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Welcome to the A.C. Clark Library Research Guide for Sociology where you can find access to a variety of library and information resources relevant to your course of study.
Sociology Databases
Articles, books, dissertations, and conference papers in sociology and related disciplines.
Interdisciplinary Resources
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Academic journals, newspapers, magazines, and more covering most subjects.
Articles and books from many fields, especially relevant to the humanities and social sciences.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Articles relating to literature, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and more.
SAGE Journals with access to SAGE Full Text Collections This link opens in a new window
Journal articles in business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Articles and books relating to psychology, including behavioral science and mental health.
ERIC (via ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Articles, books, and curriculum guides in education research.
"The mission of the U.S. Census Bureau is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy." Includes census data on population and housing, the economy, governments, the American Community Survey, and economic indicators. Data is collected annually, every five years, and every 10 years.
Explore Census Data (data.census.gov)
Data.census.gov is the new platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau. The vision for data dissemination through data.census.gov is to improve the customer experience by making data available from one centralized place so that data users spend less time searching for data content and more time using it.
Data Sets and Other Resources
Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. Coverage: 1790 to present.
GapMinder Data
"Gapminder is a non-profit venture, a modern museum on the Internet promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals." ~ from the website.
"The Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends project studies behaviors and attitudes of Americans in key realms of their lives, including family, community, health, finance, work and leisure. The project explores these topics by combining original public opinion survey research with social, economic and demographic data analysis." ~from the website
Polling the Nations This link opens in a new window
Polls from 1986-current concerning social, economic, and political issues.
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Subjects: Sociology
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