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SocIndex with Full Text
A comprehensive sociology research database with more than 1.9 million records and the full text for over 400 journals dating back to 1908.  Also contains full text for more than 700 books and monographs and more than 6000 conference papers.  Journals related to Criminology & Criminal Justice, Education, Gender Studies/GLBT Studies, History, and Education are also found in this database.  For some journals, there may be a 12 month delay in provision of full text content.

Social Science Abstracts
Contains citations and abstracts from more than 550 social science journals

JSTOR
An archive of more than 1200 core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Fulltext back to their date of first publication to within the current 2-5 years.

Academic Search Elite
Contains full text for more than 2,000 journals, including more than 1,550 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study.

Academic OneFile

A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources, with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.  Millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text.  Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

AgeLine
Free database for information on social gerontology as well as aging-related research from psychology, sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and the health sciences.

SPORTDiscus
Comprehensive coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines provided by the Sport Information Resource Center (SPIRS).  Includes over 700,000 records of monographs and journal articles going back as far as 1800.

eHRAF World Cultures
Produced by Human Relations Area File, Yale University, this is a unique cross-cultural database currently covering 137 cultures; useful for many academic disciplines in the social sciences, humanities and medicine and any area concerned with cultural diversity. 

Biographical Information

Authors of Their Own Lives: Intellectual Autobiographies by Twenty American Sociologists.Call Number: General HM 24 .A88 1990

Cambridge Companion to Durkheim.Call Number: General HM 465 .C36 2005
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Durkheim: His Life and Work.Call Number: General HM 22 .F8 D845 1985

Fifty Key Sociologists: The Contemporary Theorists. Call Number: REF HM 447 .A16 2007
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Fifty Key Sociologists: The Formative Theorists. Call Number: REF HM 445 .F545 2007
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Karl Marx: An Intimate Biography.Call Number: General HX 39.5 P63 1980

Letters and Autobiographical Writings/C. Wright Mills.Call Number: General HM 479 .M55 A3 2000

Max Weber: An Intellectual Biography. Call Number: General HM 479 .W42 R56 2004
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W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices.Call Number: Media Video E 185.97 .D73 W23 1995
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Data/Statistics

Statistical Abstract of the United States.
From the U.S. Census Bureau, this is a standard and widely used reference source providing tables of statistics on the social, economic, and political organization of the United States.  Available in print and online.   Print editions include the latest edition in Reference, and a number of previous years in the General Collection.

Demographic Information

U.S. Census Bureau
The Census offers numerous sources regarding population, income and housing. One of the most useful areas will be the American Factfinder. You can look at the population and spending patterns by state, county, city, or zip code.

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology.

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.Call Number: REF HM 425 .B53 2007 (11 vols.)

Blackwell Guide to Major Classical Social Theorists. Call Number: General HM 585 .B527

Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology

Collins Dictionary of Sociology

Contemporary Youth Culture: An International Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family. Call Number: REF HQ 9 .E52 1995 (2 vols.)

Encyclopedia of Social History.Call Number: REF HN 28 .E53 1994

Encyclopedia of Sociology.Call Number: REF HM 425 .E5 2000 (4 vols.)

Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender

Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences

Sociology Basics.Call Number: REF HM 425 .S63

World of Sociology

Handbooks & Guides

A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers.Call Number: REF HM 73 .G78 1998

Handbook of Qualitative Research. Call Number: General H 62 .H2455 2000

Handbook of the Sociology of Gender. Call Number: General HQ 1075 .C47 1999
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Sociology Student Writer's Manual.Call Number: General Collection HM 585 .638 2002
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Specialized Sources

Call Number: General HM 585 .I57 2000

Blackwell Companion to Major Classical Social Theorists. Call Number: REF HM 585 .B527 2003
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Blackwell Companion to Sociology. Call Number: REF HM 585 .B53 2001
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Fifty Key Sociologists: The Contemporary Theorists. Call Number: REF HM 447 .A16 2007
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Fifty Key Sociologists: The Formative Theorists. Call Number: REF HM 445 .F545 2007
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Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion. Call Number: General BL 60 .O94 2009
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Social Explorer
 An interactive database providing access to demographic information about the United States from 1790 to present.  Includes over 15,000 interactive data maps and reports taken from census data.

Web Sites

Forced Migration Online: A World of Information on Human Displacement
"Highly recommended."  Choice Reviews, 2006 supplement

Pew Global Attitudes Project
This site provides "data sets and reports on cross-cultural public opinion surveys.  Since its inception in 2001, the project has conducted 44 surveys, interviewing more than 90,000 people in 50 countries.  . .Almost all reports include information on the sample and the data collection, and copies of the questionnaire. The most valuable part of the Web site is having access to the original data sets in SPSS format, along with the codebooks. . The reports and the data sets would be useful for cross-cultural study or for social research classes that address international political and social issues."    " Highly  recommended."  K.M. McKinley, Cabrini College, Choice Reviews , Sep. 2006

The Sociolog: Julian Dierkes' Comprehensive Guide to Sociology on-line
"Highly recommended."  Choice Reviews Online.  2006 Supplement

SocioSite
Very efficient source for locating bibliographies of works by and about one hundred or so classical and contemporary sociologists.  Once in the site, simply click on Sociologists.
"Highly recommended."  Choice Reviews Online.  2006 Supplement.