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Articles & Databases: Sociology

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Highly Recommended

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Sociological Abstracts Sociology and behavioral sciences. More Details... 1952 to present; selective from 1920
Family & Society Studies World Wide Practice and policy with families and individuals—international. More Details... 1970 to present
LexisNexis Statistical Statistics produced by the U.S. government, intergovernmental organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities. More Details... Abstracts: 1973 to present; Power Tables 1997 to present
Population Index Bibliography of the world's demographic and population literature. More Details... 1986 to 2000

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PsycINFO Psychology, development, behavioral sciences, mental health. More Details... 1890 to present; select from 1806
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Communication, media effects, mass media. More Details... 1915 to present
NCJRS Abstracts Corrections, juvenile justice, victims, and substance abuse. More Details... 1970 to present

Other Databases to Consider

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Social SciSearch Multidisciplinary citation index to social and behavioral sciences. More Details... 1972 to present
Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research (ICPSR) Archive of social science data sets (demographic, survey, behavioral, housing, etc.). Use of these data usually requires SPSS, SAS, or similar software. More Details... Late 1800s to present
Dissertation and Theses:  The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection Indexes more than 1,000,000 dissertations and theses in the social sciences and humanities. Contains fulltext of most U.S. theses and dissertations. More Details... 1637 to present
Dissertations Index to dissertations and selected theses with abstracts added in 1980. More Details... 1861 to present