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Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)

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. Here is a tutorial which explains how to set your preferences in Google Scholar: http://library.ndsu.edu/setting-your-preferences-google-scholar

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 Life Sciences collection. For more information on collection subject coverage and title lists, please visit http://about.jstor.org/journals.

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.

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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

Print Government Information

Physical government documents are shelved using the SuDocs (Superintendent of Documents) Classification Scheme.

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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.

Financial

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Provides economic information including labor market activity, working conditions, employment/unemployment, and pay/benefits.
International Monetary Fund
Publishes a range of time series data on lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators.

Health/Medical

Centers for Disease Control: Data & Statistics (CDC)
Provides data and statistics by topic including illness/disease, birth, death, and health.
Global Health Observatory Data Repository (WHO)
Run by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Kaiser Family Foundation
Provides data on national (U.S.) health issues. Is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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Last updated: 2/26/2018