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Sociology Databases

Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles, citations, book reviews, abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.

Social Services Abstracts (ProQuest)

Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text from 1975-present for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.

CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) Complete (EBSCO)

This is the definitive research tool for nursing and allied health professionals. Full text for more than 1,300 journals, CINAHL provides broad content coverage including over 50 nursing specialties, speech and language pathology, nutrition, general health and medicine and more.

Google Scholar (Google)

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. If using Google Scholar off-campus, please follow these instructions to set your preferences to connect to NDSU Library resources.

JSTOR - Journal Storage (ITHAKA)

JSTOR includes academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

NDSU subscribes to the following archival journal collections: Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, VII, and VIII, as well as the Language and Literature and Life Sciences collections. For more information on collection subject coverage and title lists, please visit http://about.jstor.org/journals.

Temporary expanded coverage includes access to unsubscribed content through June 30, 2021. This includes 26 journal archives in public health, and more than 6,000 articles related to COVID-19.

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) - 1900-present (Clarivate Analytics)

Accessed via Web of Science®, this database provides access to the bibliographic and citation information needed to find research data, analyze trends, journals and researchers, and share findings in the social sciences.

Browse the Shelves

Research Collection

H Social sciences (general)

HA Statistics

HA 154 - 4737 Statistical data

HM Sociology

HM 435 - 477 History of Sociology (schools of sociology)

HN Social history and conditions

HQ The Family, Marriage, Women

HQ 12 - 449 Sexual life

HQ 503 - 1064 The family (parents, children, adults, etc...)

HQ 1101 - 2030.7 Women (feminism)

HS Societies

HT Communities, Classes, Races

HT 101 - 395 Urban groups (metropolitan areas, etc...)

HT 401 - 485 Rural groups

HT 601 - 1445 Classes

HT 1501 - 1595 Races

HV Social pathology, Social and public welfare

HV 6001 - 7220.5 Criminology

HX Socialism

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HE Health and Human Services Department

HH Housing and Urban Development Department

J Justice Department

VA Veterans Affairs Department

X-Y Congress

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Demographic and Socioecononmic

North Dakota Compass

North Dakota Compass is a social indicators project that measures progress in North Dakota. It tracks trends in topic areas such as children and youth, economy, health, housing, and workforce.

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS-USA)

Consists of more than fifty high-precision samples of the American population drawn from fifteen federal censuses and from the American Community Surveys of 2000-present. IPUMS is a collection of microdata; to download the data you will need to register and create a free account.

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Provides comprehensive data by topic (theme) and country.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Provides cross-national statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication.

United Nations Human Development Reports

Provides demographic and socioeconomic data, including information on gender inequality, poverty, and education.

U.S. Census Bureau

Provides relevant data on population and housing, the economy, governments, and other demographic indicators.

World Bank

Provides data on the development of countries.

World Bank Data Bank

DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and easily save, embed, and share them.

World Bank Data Catalog

The Data Catalog includes data from the World Bank's microdata, finances and energy data platforms, as well as datasets from the open data catalog.

Attitudes/Opinions

General Social Survey

Gathers data on contemporary American society in order to monitor and explain trends and constants in attitudes, behaviors, and attributes.

Pew Research Center

Provides information about national and international issues, attitudes, and trends including U.S. national conditions, political attitudes, media and technology, and demographics.