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Robyn Reid

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Where to Start

Frog Scholar

Start your search in Frog Scholar.

Do a search for the name of your county and one additional keyword. For example: "Tarrant County" AND poverty
If you do not find any results, use the name of the closest "big" city. For example: "Fort Worth" AND poverty

Social Explorer

Use Social Explorer to get basic demographic information. NOTE: You will need to create an account to save the information you find and/or create in Social Explorer, and login each time you use the database.

Choose "Demographic Profiles" from the options on the left.
Do a search for the name of your county. For example: "Tarrant County"

Social Explorer
Analyze data from the U.S. Census, the American Community Survey, Religious Congregations and Membership Studies, FBI and Uniform Crime Reports, and more. Users can customize, save, print, and email maps and reports and export them to a variety of statistical programs. Coverage dates: 1790 - present

Recommended Databases

Sociological Abstracts

Indexes international scholarly literature in sociology and includes companion file Social Services Abstracts. Coverage dates: 1952 - Current.

SocINDEX with Full Text

Contains full text for journals, books, monographs, and conference papers for topics in sociology.Coverage dates: 1895 - Current.

JSTOR

An electronic journal collection consisting of the full text of back issues of journals in many different subject areas. It is especially strong in Arts and Sciences.Coverage dates: Varies.