Sociology Research Resources: Research Resources

Reference eBooks are a great place to find background information such as:

• overviews of topics

• key concepts and theories

• names of important people and organizations

 : Contains primary sources.

 : Great resource for beginning research.

 : Contains news and/or other current events resources.

 : Contains articles from academic and professional journals.

: Requires username & password from home.

: Text-to-Speech function.

: Contains audio.

Use to access full text of the  The Atlantic.  

Requires GBS username (for students, ID number only) and password from home.

Think Tanks and Research Centers

 Harvard Kennedy School Think Tank Search

Think Tank Search is a custom Google search of over 1200 think tank websites.

For the purposes of this search, think tanks are defined as institutions affiliated with universities, governments, advocacy groups, foundations, non-governmental organizations, and businesses that generate public policy research, analysis, and activity. 

PRO TIP: Always look at the "About Us" page and the organization's mission statement to find out what a think tank's biases and goals are.

Influential Think Tanks

Non-partisan does *not* mean that an organization does not have a political agenda; many do and some do not (notably, the Pew Research Center, which bills itself as a "fact tank" to highlight this difference). Be sure to look at the organization's mission statement and the "about us" sections of the site.