Links to online books, manuals, and articles on how to do social research, including surveys, interviews, observations. Also has links to sites on how to present data and reviews of free statistical resources.

Statistics

• U.S. Census Bureau

Women

• Subject Listing of Women and Gender Resources
• Women’s Studies: A Research Guide
  From the New York Public Library
• Voice of the Shuttle: Gender Studies Page
• The World’s Women, 2005
  Based on a UN publication The World’s Women 2005; Trends and Statistics.