Below are a just few selected sources to get you started on your research project for Professor McCullum's course. These sources will be particularly useful for statistics, but also for basic background information.
Be sure to use the general Sociology Research Guide for additional resources.
TIP: Use the Library Catalog for full-length books. Use the Sociology Research Databases for research journals and popular magazines. Don't forget the newspaper databases!
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Statistical Abstract of the United States. Reference HA202 .U5 S93 2008
Also available online
Google U.S. Government Search
The African American Encyclopedia. Reference E185 .A253 2001
The Asian American Almanac. Reference E184.O6 A824 1995
Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook. Reference E185.5 .B512 2003
Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society. Reference HT 1521 .E63 2008
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Reference E184 .A1 G14 2000
The Hispanic American Almanac. Reference E184.S75 H557 2003
The Native American Almanac. Reference E77.N37 2001
Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans
and Whites. Reference E184.A1 R78 2006
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. Reference HV 7245 .N37 2003
Also available online
U.S. Department of Justice
IES: National Center for Education Statistics
Race, Ethnicity and Education. Online encyclopedia
A Profile of the Working Poor in DuPage County.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Working in the Twenty-First Century
Health, United States, 2006. Reference RA 407.3 .U57 2006 Also available online
National Center for Health Statistics
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Diana Fitzwater, Sociology Librarian
College of DuPage Library
fitzwate@cod.edu
(630) 942-2078
September 2008