Sociology - Suggested Additional Resources

There are a wide range of resources available to Sociology students beyond the obvious journals, databases and websites. Here we list a selection we think you'll find useful.

Audio and Visual

• Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
  watch UK TV programmes from 2007 onwards, including many useful documentaries

Internet Tutorials

These are interactive on-line tutorials to help you access web resources in particular subject areas.

• Internet Social Policy
• Internet Social Research Methods
• Internet Social Statistics
• Internet Sociology

Newspapers

• International Times (IT)
  a British countercultural underground newspaper 1966-1986
• Nexis UK
  regional and national newspapers from the UK, Europe, the USA and Australasia, dating from the 1980s onwards
• Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
  every story published, plus photos
• UKpressonline
  The Daily Express and Daily Mirror from the early 1900s to the present day

Reading Lists

Reading lists may have been prepared by your lecturer specifically for your course.

•  School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies

School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies

• SSHLS Website: Sociology
  Important web links and latest research and news relevant to SSHLS students

Statistics

• Genderstats
  produced by the World Bank
• General Household Survey
  regular snapshots of life in the UK
• Immigration and Asylum Statistics: UK Home Office
• Neighbourhood Statistics
  find stats for local areas in the UK on a wide range of subjects including population, crime, health and housing
• Office for National Statistics
  official statistics from the UK government

Theses and Dissertations

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