Subject Guides: SOC 212 Race, Class &amp; Gender in the United States: Research Databases

Background Information Databases

CQ Researcher Online This link opens in a new window
The Congressional Quarterly explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. Offers online access dating back to October 25, 1991.
Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
A single source for eReference aimed at students, researchers, professionals, and general readers. It offers thousands of titles from more than 100 publishers covering the most-studied subject areas on one platform.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
A premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues! Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more (Formerly Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center).

SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Includes full-text for 400 core journals in the field of sociology, as well as the full-text of more than 700 books.
Sociology Database This link opens in a new window
Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
Search full-text periodicals covering the social sciences.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for 4000 academic social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals.

U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Provides reporting and analysis of local, regional, national, and international news. Newspapers included are: The New York Times (1980- Present), The Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Barron's, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Washington Post.
International Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new window
Offers in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news.
Ethnic News Watch This link opens in a new window
Provides a rich collection of articles, editorials and reviews with a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints from the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic and minority press.