Research Guides: Sociology: Websites

Google Scholar

Search the web for articles using Google Scholar. Remember to check the Print and Online Journal List to find full-text of any articles you find.

Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window Provides cover-to-cover full text for 131 national & international newspapers and selective full text for more than 335 U.S newspapers. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided.

Al Jazeera (Qatar) English language version of Middle East's most influential independent news source.
British Broadcast Corporation
BBC, offers daily news as text, video and in 43 languages.
Euro News
Contains text and video news from the European continent; covers the whole world.
Jerusalem Post Extensive news and editorial commentary from Israel.
PBS Newshour
Provides transcripts of its recent television broadcasts, and searchable archives of past programs.

Amnesty International
Search for reports, press releases, appeals for action and newsletters in the Amnesty International Library (see link at top of the page). Also contains video and audio.
Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement A collection of primary sources exploring the social and political history of the disability movement from the 1960s to the present.
UNHCR News, information and resources of the United Nations Refugee Agency. Includes archives an electronic records. See resources link in the top right hand corner of the page.
Mountain Voices This website presents interviews with over 300 people who live in mountain and highland regions round the world.
Merck Manual of Geriatrics
Information on the medical conditions of the elderly.