Sociology and Social Policy: Key Databases

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.

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. Selected full-text from 2000.

References journal articles and other published material in the social sciences and humanities. Selected full-text from 1994/1995.

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.

Search a collection of full text journals covering the social sciences.

Multiple databases covering disciplines within the Social Sciences. Also includes digitised collections of key US newspapers, dissertations & theses.

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.

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.

Published research on international affairs from university research institutes, NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, conference proceedings, books, articles and policy briefs.

References published and unpublished material on all aspects of crime and criminal justice in Australia.

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.

Full-text news, commentary, pictures and media transcripts from over 8,000 overseas and Australian news media sources.

ANZ Newsstand includes newspapers published by Fairfax Australia, News Ltd, Fairfax New Zealand, AAP newswires and ABC transcripts. Key titles: The Age (1/9/1996 - ), The Australian (2001- ), Canberra Times (21/5/2007 -), Courier Mail (Feb 2001 -), Sun Herald (1/9/1996 - ), Sunday Age (1/9/1996 - ), The Sydney Morning Herald (1/8/1996).

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.

Over 2,000 data sets from Australian and non-Australian Studies. Access information available from ASSDA website

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.

Full-text for all OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) publications, useful for economic, social data and analysis.

Time series database produced by the International Monetary Fund. It provides statistics for a wide range of economics and financial indicators. Data covered includes: national accounts, balance of payments, interest rates, government finance, exchange rates &commodity prices. (Australian and global information). The International financial statistics (IFS), Balance of payments statistics (BOPS), Direction of trade statistics (DOTS), and Government finance statistics (GFS) online databases are now freely accessible online.

Covers immigration and multicultural issues, including ethnicity, racism, education, migrant health and welfare, refugees, population studies. Compiled by the Department of Immigrat

References articles and other published material in peace and conflict studies, human rights and other related disciplines.

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

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

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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Full text access to all treaties and international agreements entered into by any Member of the United Nations.