New resource from Google (still "beta") collates thousands of online data sources and makes them searchable.

W&L librarians have identified several dozen sources which contains datasets which can be useful for social science research by our students and faculty.

2018 volume provides an "accessible (re)introduction to the basic mathematical concepts on which many core social welfare policies and programs are built." You may preview the contents.

Over 300 signed articles in this database (published 2005) cover the data, techniques, theories, designs, applications, histories, and implications of assigning numerical values to social phenomena. You may preview the table of contents.

2016 guides reviews such topics as confidentiality, fraud, responsibility, intellectual property, and the publication process.

Two-volume set, published in 2008, contains about 600 signed entries covering "major facets of survey research methodology..."

Second edition (2012) begins with an "overview of the history and conceptual transformations of the interview, which is followed by chapters that discuss the main components of interview practice." [ Preview ]

2011 volume offers a "practical, interdisciplinary review of ethical issues as they relate to quantitative methodology including how to present evidence for reliability and validity, what comprises an adequate tested population, and what constitutes scientific knowledge for eliminating biases."

2014 review of "recent developments in survey research." You may preview the contents.

2011 "guide to methodological issues related to web surveys, covering both theoretical and practical aspects of the topic," including web survey design and sampling issues. You may preview the contents.

Teaches how "to understand and apply procedural steps in completing quantitative studies. It explains statistics while progressing through the steps of the hypothesis-testing process from hypothesis to results."

2012 volume discusses "how the most common statistical tools can be used to answer interesting real-world questions." You may preview the contents.

The IESBS (2002) is the largest reference work on the social and behavioral sciences ever published -- over 4,000 signed articles in 26 printed volumes.

Covers scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition. Highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences. Acquisition was made possible by the McCrum Palmer Book Fund.

Five-volume set (2nd edition; 2000) probably is the most comprehensive encyclopedia focusing on sociology ever published, containing nearly 400 substantial signed articles.

Fourth edition (2010) covers biological psychology, neuroscience, DSM diagnoses, psychopharmacological treatments, tests, scales, assessments, societies, organizations, and much more.

Created by the National Association of Social Workers, this 20th edition (2008) is a four-volume set, containing about 400 articles which "cover all aspects of social, work from practice and interventions, social environments, social conditions and challenges, to social policy and history."

Five-colume set (2010) was prepared with the assistance of the American Political Science Association. It contains about 1,500 alphabetically-arranged, signed entries (including one contributed by Washington and Lee Professor Mark Rush) on "political theories, concepts, research frameworks, and political practices from across the world."

Five-volume set, published in 2006, contains about 1,000 signed entries that "focus on topics in physical/biological anthropology, archaeology, cultural/social anthropology, linguistics, and applied anthropology. Also included are relevant articles on geology, paleontology, biology, evolution, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and theology." You may preview a list of entries.