2008* Social Sciences 'Core' or Essential Reference Tools
(Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, etc.) Results
Print -- Free
Web-Sites -- Govdocs Sites -- Fee-Based
Web-Sites
- Statistical Abstract of the U. S
- Encyclopedia of Social Work
- DSM-IV-TR: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
- Mental Measurements Yearbook
- Encyclopedia of Psychology (other Encyclopedias and Dictionaries of Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, etc)
Print -- Free
Web-Sites --Govdocs Sites -- Fee-Based
Web-Sites
- Intute Social Sciences - http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/
- Google http://www.google.com and Google Scholar - http://scholar.google.com/
- Buros Institute of Mental Measurements/Test Reviews Online - http://www.unl.edu/buros/bimm/index.html or http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
- Social Sciences Research Network - http://www.ssrn.com/
- APA (American Psychology Association) - http://www.apa.org/
Print -- Free
Web-Sites --Govdocs Sites -- Fee-Based
Web-Sites
- US Census Bureau/American Factfinder - http://www.census.gov or http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html
- Bureau of Justice Statistics - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
- International, state, regional, and local agency statistical and social data Web sites
- CIA Library - https://www.cia.gov/library/index.html, Liber8 Economic Information for Librarians and Students (from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) - http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/, FedStats - http://www.fedstats.gov/, Global Gateway - http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html, National Criminal Justice Reference Service - http://www.ncjrs.org/, National Institutesof Health (NIH) http://nih.gov, PubMed - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/, Statistical Abstracts - http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics - http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/, USA.gov - http://www.usa.gov
Print -- Free
Web-Sites -- Govdocs Sites -- Fee-Based
Web-Sites
- PsychInfo - http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/
- Sociological Abstracts - http://www.csa.com/factsheets/socioabs-set-c.php
- Academic Search Complete/Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) - http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=633 or http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?topicID=1&marketID=1, Anthropology Plus http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/firstsearch/databases/dbdetails/details/AnthropologyPlus.htm, AnthroSource - http://www.anthrosource.net/Default.aspx?cookieSet=1, Reference USA - http://www.referenceusa.com/, Business Source Premier (EBSCO) - http://www.ebscohost.com/, Business and Company Resource Center (Gale) - http://www.gale.cengage.com/
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*This survey was posted in May and in August 2008 to:
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- dig_ref@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
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- LIS-LINK@jiscmail.ac.uk
- Libref-L@listserv.kent.edu
- GOVDOC-L@lists.psu.edu
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- livereference@yahoogroups.com
- Libref-L@listserv.kent.edu
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