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Social science research

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19th Century Pamphlets: Describes a project facilitating access to 19th century pamphlet collections held by the Consortium of University Research Libraries, and to raise awareness among humanities and social science researchers of their breadth and scope. Includes the full text of the proposal, contact details, a project plan, and minutes of partners' meetings.
Author: 19th Century Pamphlets Project
Subjects: humanities research, social science research
DeweyClass: 300
Resource type: documents
ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies: A federation of 63 learned societies in the humanities and social sciences. Its purpose is 'the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among national societies devoted to such studies'.
Author: ACLS
Subjects: humanities research, social science research
DeweyClass: 001.3
Resource type: institution
BIDS: Bath Information and Data Services: BIDS is a national provider of network access to commercially supplied bibliographic database services for UK higher education and research. Many services require registration.
Author: BIDS, Bath University
Subjects: higher education research data, online bibliographic searching, scientific research uk, social science research
DeweyClass: 025.04
Resource type: bibliography, reference data
BIDS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS): Searchable database consisting of citations and abstracts of articles, editorials, and reviews from selected international social sciences journals dating back to 1951. Full texts of some journals are available. IBSS covers the core disciplines of economics, sociology, politics and anthropology. Freely available to UK higher education, but a username and password are required.
Author: BIDS: Bath Information and Data Services
Subjects: anthropology, economics research, political science, social science research, sociology
DeweyClass: 300
Resource type: bibliography
Bill Trochim's Center for Social Research Methods: Selection of resources for students in the social sciences. Includes a textbook on applied social research methods covering sampling, measurement, design, and analysis, full texts of papers on concept mapping, advice on finding the appropriate statistical test for data, and a bulletin board for discussions.
Author: Trochim, Bill
Subjects: social science research
DeweyClass: 300
Resource type: articles, books
BLPES: British Library of Political and Economic Science: Library founded in 1896 by public subscription. As well as being the working library of the London School of Economics, it serves as a national collection of material for research, with around one million bound volumes and 28,000 journals. It is one of the largest libraries in the world devoted exclusively to the social sciences, with particular strength in economics, government and politics, international, political, economic and social history, international law, international relations, social policy and public administration, sociology, and statistics (economic, political, and social).
Author: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Subjects: economics research, political science, public administration, social policy, social science research
DeweyClass: 320
Resource type: institution
British Academy: National Academy for the humanities and social sciences, established in 1902 as 'The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies'. It is an independent and self-governing fellowship of scholars, elected for distinction and achievement in the humanities or social sciences. Site contains details on their publications and lectures they are hosting.
Author: British Academy
Subjects: humanities research, social science research
DeweyClass: 001.3
Resource type: institution
British Household Panel Study: A longitudinal survey which began in 1991 and will run annually for 10 years. The main objective of the BHPS is to further understanding of social and economic change at the individual and household level in Britain into the next century.
Author: University of Essex
Subjects: british economic data, social science research
DeweyClass: 310
Resource type: reference data
Canadian Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences: Group of learned societies, universities, colleges, and individuals involved in the humanities and social sciences arena in Canada. Offers information on federation activities, access to a database featuring descriptions of current research projects and their significance to Canadians, and views held on electronic journals.
Author: Canadian Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences
Subjects: canada, humanities research, social science research
DeweyClass: 001.3
Resource type: documents
Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics (C-SAP) Subject Network: Aims to promote a scholarly and disciplinary-specific approach to the innovation and reform of learning and teaching in the social science disciplines sociology, anthropology and politics.
Author: Higher Education Academy, Birmingham University
Subjects: anthropology, social science research, sociology
DeweyClass: 301
Resource type: documents
Economic and Political Weekly: Online version of the weekly social science journal, featuring research articles in economics, sociology, and political science, scholarly communication on topical developments, weekly statistical updates, and a monthly review of the money market. The full text of the journal is available from 1999 onwards, with new editions typically available within one month of print publication.
Author: Sameeksha Trust
Subjects: economics research, political science, social science research, sociology
DeweyClass: 300
Resource type: journal
ESRC Society Today: Database service containing in-depth information on social science research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It is possible to search for details of research projects which have been granted awards by the ESRC, as well as publications and other research activities which are products of such awards.
Author: ESRC
Subjects: social science research
DeweyClass: 300
Resource type: bibliography, reference documents
General Household Survey: The General Household Survey (GHS) is a multi-purpose continuous survey carried out by the Social Survey Division of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which collects information on a range of topics from people living in private households in Great Britain. The survey started in 1971 and has been carried out continuously since then, except for breaks in 1997/98 (when the survey was reviewed) and 1999/2000 when the survey was re-developed.
Author: Social Survey Division of the Office for National Statistics
Subjects: british economic data, social science research
DeweyClass: 310
Resource type: reference data
H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online: An online resource for scholars, teachers and students in the humanities and social sciences. H-Net maintains, administers or is affiliated with over 75 discussion lists for a broad variety of scholarly networks. Book, media and software reviews are commissioned and published online by the H-Net Review Project at Michigan State University. H-Net's Teaching Project provides information, course descriptions and syllabi, and evaluations of teaching material at all levels.
Author: Michigan State University
Subjects: humanities research, medical imaging, medical research organisations, social science research
DeweyClass: 001.3
Resource type: directory, documents, mailinglist index
Intute: social sciences: A catalogue of thousands of Internet resources relevant to social science education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists.
Author: Intute
Subjects: social science links, social science research
DeweyClass: 300
Resource type: index
Labour Force Survey: Main purpose of the LFS is to produce a set of national and regional employment and unemployment statistics for use by government departments and for comparison with other European Union countries, based on internationally standardised definitions. The LFS asks a range of basic questions relating to household composition, housing tenure, ethnicity and related topics. It also collects detailed information for each adult in the household relating to education and training, employment, unemployment and job search activities, reasons for not wanting to work, income, labour mobility, travel to work, trade union membership, current working conditions, hours of work and health.
Author: Office for National Statistics
Subjects: economics research, employment, social science research
DeweyClass: 331
Resource type: reference data
Mapping Asia: Tool for improving access to UK library holdings for researchers concerned with humanities and social sciences relating to Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Features collection descriptions of resources held in UK libraries, including information on the history, strengths, general arrangement, access regulations, and subjects for each. Also offers details of newspaper holdings published in Asia.
Author: Mapping Asia Consortium
Subjects: humanities research, library catalogues worldwide, maps of asia, social science research
DeweyClass: 001.3
Resource type: directory, reference data
MIMAS: Manchester Information and Associated Services (formerly MIDAS): MIMAS provides a range of national dataset services to the UK academic community. These include online access to strategic research and teaching datasets, specialist support (e.g. training courses and documentation), access to software packages and computing resources required for data storage.
Author: MIMAS, Manchester University
Subjects: higher education research data, online bibliographic searching, scientific research uk, social science research, uk population
DeweyClass: 025.04
Resource type: reference data
National Child Development Study: A longitudinal survey which follows the lives of a group of people born in Great Britain between 3 and 9 March, 1958. The aim of the study is to improve understanding of the factors affecting human development over the whole life span. The data covers a long time period and includes a wide range of questions, plus physical measurements, such as weight and height. Used for a wide range of research, including medical and health research including studies based on subgroups of NCDS cohort members, such as asthma sufferers or handicapped school leavers.
Author: University at Essex
Subjects: child development, health statistics, social science research
DeweyClass: 305.231
Resource type: reference data
National Statistics Online: Population Trends: Quarterly publication from the National Statistics Office covering population and demographic information. It contains commentary on the latest findings, articles on topical subjects such as one parent families, cohabitation, fertility differences, international demography, population estimates and projections for different groups, and statistical tables and graphs showing trends on conceptions, births, marriages, divorces, internal and international migration, and population estimates. All material can be downloaded in pdf format.
Author: Office for National Statistics
Subjects: population studies, social science research, uk population, united kingdom
DeweyClass: 310
Resource type: reference documents
Odum Institute for Research in Social Science: Data Archive: Maintains one of the oldest and largest archives of machine-readable data in the US, and provides access to data from several US national surveys.
Author: University of North Carolina
Subjects: consumer research, social science research, sociology
DeweyClass: 301
Resource type: document, news
Oxford Review of Economic Policy: Quarterly economics journal, with freely available full text articles in PDF format from 1996 onwards. Topics include real interest rates, imperfect markets, product strategies, public finance, and environmental policy.
Author: Oxford University Press
Subjects: economic development, economics research, social science research
DeweyClass: 338.9
Resource type: articles
Project Muse: Provides worldwide, networked, subscription access to the full text of over 40 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
Author: John Hopkins University Press
Subjects: electronic journal collections, humanities research, social science research, university publishers
DeweyClass: 070.5
Resource type: productinfo
Quarterly Labour Force Survey: Continuation of the annual Labour Force Survey. The main purpose of the QLFS is to provide internationally comparable statistics on the levels and changes in employment, unemployment and economic inactivity. The questionnaire collects general information about the household, family composition, housing and demographic characteristics. The main topic areas include economic activity and inactivity; employment, unemployment and under-employment, educational qualifications and training, labour mobility and health and disabilities which affect work. Available in SIR-DBMS format.
Author: UK Data Archive
Subjects: economics research, employment, social science research
DeweyClass: 331
Resource type: reference data
ReDReSS: Resource Discovery for Researchers in e-Social Science: Part of the Resource Discovery for Researchers in e-Social Science (ReDReSS) project at Lancaster University. The ReDReSS repository contains resources in the form of papers, presentation and multimedia presentation as well as many other formats aimed as raising the awareness of the benefits of e-Science to Social Science researchers. It also provides resources for further training.
Author: Lancaster University and STFC Daresbury
Subjects: e-science, humanities research, social science, social science research
DeweyClass: 300
Resource type: documents
Research Methods Resources on the WWW: Directory of web sites on issues surrounding qualitative methods and research. created and maintained by the University of British Columbia School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. Featured topics include action research; case study research; content analysis; general qualitative research; and measurement, validity and reliability.
Author: Stephenson, Mary Sue
Subjects: social science research
DeweyClass: 001.4
Resource type: directory
Social Criticism Review: Links to articles relating to the so-called crisis of modernity, covering topics such as Third World debt, globalisation, genetic manipulation, human rights, technological impact, sustainable development, and terrorism.
Author: Talmon, Hans
Subjects: social science research
DeweyClass: 300
Resource type: index
Social Research Update: Quarterly journal published by the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey, discussing new statistical techniques and approaches to qualitative data offered by advances in IT, and the theoretical and ethical problems associated with these developments.
Author: University of Surrey Department of Sociology
Subjects: social science research
DeweyClass: 300
Resource type: journal
Social Science Research Network: Contains a number of specialised networks on various social science topics including economics, finance, law and accounting.
Author: Social Science Electronic Publishing
Subjects: accounting research, economics research, legal research, social science research
DeweyClass: 300
Resource type: documents
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Canadian federal funding agency for university-based research and graduate training in the social sciences and humanities. Incorporates news of council activities, guides to SSHRC grants and fellowships, Web-based and PDF application forms, and details of application-related policies.
Author: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Subjects: canada, cancer research, cancer treatment, humanities research, social science research
DeweyClass: 001.3
Resource type: directory, documents
Social Sciences Data Collection: Offers raw numerical data from sources such as news polls, census and election studies, war statistics, health data, tobacco surveys, financial summaries, and crime reporting, all of which are available in a variety of formats. Records are searchable by title, abstract, and author.
Author: University of California San Diego Library
Subjects: social science research
DeweyClass: 310
Resource type: reference data
UK Data Archive: The Data Archive at the University of Essex houses the largest collection of accessible computer-readable data in the social sciences and humanities in the United Kingdom. It is a national resource centre, disseminating data throughout the United Kingdom and, by arrangement with other national archives, internationally. Founded in 1967, it now houses approximately seven thousand datasets of interest to researchers in all sectors and from many different disciplines.
Author: The Data Archive, Essex University
Subjects: higher education research data, humanities research, social science research
DeweyClass: 300
Resource type: document collection, reference data