Social Problems

Online research databases

ERIC (ProQuest) Journal articles and ERIC documents on education topics. Some Full-Text.

PsychINFO (ProQuest) Psychology and related fields since 1887. Some Full-Text.

Social Science Journals (ProQuest) Search full-text periodicals covering the social sciences.

Social Work Abstracts Social Work Abstracts offers extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems.

Reputable data websites.

http://www.census.gov/

http://fedstats.gov/

http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference-Shelf/Data.shtml

http://nces.ed.gov/ – education related

http://datacenter.kidscount.org/ – child-related

http://www.data.gov/

News and Legislation

Academic Universe (LexisNexis) Modifed version of Lexis-Nexis: health, business, law and news sources.

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php — search laws and Bill is Congress

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/%28S%28qhcu1i55l01tq445b0yzn055%29%29/mileg.aspx?page=bills – search Michigan legislature