Data Sources
- ASA Data SourcesAmerican Sociological Association's listing of large-scale data sets available for public use.
- SANDAGSANDAG creates and maintains a tremendous quantity of demographic, economic, land use, transportation and criminal justice information about the San Diego region.
- Urban Institute DatabasesJustice and charitable statistics, transfer income model, family data and more.
- Google Dataset SearchCurrently a beta release, "Dataset Search enables users to find datasets stored across the Web through a simple keyword search. The tool surfaces information about datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web, making these datasets universally accessible and useful."
- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista.com consolidates over 2.5 million data points on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources and makes it available on four platforms: German, English, French and Spanish. Our Market Outlooks provide market sizes, forecasts and other indicators for the digital economy, key consumer markets and relevant automotive markets for up to 50 countries. The Global Consumer Survey allows analyses of consumer behavior and media usage in the on- and offline world based on the data of 120,000 consumers from 28 countries, who were surveyed about 50 topics and 1400 brands.
General Sociology Portals
- SocioSiteSocioSite is designed to get access to information and resources which are relevant for sociologists and other social scientists. It has been designed from a global point of view - it gives access to the world wide scene of social sciences.
- SocioWebThe SocioWeb is an independent guide to the sociological resources available on the Internet and is founded in the belief that the Internet can help to unite the sociological community in powerful ways.
Urban Studies
- Berkeley Housing and Urban Policy PublicationsIncludes working papers, books, conference papers, dissertations, government reports and more.
Research Methods
- Sage Research Methods Video This link opens in a new window
Sage Research Methods Video (quick start guide) offers over 480 streaming videos which cover every aspect of the research process and hundreds of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.
Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology Librarian
Michael Epstein
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