Databases/Indexes by Subject:
Sociology

Depending on your specific topic, you may find resources listed on the subject pages for: Anthropology, Psychology, and Communication to be useful in addition to the resources listed below.

The following databases/indexes are designed to provide links to online resources.  To find books, you will need to consult the Hiram College Library Catalog and, perhaps, the OhioLINK catalog.

1. Databases/indexes to find periodical articles - These databases are designed to help you identify relevant periodical articles through keyword or subject searches.  In most cases there will be links to either the online version of the article or a listing of the library's holdings.  If you are not sure, you may check the library's periodical holdings list and/or its list of online journals.  These databases are listed in the order in which the library recommends them.
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
Sociological Abstracts
SocIndex
Academic Search Complete
Contemporary Women's Issues
Gender Studies Database
Women's Studies International
GLBT Life
Population Index
Social Science Citation Index
America: History and Life
Anthropology Plus
Ethnic Newswatch		No
Chicano Database
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
PsycINFO
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
GPO Monthly Catalog

2. Databases/indexes of e-journals - These databases store runs of complete periodical titles.  In most cases the databases listed above will link to the full-text in these databases and you do not need to search them, too.  If, however, you need only a couple of good, scholarly articles on a topic, you should consider searching these databases.
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
Electronic Journal Center (EJC)
JSTOR
Annual Reviews		No

3. Databases of e-books - These databases provide the full-text of selected online books.  These books are also available in print.  Since many more books are in print than online, you may also wish to search the Hiram College Library Catalog and/or the OhioLINK catalog.
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
National Academies Press
OhioLINK Electronic Book Center

4. Databases of reference e-books - These specialized reference materials (encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, guides, etc) are designed to give you background information, an overview of a topic, or quick facts.
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
Ethnic Groups and Cultural Geography: e-reference books
Family and Social Issues: e-reference books
Gender Issues: e-reference books
Oxford Reference, Politics and Social Science

5. Other databases - for any other category appropriate for your topic, e.g., audiovisual materials, statistical sources.
 

Database Name	Link to access from on-campus	Link to access from off-campus if available	Info about the database
C Q Researcher		No
Digital Video Collection
Stat-USA
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000		No

6. Web Sites of Interest
 

WWW Virtual Library: Sociology - Portal from McMaster University

SocioWeb - Another portal

Internet Crossroads in Social Science Data - Access to data sets online

WWW Virtual Library: Demography & Population Studies

Women & Gender Studies Web Sites - From the Assoc. of College & Research Libraries

Web of Justice - Portal for online criminal justice resources

WWW Virtual Library: Social Policy - Portal for social policy researchers

General Social Survey - Data sets from the National Opinion Research Center

Statistical Resources on the Web - From the University of Michigan

Federal Government Resources on the Web - From the University of Michigan

United States Census Bureau

Social Statistics Briefing Room - From the White House