Subject databases are essential for your scientific work. Take advantage of our extensive offer:

• Sociology

Our services in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB) at a glance:

• Sociology

The Cologne University Publication Server (KUPS) contains electronic publications of university members. The documents are accessible for free.

• Social Sciences, Sociology, Social History

Relevant and high-quality websites are offered by specialist portals for your subject area:

• OLC Social Sciences - Subject indexes of journals, especially from the fields of Sociology and Social Policy.
• SSOAR- Social Science Open Access Repository - Platform operated by the Freie Universität Berlin - the Center for Digital Systems and the Institute for Qualitative Research at the International Academy - in cooperation with the GESIS - Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences with the main focus on Qualitative Social Research
• SSCI - Web of Science/Social Science Citation Index - Essay database with more than 3.45 million title references from all areas of Social Sciences, including the neighbouring scientific disciplines of Social Medicine and Psychology.
• SocINDEX with Full Text -Bibliographical and full-text database with 2.1 million data records from approx. 4,000 different journals, indexed via a thesaurus, as well as abstracts for articles from more than 1,200 journals
• wiso Sociology (in German) - University offer of GBI-Genios with a broad spectrum of scientific and study-relevant contents, contains top-class reference databases as well as the full texts of selected professional journals and eBooks.

You can find comprehensive information for various aspects, dates and materials on the websites of associations, working groups and interest groups.

• German Sociological Association (DGS)
• GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences - largest German infrastructure facility for the Social Sciences; research support through the provision of basic research-based services and consulting for all levels of the scientific process; based in Mannheim as well as further locations in Cologne
• Professional Association of German Sociologists e.V. (BDS) (in German)

The various sociology and social science institutions at the university offer everything you need to know about studying and teaching, research, working groups and contacts.

Sociology at the University of Cologne

• Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology (ISS) and Joint Specialist Library of Sociology
• Institute for Comparative Educational Research and Social Sciences (Institute II) (Faculty of Human Sciences)
• FID Soziologie (in German) - Sociology Information Service

Together with GESIS - Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences - the UCL Cologne is developing a scientific service for sociology: the Sociology Information Service (FID Soziologie).

Sociological Departments in Cologne

• Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG)
• GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for Social Sciences (Cologne location)