Pfeiffer Library: Sociology: Search Options

Find Library Materials

Are you looking for a specific database? Try our A to Z list.

Library Databases

These library provided databases are your best bets! Again, make sure you know your university credentials to utilize these resources off-campus.

SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text for articles and other publications in sociology.
Sociological Collection This link opens in a new window
Information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study.
Race Relations Abstracts This link opens in a new window
RRA provides access to bibliographic records covering race relations, ethnic studies, discrimination and immigration studies.
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts and full text of articles on LGBT issues.
Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new window
Index and abstracts for publications covering gender-engaged scholarship.
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Index and abstracts for publications covering Women's Studies.

Web Resources

These free web resources may also prove useful.

UNdata This link opens in a new window
From the United Nations, this international database is searchable and includes several different types of statistics, including population, business, health, and housing.

American Fact Finder
Provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys.
Social Explorer
Provides quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information. Subscription resource with limited free access.
Data.gov
Supports a community of practice for over 100 agencies engaged in the production and dissemination of official federal statistics, and provides the public with a showcase of information, tools and news related to official federal statistics.
National Survey of Families and Households
Provide a broad range of information on family life to serve as a resource for research across disciplinary perspectives from 1987-2003.
RAND
S research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous.
Institute for Research on Poverty: Research
A center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States.
Social Science Research Network
An e-Library with an abstract database of more than150,000 current and soon to be published papers and an Electronic Paper Collection of more than 119,000 full text documents in the area of social science research.
World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe.
Social Progress Index
Offers a rich framework for measuring the multiple dimensions of social progress, benchmarking success, and catalyzing greater human wellbeing.

Potential Keywords

Sometimes finding the right keywords can be a struggle. Here is a list of a few ways your can start your search.

society
culture
religion
race
gender
ethnicity
women
criminology

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