Sociological Abstracts provides access to the world`s literature in sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. The database includes abstracts of journal articles selected from thousandsjournals, abstracts of conference papers presented at various sociological association meetings, relevant dissertation listings from Dissertations Abstracts International, enhanced bibliographic citations of book reviews, and abstracts of selected sociology books published in Sociological Abstracts (sa) and Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts (SOPODA) since 1974.