Sociological Abstracts provides access to the latest worldwide findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and policy science. Produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, the database consists of all entries in the Sociological Abstracts database from 1963 on, plus the entire Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts (SOPODA) database, indexed since 1980. Sociological Abstracts features journal citations and abstracts; book, chapter, and association paper abstracts; and book, film, and software review citations.Major areas of coverage include: Culture and social structure Demography and human biology Economic development Environmental interactions Evaluation research Family and social welfare Health and medicine and law History and theory of sociology Management and complex organizations Mass phenomena and political interactions Methodology and research technology Policy, planning, forecast and speculation Radical sociology Religion and science Rural and urban sociology Social development Social differentiation Social psychology and group interaction Sociology of the arts, business, education Studies in violence and power Substance abuse and addiction Welfare services Women's studies