The Sociological Abstracts database is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 1,640 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth abstracts of journal articles. Major areas of coverage include community development, culture and social structure, demography and human biology, environmental interactions, evaluation research, family and social welfare, policy, planning, forecast and speculation, health and medicine and law, religion and science, violence, power, and women’s studies. Dates of coverage are 1960 to the present. This database is sorted in the following order: Descending Date Published and Journal.