EconLit
(Carnegie Mellon users only)
1969- (updated monthly)
This database is an expanded version of the classified article index part
of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL), which is the standard tool for
locating economics literature. EconLit provides citations and abstracts to
nearly 600 economics journals and indexes other materials related to the field
such as books (1987-), collective volume articles (1984-), dissertations (1987-),
working paper abstracts (1984-), and book reviews.
MathSciNet (Carnegie Mellon
users only)
1940-. (updated daily) Mathematical Reviews
Vol. 1-, 1940-.
E&S-ABS
This database corresponds to two important publications from the American
Mathematical Society and covers the years 1940 to the present. Current
Mathematical Publications is a subject index of recent and forthcoming
mathematical publications. Most items are later reviewed in Mathematical
Reviews which publishes over 47,000 reviews and abstracts annually. This
database focuses upon statistical methods in regards to surveys.
PsycINFO
(Carnegie Mellon users only)
1887- (updated monthly)
The database covers psychology and related fields and describes journal articles,
book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations.
Indexed materials are international in scope. Some articles focus upon survey
methodology; a larger number discuss methodology in relation to particular
studies.
Social Science
Index (Carnegie Mellon users only)
1983- (updated monthly)
Social Sciences Abstracts covers more than 400 international, English-language
periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science,
and law. The database began adding abstracts in 1994. Many (if not most) articles
on survey research will address methodological issues concerned with a particular
survey.
The Statistical Research Report Series covers research in statistical
methodology and estimation.
Working Papers in Survey Methodology covers questionnaire design
research and methodological studies to identify causes of nonsampling
errors and evaluate alternative design solutions.
Survey Research
Methods Section (American Statistical Association)
This site includes general information about survey research, privacy and
ethics, links to survey research associations and societies, software for
analysis of survey data, and conferences and publication information.
Resources for Methods in
Evaluation and Social Research
This page lists FREE resources for methods in evaluation and social research.
The focus is on "how-to" do evaluation research and the methods used: surveys,
focus groups, sampling, interviews, and other methods. Most of these links
are to resources that can be read over the web.
The Survey System (Creative Research Systems)
This company offers FREE resources such as a sample size calculator, and information on survey design, statistical significance, and correlation.
Web Survey Methodology (University of
Ljubljana, Slovenia)
This page is sponsored by the Center for Methodology and Informatics at the
Faculty of Social Sciences. They offer a bibliography regarding aspects of
web surveys such as sample design, selection, and solicitation; questionnaire
layout; ethical aspects; and (non)response, representativeness, and generalization.
They also offer a bibliography on related topics and links to on-line discussion
groups and conference information.