Sociology research guide

Welcome!

This guide is intended to help students in SOCY courses, or engaged in Sociological research, in locating useful resources. These include commercial resources provided by the library and made available to the Kenyon community as well as Sociology resources freely available on the web.

As the library liaison to Sociology and Law and Society, I'm happy to help you navigate your research related inquiries. Feel free to call, email, or click on the purple button (in my profile box) to arrange an appointment.

Key SOCY resources

Sociological Collection
Scholarly articles in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, relationships, community development, culture, and social structure.

Full Text available in PDF and HTML formats.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Articles, conference proceedings, and other publications in sociology, from 1908-present

Full Text available in PDF and HTML formats.
GSS Data Explorer
Data analysis tool that contains all the datasets from the GSS (General Social Survey) from 1972-present. You must create an account if you want to save variables, analyses, or visualizations.
Social Explorer
Interactive data maps of United States demographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau from 1790-present.
Roper Center Public Opinion Archives (with iPOLL)
Thousands of U.S. and international survey datasets. Sign-in to download data sets and do analyses.