Selected Library and Online
Resources for Sociology 100
Online at
http://people.hws.edu/hunter/bennett09.htm
Professor Sheila Bennett Michael
Hunter Reference
Librarian
Note: Campus-wide access to
the Library’s catalog and electronic resources is through the Library home
page-- http://academic.hws.edu/library/
Scholarly Research
Databases
Public
Affairs Information Service
National News Sources
Proquest Direct Click the “Publications” tab to search
New York Times only
Regional and Local
Resources
Finger Lakes Times Latest 14 days, with Archive searchable from
Dec., 2006 – present using Advanced
Search Mode
Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle Searchable
Archive from 1/1/1999 – present
Relevant Websites
New
York State Department of Health - http://www.health.state.ny.us/
Descriptions of current programs and
news of upcoming developments in health coverage
New
York State Insurance Department - http://www.ins.state.ny.us/
Health
New
York State Partnership for Coverage - http://partnership4coverage.ny.gov/
Umbrella for new initiatives and
improvements
Statistical
Sources on the Web - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
Look for “Health Insurance” in the
left-hand frame
Covers many aspects of health policy at the state
level, including access for the uninsured and safety net providers
Reference
Blackwell Dictionary of
of Twentieth-Century Social Thought REF H 41 .B53 1993
Dictionary of
Statistical Terms REF HA 17 .K4
Dictionary of Statistics
and Methodology REF HA 17 .V64
Encyclopedia of
Sociology REF HM 17 .E5
1992
Social Science Encyclopedia REF H 41
.S63 1996
Statistical Abstract of
the
Statistical Yearbook of
the United Nations REF HA 12.5 .U63 (earlier years in the stacks)