Sociology

Key Databases

The best first place to go if you're looking for research materials in this discipline.

Statistics Sources

• Historical statistics of the United States - This thoroughly revised five-volume reference work reflects thirty years of new data and scholarship...
• World databank -
• Euromonitor Passport GMID - Euromonitor International's Global Market Information Database (GMID) is an online business informat...

Indexes to Related Disciplines

• Anthropological literature - Describes articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, ec...
• PsycINFO - PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains more than 2 million citations ...
• PAIS International with Archive (1915-present) - The PAIS International database contains continually updated records for journal articles, books, go...
• Linguistics & language behavior abstracts - Index and abstracts to journal articles, books, and dissertations covering the study of language, li...
• NCJRS abstracts database - The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 1...
• Social services abstracts - Coverage: 1980-current. Updated monthly. Indexes and abstracts articles in the fields of community d...
• Left index - provided access to the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically a...

Public Opinion

• Roper Center public opinion archives - The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is the leading educational facility in the field of pub...

More Databases

• Ethnic newswatch
• JSTOR
• Project Muse
• Social sciences citation index
• Humanities & social sciences index retrospective
• ICPSR: Inter-university consortium for political and social research
• Disability in the modern world

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