Starting points for conducting sociological research at Ohio University include library resources, data sets, full text archives of research, and citation style guides.
- Data Sets & Resource Centers
- Full Text Online Resources
- Library Resources
- Professional Associations
- Style Guides
Library Resources
Full Text Online Resources
- JSTOR - Full-text collection of journals, including ASR, AJS, and the Annual Review of Sociology.
- Lexis-Nexis - Search the full text of state, federal, and international legal materials as well as news.
Style Guides
Ohio University treats plagiarism-the passing off of another's ideas as your own-as serious academic misconduct. The above tutorial will help you recognize plagiarism in your own writing and that of your students. See Ohio University information on Academic Integrity and Academic Misconduct .
American Sociological Association (ASA) Style Guide
Data Sets & Resource Centers
- American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) - Data sets collected by scholars of religion.
- Bureau of Justice Statistics - Information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics - Labor economics and statistics.
- International Victimology Institute (Intervict) - Disseminating information about current victimology research.
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) - Access to the world's largest archive of computerized social science data.
- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data - Downloadable access to over 550 criminal justice data collections (at the ICPSR).
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Clearinghouse providing extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice.
- National Institute of Justice - The research and development branch of the U.S. Department of Justice.
- National Opinion Research Center (NORC) - Home of the General Social Survey (GSS).
- National Science Foundation (NSF) - Supports around 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities.
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Latest facts and figures on juvenile justice, delinquency prevention, and violence and victimization.
- Princeton's Office of Population Research (OPR) - Demographic research center includes data on health and wellbeing, social demography, migration and urbanization, and unmarried families.
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - Data about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States presented in over 600 tables from more than 100 sources.
- Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web - Extensive listing of national and international statistical sites (housed at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics).
- Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) - Nationwide view of crime based on the submission of statistics by law enforcement agencies throughout the country.
- U.S. Census Bureau - Data about the people and economy of the United States.
- U.S. Data and Statistics