Sociology Research Guide

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports contain information about climate change, its causes, potential impacts and response options.

This website contains data from curated studies or statistical data series. This organization is home to several large-scale and well known datasets, including the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN).

Sociological Science is a free journal for social scientists. It's committed to advancing a general understanding of social processes.

The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) is dedicated to producing research that inform policies and programs to combat poverty, inequality, and their effects in the United States. This website contains access to podcasts, reports, and webinars that explore IRP research.

Contains comprehensive reports of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

Since 1979, Public Agenda has archived responses to all of their survey items. Use this website to search for data relevant to your interests. For example, try searching "global warming" if you're interested in exploring perceptions of climate change.

The Southern Sociological Society promotes the development of sociology as a profession and scientific discipline.

The American Sociological Association is the national professional membership association for sociologists and others who are interested in sociology. Members include students, faculty, and people working in government agencies and nonprofit and private sector organizations.

Sociologists for Women in Society is a nonprofit professional feminist organization dedicated to: encouraging the development of sociological feminist theory and scholarship, transforming through feminist leadership, promoting social justice through activism, and supporting the publication of cutting edge feminist social science

The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.

The Association of Black Sociologists is committed to maintaining and cultivating a prophetic tradition of scholarship, mentoring, service, and social justice.