This guide is a resource for students taking SOCI 210. It will lead you to databases with helpful journal articles, books, websites, and other resources.
This annual resource is the first place to go when trying to locate statistical information. It is available online as well as in print in the UST Libraries. It provides tables with statistics in many different areas, and provides the information on which organization provided the data so that you can locate more in-depth statistics. See the record listed below for information on the print and a link to older editions of this resource.
This Web site, available from the University of California at San Diego, acts as a search system to provide access to archival social science statistical data.
This Web site is a subject guide to other Web sites published by individual U.S. government agencies. The actual statstics to whic it links are separate Web sites updated by the specific agencies. it brings together the many statistics provided by these separate agencies.
ICPSR is the world's largest archive of social science data sets; includes data for criminal justice, demography, economics, education, foreign policy, gerontology, history, law, political science, public health, and sociology. Also hosts extensive learning modules on statistical analysis for use in courses. Register for a (free, required) Researcher Passport account using your St. Thomas email address (and independent password) to download data sets.
To create a Researcher Passport account:
Click the Log In button at upper right, then select the "Sign in with email" option (NOT the blue "Access through your institution" button), then "Set up a new account."
Email Account Validation:
Typically, ICPSR will automatically recognize your institution and validate your account. If you're trying to download data and receive an unexpected alert that you're not from a member institution, even though you are, your account may need to be validated. We can update this manually.
To request a validation, send an email to icpsr-help@umich.edu. Include your name, your institutional email address, and the name of your institution.
This site is made available by the ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research). It provides access to census data for the dates covered.
Developed and updated by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this online resource provides statstical information for the nation as well as by individual states.
This site provides population demographics provided by the Population Reference Bureau and the Social Science Data Analysis Network. Although only national data is provided, this interactive source provides current information under specific topics such as "Marriage and Family".
World population statistic information, called POPIN, are collected and maintained by the Population Division of the UN Secretariat and made available through this site.
This site is the basic site for Education Statistics. It includes the Encyclopedia of Education Statistics as well as Youth Indicators, and demographic information on children and families, published by the U.S. Department of Education.
This site provides many different statistics covering "Inflation and consumer spending", "Wages, earnings and benefits", "Occupations", "Demographics", "Industry", "Business costs", etc. from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This Web site provides information about the Bureau of the Census, and about access tools, as well as social demographic and economic information. Also includes a statistical site called "American Factfinder".
A dictionary of statistics by