Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008

The U.S. Census Bureau has given us an early Christmas present... The Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008!!! Hooray! Just what I have always wanted. Seriously, this is one of my favorite resources. It is the beginning point for almost any statistical question we get at the reference desk. I am sure you can find some value for your discipline within its pages. A good tip to this resource is to look for your topic in the index. Remember the index is referring you to table numbers not page numbers.

Press Release from Census Bureau (which has a little blurb about the demand for digital items) : http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/011095.html

Direct access to Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

The library should be getting a print copy of this awesome book soon. So be on the look out.

New Electronic Sociology Books: Blackwell Reference Online

The Albertsons Library has purchased access to 13 Sociology ebook titles from Blackwell Reference Online. This also includes the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. A select list of other titles is available below. These ebooks can be accessed from: http://www.blackwellreference.com/subscriber/uid=872/. These ebooks will also be made available through the Library's online catalog.

Blackwell companion to sociology of religion [electronic resource] / edited by Richard K. Fenn.
Oxford : Blackwell, 2001.
BSU Albertsons Library ebook -- Online
BL60 .B53 2001

Blackwell companion to sociology [electronic resource] / edited by Judith R. Blau.
Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2004.
BSU Albertsons Library ebook -- Online
HM585 .B53 2004

Blackwell companion to the sociology of culture [electronic resource] / edited by Mark D. Jacobs and Nancy Weiss Hanrahan.
Oxford : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005.
BSU Albertsons Library ebook -- Online
HM621 .B58 2005b

Blackwell companion to the sociology of families [electronic resource] / edited by Jacqueline L. Scott, Judith K. Treas, and Martin Richards.
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2003.
BSU Albertsons Library ebook -- Online
HQ519 .B53 2003

Blackwell companion to political sociology [electronic resource] / edited by Kate Nash and Alan Scott.
Oxford : Blackwell, 2004.
BSU Albertsons Library ebook -- Online
JA76 .B58 2004

Blackwell companion to medical sociology [electronic resource] / edited by William C. Cockerham.
Oxford : Blackwell, 2004.
BSU Albertsons Library ebook -- Online
RA418 .B5736 2004