Sociology and Social Policy Databases
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| Sociological Abstracts (1952 - present)
References articles, conference papers, books and web resources on sociology and other related social science disciplines. Useful for locating peer reviewed journal articles in Sociology. |
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| JSTOR
Full-text for major journals in the Social and Political Sciences. Latest five years are not available in this database. |
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| Social Theory Brings together an extensive range of influential writings representing the most important trends of sociological thought from the eighteenth century to the present day. |
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| Humanities & Social Sciences Collection via Informit (1940 - present) Broad subject coverage ensures relevance to users of all interests especially Aboriginal and indigenous studies, arts, history, law, literary studies, media, political science and sociology. 
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| Family: Australian Family & Society Abstracts Database via Informit Online (1980 - present)
References research, policy and practice issues relating to Australian families and society. Includes journal articles, government documents and publications from non profit and advocacy organisations. 2011: Family & Society Plus replaced by Humanities & Social Sciences Collection |
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| APA-FT : Australian Public Affairs Full Text (1978 - present) References journal articles and other published material in the social sciences and humanities. Selected full-text from 1994/1995.
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| Human Rights Documents Online Human Rights Documents Online (HRDO) will ultimately contain all human rights documents collected by the Human Rights Internet (HRI) in Ottawa in Canada since 1980. These documents emanate from 483 non-governmental human rights organizations (NGOs) worldwide, some of which have a universal scope, whilst others focus on the attainment of human rights in a specific area of the world. |
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| Web of Science via ISI Web of Knowledge
Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities citation indexes, useful for citation and subject searching for articles, books and reviews in the social sciences and related disciplines. Allows the identification of key articles in a discipline. |
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| ProQuest Social Science Journals
Search a collection of full text journals covering the social sciences. |
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| Proquest Central (formerly Proquest 5000)
Multiple databases covering disciplines within the Social Sciences. Also includes digitised collections of key US newspapers, dissertations & theses. |
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| Google Scholar
Searches academic information on the internet. May also allow access to publications to which the University of Sydney Library subscribes. |
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| News databases for Sociology | |
| Factiva
Full-text news, commentary, pictures and media transcripts from over 8,000 overseas and Australian news media sources. 15 concurrent users only. Also use Proquest Newsstand databases for international & recent Australian news coverage |
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| World News Connection
Compiled by the United States Foreign Broadcasting Information Service (FBIS) from non-U.S. media sources including newspaper articles, conference proceedings, television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. Material is translated and either an extract, or the full publications is available from the database. |
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| Statistical databases useful for Sociology | |
| Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australia's official statistical organisation. Freely available data for social, health, economic and demographic research and census data for 1996-2006. Links to other statistical agencies via the ABS subject themes page.
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| ASSDA : Australian Social Sciences Data Archive (1977 - present)
Over 2,000 data sets from Australian and non-Australian Studies. Data available for research includes opinion polls, electoral studies, education, youth studies, social welfare and social attitudes. Access information is available from the ASSDA website.
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CData Online 2006
Allows you to create your own tables of Census data on a range of topics such as, age, education, housing, income, transport, religion, ethinicity, occupation and more. |
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| OECD iLibrary Full-text for all OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) publications, including documents, periodicals and statistical databases. |
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| AGIS Plus Text : Attorney General's Information Service (1975 - present)
References journal articles, government documents and publications from non profit organizations and law reform commissions. Covers all aspects of the Law in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific. Full-text for selected publications from 1999.
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| Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Database
Online gateway linking "current information, historical detail and published material relating to agreements made between Indigenous people and others in Australia and overseas"
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Capital Monitor's University Intranet (1990 - present)
Parliamentary and Legal information from federal and selected State Parliaments. Includes extracts from debates, press releases, case information, policy and legislative documents. Full-text available for many publications.
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CIAO : Columbia International Affairs Online (1991-present)
Published research on international affairs from university research institutes, NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, conference proceedings, books, articles and policy briefs. |
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| CINCH : Australian Criminology Database (1968 - present)
References published and unpublished material on all aspects of crime and criminal justice in Australia.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete via Ebsco (1915 - present)
References articles, conference papers, magazines and books in media studies, journalism, publishing, public relations and related disciplines. Useful for locating academic journals in media and communications. |
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Everyday Life and Women in America, c.1800-1920 via Adam Matthews Documents the social and cultural forces that shaped the everyday lives of Americans from 1800 to 1920. It provides: fully-searchable access to 75 rare periodicals, rare pamphlets, hundreds of monographs illuminating all aspects of family life, essays, sS=trong coverage of prescriptive literature and manuals for domestic management. |
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| Libraries Australia
Searches the combined catalogues of Australian libraries and also includes Australian Research Repositories Online to the World (ARROW), PictureAustralia, the British Library Catalogue, Consortium of [British] University Research Libraries,Library of Congress Catalogue, and OCLC WorldCat.
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London Low Life via Adam Matthews A full-text searchable resource, containing colour digital images of rare books, ephemera, maps and other materials relating to 18th, 19th and early 20th century London. |
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| MAIS : Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (1988 - present)
Covers immigration and multicultural issues, including ethnicity, racism, education, migrant health and welfare, refugees, population studies. Compiled by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Library. References articles and other published and unpublished material.
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| Mass Observation Online with Update I via Adam Matthews Mass Observation was a pioneering social research organisation whose papers provide insights into the cultural and social history of Britain from 1937 to 1965. Mass Observation Online offers an unparalled insight into everyday life in the 1930s and 1940. |
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| Peace Research Abstracts (1963 - present)
References articles and other published material in peace and conflict studies, human rights and other related disciplines. |
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| PAIS : Public Affairs Information Service (1972 - present)
References articles, conference papers, books and web resources in international policy & governance issues, political science and other disciplines within the social sciences. Useful for locating peer reviewed journal articles in the social & political sciences. |
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| ParlinfoWeb
Freely available Australian parliamentary documents including debates (Hansard), media releases,legislation, bills, second readings, explanatory memorandum, senate and house committee transcripts, background papers and research notes
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| Proquest Military Search a comprehensive collection of material on military subjects such as defense, aeronautics and space flight, civil engineering, political science, and more. |
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| World Wide Political Science Abstracts (1975 - present)
References articles, conference papers, books and web resources in Political science and other related social science disciplines. Useful for locating peer reviewed journal articles in Sociology. |
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| United Nations Treaty Collection Once at the site click the Databases tab. The databases are listed on the left of screen: UNTS Database, LNTS Database. Full text access to all treaties and international agreements entered into by any Member of the United Nations. |
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