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Recommended Sociology Databases

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Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Indexes international scholarly literature in sociology (journal articles, dissertations, books, papers, etc.)
Social Sciences Full Text This link opens in a new window
Indexing and fulltext for social sciences literature, 1982 to present.
CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
Indexing and fulltext for nursing and allied fields, 1937 to present.
Counseling and Therapy in Video This link opens in a new window
Videos on the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology and psychiatric counseling.
Counseling and Therapy in Video provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling.
Collection includes:
•Counseling sessions and demonstrations
•Consultations
•Lectures, presentations, and interviews
Title List (Library Catalog search)
Volume I Title List (Excel file)
Volume II Title List (Excel file)
Volume III Title List (Excel file)
Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of books, articles, government reports, dissertations, etc., 1968 to present.
Docuseek2 This link opens in a new window
Streaming documentary films from a number of sources, including Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films, and the National Film Board of Canada. Many films in this collection focus on social and environmental issues.
Docuseek Help Wiki
Instructors can register a personal account in order to create clips and playlists.
Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
Indexing and fulltext for education, 1984 to present.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts to over 750 educational journals, as well as conference proceedings, research reports, speeches, curriculum guides, etc.
ERIC Field Descriptions
ERIC Education Level & Publication Type Limits
Mass Observation Online This link opens in a new window
Papers generated by the original Mass Observation social research organization, 1937 to early 1950s.
PsycINFO (from APA) This link opens in a new window
Indexing and abstracting for psychology and related fields, 1806 to present, on the EBSCOhost platform.
Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts for journals in social work, human services, social welfare, etc.
Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Index to journals in all areas of social work and human services.

Pew Research
excellent stats on social groups, issues.

Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
Watch streaming films, documentaries, and training videos from Criterion Collection, Women Make Movies, First Run Features, and other leading producers. The library owns some titles on this platform, but most content is leased solely for classroom use; see https://library.mtsu.edu/mediaresources/policy
Kanopy Troubleshooting Guide
Kanopy Accessibility Statement
Creating playlists and/or clips (Must first create a Kanopy account)

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Inequality quiz

Inequality Quiz from Cornell
Richer and Poorer: Accounting for inequality
From The New Yorker
Capitalism and Inequality: What the Right and the Left get wrong
From Foreign Affairs by Jerry Muller

Deviance theories

labelling theory
Anomie
Exotic dancers in an awkward negotions: Implictions for affect control theory
The purpose of this study is to test the veracity of
affect control theory (ACT) and examine the extent to
which an exotic dancer will act in ways that are consistent
with societal expectations for her “deviant” label
in the context of a particular awkward negotiation

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