Online subject guides

Use subject guides to locate websites, web directories, as well as other online information. Included in the subject guides are pertinent databases to find citations, abstracts, and articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc.

Databases available off-campus to currently enrolled Medaille students, faculty and staff only are designated by
MEDAILLE ONLY. Databases supplying some OR all full-text articles are designated by FULL TEXT

If you are experiencing problems using these databases from off-campus, see the Off Campus Access page for troubleshooting suggestions or contact the Library.

subjects

Accounting

Anthropology

Art

Biology & Environmental Studies

Business & Finance

Careers and Employment

Criminal Justice

Education

General

Health & Human Services

History

Human Resources

Humanities

Law

Marketing

Mathematics

Media & Communication

Medicine & Health

Philosophy

Physical Sciences: Chemistry & Physics

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology

Sports Management

Veterinary Science

sociology databases

EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite Provides full text and indexing/abstracts for academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. MEDAILLE ONLY  Full text

LEXIS/NEXIS Academic Universe Search for general, news articles, and other information. MEDAILLE ONLY FULL TEXT

ProQuest  Search for magazine, newspaper and peer-reviewed journal articles in many different subject areas. MEDAILLE ONLY  FULL TEXT

recommended Internet resources

American Sociological Association web site

APA Style : Electronic Reference Formats
Updated examples of citing electronic sources from the 5th ed. of the American Psychological Association (APA) Style Manual

Census 2000 Gateway Homepage for new statistics and publications from the 2000 Census. Includes data files, ranking, reports and briefs.

Center for Immigration Studies CIS is a nonpartisan research organization that provides policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic and fiscal impacts of immigration in the U.S.

The Gallup Poll Public opinion polls on current issues.

In the First Person Index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories from hundreds of published volumes and those publicly available on the Web and held by repositories and archives around the world.

Public Agenda Online Guides, reports and public opinion on social issues of current interest including public policy, health care, families, economics, race relations, technology, etc.

Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research Links to web resources for methods in evaluation and social research, focusing is on how-to-do evaluation research and the methods used: surveys, focus groups, sampling, interviews,etc.

Social Science Information Gateway : Sociology Directory of reviewed web sites on all aspects of sociology.

Social Sciences Virtual Library

Social Statistics Briefing Room Federal statistics on crime, demography, education and health.

A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace Links to Web sources related to Sociology. Also includes commentary and essays on topics such as the sociologies of death and dying, gender, mass media, race and ethnicity, marriage and family,etc.

Statistical Resources on the Web : Sociology

Status of Women in the States Report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research gives statistical data, state rankings and an overview of women's status by state.

 

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