SOC 153: Home
A guide to library resources for SOC 153
Websites
- CIA World Fact BookInformation on geography, people, government, transportation, economy, communications, military, and transnational issues for countries around the world.
- UNICEF Info by CountryContains a lot of country-specific information related to children, health and the economy.
- EurostatComprehensive source for statistics for EU member countries.
- World Economic Report Global Gender Gap Report 2013Report on the gap in economic status between men and women, including in median income. You can select specific countries using the drop-down box on the left of the page.
- National Statistical AgenciesLinks to national statistical agencies from the United Nations
- World Life ExpectancyVisualization of data on life expectancy and leading causes of death from WHO, UN and other statistical agencies.
Music Charts
There are many online sources for music charts in various countries. you can simply search google for music chart [country name]. Here are a couple of good places to start. When you find the songs, you can find the songs on youtube in most cases. Also, the lyrics are usually available online and you can use Google to translate if the lyrics are in a language you cannot understand.
- Charts All Over the worldContains a comprehensive list of online charts, organized by country.
- Top 40 ChartsA rather limited set of international charts. However, if your country is listed you can listen to the songs right on the site.
Travel Guides
Travel guides are a good source of information for many of the questions you will need to answer for your homework assignments in this course. To find them in the library catalog, try searching the name of your country followed by -- guidebooks. For example, to find guidebooks for japan, you would search "japan -- guidebooks"
