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Sociology Reference Books
Online Reference
Statistics

Find these books in the Reference section of the library or follow the links to the online versions.

Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology - EBSCO eBook

Encyclopedia of Sociology - REF HM425 .E5 2000, vols. 1-5, and online in Gale Virtual Reference Library.

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences - REF H40 .A2 I5 2008, vols. 1-9

Dictionary of Sociology - REF HM17 .C66 1998, and online in Oxford Reference Online.

Sage Dictionary of Social Research Methods - EBSCO eBook

Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology - EBSCO eBook

These collections contain many useful reference works. You can search across all sources or browse for books in sociology and the social sciences.

Credo Reference
Includes full text. Reference works, tools and tutorials. (https://tinyurl.com/y6whcuu4)
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Includes full text. E-book reference content in a database format. (https://tinyurl.com/y8nasf2d)
Oxford Reference Online
Includes full text. Reliable and authoritative answers to research questions. (https://tinyurl.com/yc7xmab5)

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the federal agency that is responsible for developing and applying disease prevention and control, and preparing health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
World Health Organization
UN agency in charge of health issues around the world. Source of health statistics.
Data.gov
"Home of the U.S. government's open data." Site provides access to data and statistics by several topics, including health.
FedStats
Statistical portal for the federal government. A good place to start searching for government statistics.
USA.gov
The U.S. government's web portal. Contains an A-Z index of government departments and agencies.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published published by the Census Bureau between 1878 and 2011, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. For more recent editions, see note below.

Note: Since the 2011 edition, the Statistical Abstract of the United States has been published by Bernan Press in collaboration with ProQuest. It is available in print only in the Reference section of the Library: HA 202 .P76. See the catalog record here.