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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
Includes the entire US Census history from 1790 to 2000, all annual updates from the American Community Survey, and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1980 to 2000. Users can customize, save, print, and email maps and reports and export them to a variety of programs and statistical packages. Coverage dates: 1790 - present.

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Sociological Abstracts

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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.