You can read a selection of highly cited Springer journals about Social Sciences free of charge now through November 30 2012:

• Quality of Life Research
  HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b2290939
• Demography
  HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b1391568
• Social Indicators Research
  HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b2335882

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Founded in 1974, Social Indicators Research has become a leading journal for the publication of research results dealing with measurement of the quality of life. These studies - empirical, philosophical and methodological - encompass the whole spectrum of society, including the individual, public and private organizations, and municipal, country, regional, national and international systems. Topics covered include health, population, shelter, transportation, the natural environment, social customs and morality, mental health, law enforcement, politics, education, religion, the media and the arts, science and technology, economics, poverty, and welfare.

Impact Factor: 1.000

Read, download and save these articles online. They are available online for free until December 31, 2011:

• Household and Context Determinants of Child Labor in 221 Districts of 18 Developing Countries
• Will Money Increase Subjective Well-Being?
• Internet Communication Versus Face-to-face Interaction in Quality of Life?
• The Danish Effect: Beginning to Explain High Well-Being in Denmark
• Measuring Quality of Life: Economic, Social, and Subjective Indicators

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HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b2335882

Founded in 1974, Social Indicators Research has become a leading journal for the publication of research results dealing with measurement of the quality of life. These studies - empirical, philosophical and methodological - encompass the whole spectrum of society, including the individual, public and private organizations, and municipal, country, regional, national and international systems. Topics covered include health, population, shelter, transportation, the natural environment, social customs and morality, mental health, law enforcement, politics, education, religion, the media and the arts, science and technology, economics, poverty, and welfare.

Impact Factor: 1.000

Read, download and save these articles online. They are available online for free until November 30, 2011.

• Government and Happiness in 130 Nations: Good Governance Fosters Higher Level and More Equality of Happiness
• The Importance of the Geographic Level of Analysis in the Assessment of the Quality of Life: The Case of Spain
• About Cats and Dogs … Reconsidering the Relationship Between Pet Ownership and Health Related Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Elderly
• Theoretical Perspectives Guiding QOL Indicator Projects
• Measuring Progress: A Comparison of the GDP, HDI, GS and the RIE
• Perceptions of Job Security in Europe’s Ageing Workforce

 HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b2335882

Founded in 1974, Social Indicators Research has become a leading journal for the publication of research results dealing with measurement of the quality of life. These studies - empirical, philosophical and methodological - encompass the whole spectrum of society, including the individual, public and private organizations, and municipal, country, regional, national and international systems. Topics covered include health, population, shelter, transportation, the natural environment, social customs and morality, mental health, law enforcement, politics, education, religion, the media and the arts, science and technology, economics, poverty, and welfare.

Impact Factor: 0.835

Read, download and save these articles online. They are available online for free until June 30, 2011.

• Small Area Indices of Multiple Deprivation in South Africa
• Arts and the Perceived Quality of Life in British Columbia
• Increasing Inequality in Social Exclusion Occurrence: The Case of Sweden During 1979–2003
• The World Social Situation: Development Challenges at the Outset of a New Century
• Sex, Arts and Verbal Abilities: Three Further Indicators of How American Life is not Improving
• Good Job, Good Life? Working Conditions and Quality of Life in Europe

HKUL users can continue to access the journal via http://library.hku.hk/record=b2335882