SA 420: Senior Research Seminar

Fall 2009

Susan Diduk

Roger Kosson, Social Sciences Librarian

This class page was designed to provide links to resources that will hopefully be useful to those conducting their independent research in sociology. It is very much a work in progress.  If, in the course of your research, you come across any resources that you think would be useful to your colleagues, please let Roger Kosson know and he will add it to this class page.

Quantitative Data Sets and US Government Statistics

• ICPSR
  
• Ipoll Databank @ the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
• LexisNexis Statistical Universe


• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• CDC Wonder Center for Disease Control Statistical reports.
• Census Bureau
• DataFerret through U.S. Census Bureau
• FBI Uniform Crime Reports
• FedStats
• National Center for Educational Statistics
• National Center for Health Statistics

Online News Sources

• Academic Search Complete
• Ethnic Newswatch
• Gender Watch
• LexisNexis Academic
• Newspaper Source

Abstracts, Indexes and Dissertations

• Social Sciences Abstracts
• Social Sciences Citation Index
• SocIndex
• Sociological Abstracts 1963-2005

Dissertations can also be accessed through the advanced search function in OhioLINK. In the box to limit your search, go to "Other Material Types." Then choose "Thesis/Diss" in the scroll-down menu.

Other Databases/General Resources

• Anthropology Plus
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports Accessed through the advanced search function in LexisNexis Congressional.
• Electronic Journal Center Through OhioLINK.
• Interlibrary Loan For materials not found in Denison, CONSORT, or OhioLINK.
• Project MUSE
• OhioLINK
• WorldCat