Consumer Science Literature Review Tips

Sample Books on Social Science Research

• Qualitative researching with text, image and sound : a practical handbook / edited by Martin W. Bauer and George Gaskell. Publisher: London : SAGE, 2000.
  Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving : H62 Q38 2000
• Social science research : a skills handbook / edited by Annie S. Barnes. Publisher: Bristol, Ind. : Wyndham Hall Press, c1985.
  School of Library/Info Studies: 301.072 So128
• Ferman, Gerald S. Social science research: a handbook for students [by] Gerald S. Ferman and Jack Levin. [Cambridge, Mass., Schenkman Pub. Co.; distributed by] Halsted Press, New York [1975]
  Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving : H62 F399
• Madsen, David. Successful dissertations and theses : a guide to graduate student research from proposal to completion / David Madsen. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1992.  
  Memorial Library Reference Stacks Room 262 (non-circulating) : LB2369 M32 1992
  Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving : LB2369 M32 1992

Social Science Research Methods

• Research Methods in the Social Sciences, University of Miami
• SOSIG Research Tools and Methods, (Social Science Information Gateway)
• Center for Social Research Methods
  Resources that deal in applied social research methods.
• QualPage: resources for qualitative research
  Grassroots collection of links on qualitative research resources.

Statistics Sources

• National Center for Education Statistics
  Collects and analyzes data relating to education in the United States and other countries.
  • NCES Build a Table (Public School Statistics)
• Fedstats
  Statistics from more than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  A collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.
• Statistical Resources on the Web: Sociology
  Compiled by the University of Michigan Documents Center
• WisStat
  Contains thousands of demographic and economic variables for the state of Wisconsin, its counties and smaller communitites.
• American Fact Finder
  Browse, search, and map data from many US Census Bureau sources.
• Population and Demography Information
  A gateway to a wide range of population and demography information on the Web.

Data Sources

Applied Population Laboratory
Provides consultation and training as well as researching current demographic and economic topics.

• WisStat
  Online demographic data server for Wisconsin.

Data and Program Library Service
Central repository of data collections used by the social science research community at the UW-Madison.

• Internet Crossroads in Social Science Data
  Over 700 annotated links to data-related resources on the Internet.
• iPOLL Databank
  Full-text, question-level retrieval system for United States public opinion back to 1935 from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
• DPLS Online Data Archive
  Small subset of the DPLS data collection made publicly available for direct web download. DPLS Catalog

Center for Demography and Ecology Library
Specialized collection in population studies with emphasis on particular areas in accordance with the priorities and research interests of Center faculty and staff.

• CDECAT
  To locate data files available at CDE.
  Data Resources at CDE Information Services
  Detailed descriptions of data available at CDE.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Provides access to an immense archive of social science data for research and instruction. Housed at the University of Michigan.

Data on the Net
Numeric social science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more.

Grants Information

• Grants Information Center (UW Madison Memorial Library)