Library Guides: Sociology : Open Source Websites

Sociology

European Social Survey
Academically-driven social survey designed to chart and explain the interaction between Europe's changing institutions and the attitudes, beliefs and behaviour patterns of its diverse populations.
Free Resources for Program Evaluation and Social Research Methods
Links to online manuals, books, guides on research methods topics like surveys, evaluation, observation, interviewing and statistical methods, how to present data and more.
Homelessness Research Center
Focuses on people affected by homelessness who have mental health conditions, substance use issues, and histories of trauma.
Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) Publications
Part of the U.S. Department of Labor; this site has downloads of datasets and reports on child labor, including the By the Sweat and Toil of Children series of reports.
SocioWeb
Independent guide to sociological resources on the web
Understanding the World Today
Reports describing global social, demographic and political changes over the last several decades
SocioSite
From the University of Amsterdam, this website is a guide to resources and information for sociologists and social scientists throughout the world.

Digital Commons Network: Sociology
The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
DOAJ Social Sciences Journals
The Directory of Open Access Journals has browsable lists of journals in various areas of the social sciences, broken down by specific disciplines.
SSOAR
The Social Science Open Access Repository contains both pre- and post-print articles from a wide range of the social sciences. It is certified by the German Initiative for Networked Information (DINI). It has both English and foreign language publications.
eScholarship (University of California)
Both a repository and publishing service, eScholarship provides access to a wide range of scholarly materials from researchers associated with the UC system. Material is browsable by institution and discipline.
SSRN
The Social Science Research Network has material from across a broad range of the social sciences and is one of the largest OA repositories in the world. Coverage is also international in scope.