Sociology Research Guide

A non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good.

Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

View commentary from sociologists across the USA on topics ranging from current events to the mysteries of our daily lives.

A resource for using video and pop culture to teach and learn sociology.

Media journal intended to offer sociologists a window into the world of new media communications.

Gathers data, conducts research, evaluates programs, offers technical assistance overseas, and educates Americans on social and economic issues.

The World Development Report 2019 studies how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today. Fears that robots will take away jobs from people have dominated the discussion over the future of work, but the World Development Report 2019 finds that on balance this appears to be unfounded.

The HDI was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone. The HDI can also be used to question national policy choices, asking how two countries with the same level of GNI per capita can end up with different human development outcomes.

The home of the U.S. Government's open data. It contains Federal, state and local data, tools, and resources to conduct research

Nonpartisan fact tank that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.

Internet Data Sources for Social Scientists The Cornell Institute for Social & Economic Research. Not all datasets on this site are available to public use, but many are.

Aggregated search for all UN databases

Includes data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies.