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Sociology
18th Havana International Book Fair - February 14-21, 2009
In February, I was privileged to be part of a group of North American librarians who visited Cuba on the occasion of the 18th Havana International Book Fair, known in Spanish as the Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana. This trip was generously supported by Cowles Library and the Drake University Center for the Humanities.
The Book Fair attracts a huge number of visitors every year from all segments of Cuban society and all parts of the island.
Crowd at the 2009 Havana International Book Fair - Havana, Cuba from M Djenno on Vimeo.
Cubans seem to seek and acquire reading material at any and every opportunity!
Academic Search Complete - EBSCO
Academic Search Complete includes more than 8,992 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format
Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) - EBSCO
Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present.
Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and Suburbs
Available on-line through CREDO Reference, this work details selected major cities, suburbs, people, places, concepts, contemporary issues, history, and development of urban America.
Immigration and Asylum from 1900 to Present

Available on-line through CREDO Reference, it is a comprehensive and timely examination of the history and current status of immigrants and refugees - their stories, the events that lead to their movements, and the place of these movements in contemporary history and politics. It focuses on the United States, but is global in scope.
JSTOR (JournalSTORage)
Electronic archive of the complete journal runs (excluding the most recent 2-5 years) of over 500 journal titles in over 20 academic disciplines.
Social Indicators - United Nations
Social indicators covering a wide range of subject-matter fields are offered here by the Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, from many national and international sources.
Social Statistics Briefing Room
Easy access to social statistics from the U.S. Government. National statistics on crime, demography, education and health. These statistics only cover the United States.
Sociological Abstracts - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts version
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts version of Sociological Abstracts.
Sociology Journals
More than 160 full-text Sociology journals.





