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Books, a Few Examples

Unequal and Unrepresented by Kay Lehman Schlozman; Henry E. Brady; Sidney Verba
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2018
The Declaration of Independence proclaims equality as a foundational American value. However, Unequal and Unrepresented finds that political voice in America is not only unequal but also unrepresentative. Citing real-life examples and examining inequalities from multiple perspectives, Unequal and Unrepresented shows how disparities in political voice endanger American democracy today.
Analyzing Inequalities by Catherine E. Harnois
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 1506304117
Publication Date: 2017
Using the General Social Survey, this text is a practical resource for helping students connect sociological issues with real-world data in the context of their first undergraduate sociology courses.
Measuring Poverty Around the World by Anthony B. Atkinson
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 0691191891
Publication Date: 2019
In his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson, one of the world’s great social scientists and a pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality, offers an inspiring analysis of a central question: What is poverty and how much of it is there around the globe?
A Decent Meal by Michael Carolan
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2021
A poignant look at empathetic encounters between staunch ideological rivals, all centered around our common need for food.

Databases

Academic Search Complete [EBSCO]
A multi-disciplinary database of full-text access to approximately 6,600 journals and magazines and nearly 6,000 full-text peer-reviewed journals.
Topics including anthropology, ethnic and multicultural studies, geography, law, religion and philosophy, and women’s studies.
Ethnic Newswatch [ProQuest]
A database of over 2.5 million articles and more than 340 publications from ethnic and minority presses.
Includes full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals intended to provide researchers with access to “essential, often overlooked perspectives." Also includes historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. Includes unique community publications as well as top scholarly journals focused on a wide variety of ethnic or racial groups as well as ethnic studies.
GenderWatch [ProQuest]
A database covering historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles and their effects on all people.
PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service [ProQuest]
An international database of over 500,000 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, reports, conference papers, web content, and other sources.
Publications cover 120 countries around the world on topics including justice, finance, culture and religion, the environment, education, government, health, human rights, international relations, labor, law, defense, politics, demographics, social conditions, trade, and transportation.
Sociological Abstracts [ProQuest]
An international database of book review citations and journal article and dissertation abstracts in the field of sociology as well as related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Topics include social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development.
JSTOR [ITHAKA]
A multi-disciplinary full-text database of articles from many scholarly journals. Content available is usually 1-5 years behind the most recently published journal article. Also contains some current journals and books.
Web of Science [Clarivate]
A multi-database search tool combining all three Web of Science indexes (the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index).
Tip: You can use this index to find works that have cited a specific author or article.

Government Information Databases

Census Data

Data.gov [U.S. Government]
A resource for open-access datasets generated by the Executive branch of the U.S. government.

Homeland Security Digital Library [U.S. Department of Homeland Security / Naval Postgraduate School]
A collection of documents related to homeland security, policy, strategy, and organizational management.
Includes material published by federal, state, and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit and private sector organizations; think tanks, research centers, colleges, and universities. Covers terrorism, border issues, climate change, immigration, pandemics, school violence, and food security.

National Center for Education Statistics
National Technical Report Library The National Technical Report Library contains more than two million reports on research conducted with federal money. Most of them are full-text. Free-registration is required. NTRL is run by the National Techincal Information Service (NTIS).
Food Environment Atlas

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