national relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, urban studies and more.SocINDEX with Full Text: Comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and related areas of study. The database features 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus. Also contains abstracts for more than 4,650 journals, some dating to 1895 and extensive indexing for books/monographs and conference papers. Contains full text for more than 830 books and monographs, 16,800 conference papers, and 860 journals dating back to 1908. Searchable cited references and thousands of author profiles are also included.


raphs, 16,800 conference papers, and 860 journals dating back to 1908. Searchable cited references and thousands of author profiles are also included.Sociological Abstracts: Sociological Abstracts, and its companion file Social Services Abstracts, cover the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides abstracting and indexing of articles and book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers.  Coverage spans 1952 to the present.

FIU Research Forensic Library: a new discovery tool for openly accessible forensic science content: "The Research Forensic Library provides access to thousands of articles and reports in the scientific literature, a critical step in the forward momentum required of forensic science and its varied applications."

Best Bets for Criminal Justice & Social Science Research


Other Databases for Social Science Research:
Web of Science: Massive multidisciplinary index of scholarly publications, with especially strong coverage of the sciences and social sciences. Includes numerous sub-databases, most notably the Web of Science Core Collection, which provides cover-to-cover indexing of 21,000+ peer-reviewed journals. Includes citation data for publications, allowing searchers to identify highly cited articles, find citations to a given article/author, and track citations over time. Includes detailed author records and several unique search capabilities, such as the ability to search by author affiliation, grant number, or chemical structure. Also includes awarded grant information and associated publications.


the ability to search by author affiliation, grant number, or chemical structure. Also includes awarded grant information and associated publications.Academic Search Complete: A multi-disciplinary database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.  In addition to full text, the database includes indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications, such as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.  While full text is available as far back as 1887 for a few titles, the text of most titles is available only for the past decade or two.

Academic OneFile: Provides full-text articles in all subject areas from over 19,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources as well as thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR (National Public Radio) and CNN, and videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.  Subjects covered include biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.


ubjects covered include biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.JSTOR: A digital library containing journals, books, images, and primary sources. The GC’s subscription includes JSTOR’s Arts and Sciences I-XII collections of scholarly journals across the social sciences and humanities. Coverage begins with the first issue of almost every journal and continues through varying periods within the last five years. Also included are more than 700 freely accessible collections of illustrations, letters, literary documents, newspapers, magazines, photographs, postcards, and yearbooks; open access alternative press publications from the latter half of the 20th century; and thousands of research reports. 3+ million images in Artstor are also now discoverable in JSTOR. Browse content by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.


t by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.Project Muse: The CUNY and Graduate Center subscriptions provide access to the full text of nearly 400 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences along with over 70,000 e-books and 4,600 open access books.  Select “Browse All Muse” and filter by Access type “Only content I have access to” to see subscribed and OA content. Or look for the green check mark and OA icons that appear next to accessible titles when searching across the platform. E-books are also available via the separate link to Project Muse E-Books .


Article & Journal Impact:
Article Impact: One measure of the impact of an article is the number of times it has been cited by other articles. These databases offer robust cited reference searching:

Web of Science: Massive multidisciplinary index of scholarly publications, with especially strong coverage of the sciences and social sciences. Includes numerous sub-databases, most notably the Web of Science Core Collection, which provides cover-to-cover indexing of 21,000+ peer-reviewed journals. Includes citation data for publications, allowing searchers to identify highly cited articles, find citations to a given article/author, and track citations over time. Includes detailed author records and several unique search capabilities, such as the ability to search by author affiliation, grant number, or chemical structure. Also includes awarded grant information and associated publications.


the ability to search by author affiliation, grant number, or chemical structure. Also includes awarded grant information and associated publications.Google Scholar: Google Scholar provides a simple way to search broadly for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities, and other scholarly organizations. Follow the steps to customize Google Scholar to make it easy to find full text at the GC.

Journal Impact: A journal's impact is calculated by analyzing (in different ways by different tools) how frequently its articles are cited. Journal-level metrics are provided by:


impact is calculated by analyzing (in different ways by different tools) how frequently its articles are cited. Journal-level metrics are provided by:Journal Citation Reports: Presents an array of citation-based metrics for journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. Provides Journal Impact Factor (i.e., average number of citations in a given year to articles published by that journal in the previous two years, averaged over the number of articles published in those two years) for many but not all covered journals. Search or browse the database by journal (title or ISSN), subject category, or publisher. Compare metrics for up to four journals simultaneously.

SCImago Journal & Country Rank: SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a journal-ranking site that includes the journals contained in the database Scopus.

Google Scholar Metrics: Google Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for to gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly journals.

For more information, see the Research Metrics guide.


Google Scholar:
Google Scholar provides a simple way to search broadly for scholarly literature, including journal articles and books. The Graduate Center Library has created a customized version that knows the library’s electronic journal holdings and links you directly to the articles in the library’s databases. Go to GC-customized Google Scholar Note: If you’re off campus, you’ll be prompted to log in with your GC credentials before you can access library subscriptions.


E-Journals - directories:
Directory of Open Access Journals: Over 7,000 free online journals arranged by subject.

E-Journals at the GC: Search the Grad Center e-journal collections by journal title or browse by subject. Criminology titles are in the Social Sciences category.


CUNY OneSearch:
OneSearch: OneSearch combines many initial searches into one interface: it includes print books from all CUNY libraries; Graduate Center ebooks; a massive index of articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers; Graduate Center course reserves; dissertations at CUNY and beyond; and unique digital content.


Books Beyond the GC:
If the Graduate Center does not have the book you need, you can have the book sent here from another library.

CUNY CLICS: You can have books from other CUNY libraries sent to the GC library, or to the CUNY library of your choice. Find a book in OneSearch, log in, and initiate a request. CLICS is for circulating books only, not reference books, electronic books, periodicals, etc. If you need a scan of an article or book chapter, submit an interlibrary loan request.

WorldCat Discovery: WorldCat Discovery is a catalog and discovery system containing millions of records for print and electronic holdings in thousands of libraries around the world.

Interlibrary Loan: If the book or article you need is not available at the GC library, you can request it via interlibrary loan.


es around the world.

Interlibrary Loan: If the book or article you need is not available at the GC library, you can request it via interlibrary loan.Outside CUNY: NYPL, MaRLI, METRO, & SHARES: Graduate Center users receive special NYPL privileges and may be eligible through MaRLI for borrowing privileges at NYU and Columbia. METRO and SHARES provide other possibilities for access to books.


Ebooks:
The library provides access to many thousands of ebooks, accessible through a variety of databases. Most can be found using OneSearch . Consult our Ebook Collections guide for more information.


Quick Tips about GC Ebooks:
Find most CUNY and Graduate Center eBooks in OneSearch , with links to the full text. See also our tips for locating e-books blog post. Some ebooks are licensed for CUNY-wide use; others are licensed only to invididual CUNY campuses Graduate Center affiliates do not have remote access to ebooks held by other CUNY campuses. If you have a dual affiliation, you can access each campus's electronic collections using the OneSearch interface and credentials for that school. Printing and downloading options will vary according to platform or publisher, and is often prohibited or extremely limited. If there’s an e-book you can’t find, try Interlibrary Loan (ILL): Requests for chapters of books are often sent as electronic files through Interlibrary Loan , whereas whole ebooks are often not available via ILL due to licensing and digital restrictions of library ebooks. Try a request for a chapter or section!


Affiliated with Multiple Campuses?:
Are you affiliated with multiple CUNY campuses? For example, do you study at the GC but work at another campus, or maybe even two other campuses? If so, you are entitled to remote access to library e-resources (e.g., databases, e-journals, e-books) from all of your affiliated campuses. Different CUNY libraries have different e-resources, so check all of your affiliated libraries (via their separate websites) for the e-resources you need!


Preparing to Graduate?:
Library deposit is the final degree requirement for Graduate Center doctoral and master's students. If you are preparing to graduate, review the the Dissertations and Theses guide and consult with your program office for requirements and deadlines. Questions? Contact the Dissertation Office at deposit@gc.cuny.edu.


Graduate Center Dissertations:
Graduate Center Dissertations and Theses in Academic Works, 2014-present: As of 2014, all Graduate Center dissertations, theses, and capstone projects are posted to CUNY Academic Works. Some are immediately available to read and download, and some become available after an embargo period set by the author.

Graduate Center Retrospective Dissertations, 1965-2013: Current CUNY students, faculty and staff can log in with their CUNYfirst credentials to access GC dissertations and capstones from 1965-2013. (Pre-2014 master's theses are available only in print). If you want to move your dissertation or capstone into the publicly accessible CUNY repository, Academic Works, email the GC Dissertation Office at deposit@gc.cuny.edu . Making your dissertation free to the public helps broaden the reach of your scholarship and supports CUNY's mission of public service.


t@gc.cuny.edu . Making your dissertation free to the public helps broaden the reach of your scholarship and supports CUNY's mission of public service.CUNYfirst credentials: used to log into Blackboard, CUNY-wide electronic resources, and other services. More information about the various CUNY accounts: https://libguides.gc.cuny.edu/cuny_accounts .

Dissertations & Theses @ City University of New York Graduate Center: CUNY dissertations dating back to 1965. Full text available except for embargoed works.

ProQuest Dissertation Express: For anyone without a current GC network userid/pwd, search for CUNY or non-CUNY dissertations here. Order copies in print or PDF formats.


Finding Dissertations:
There is no single source for a comprehensive dissertation search. WorldCat and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global include most American dissertations. Dissertations @ The Center for Research Libraries lends non-American dissertations to member borrowers. Library catalogs and specialized repositories contain other titles. Request any dissertation through Interlibrary Loan . Though not every title is available through ILL, it is worth a try.


Dissertation Databases & Repositories:
Dissertations & Theses Global: Indexes two-million dissertations from over one-thousand institutions, with citations from 1861-1980 and abstracts from 1980 to present. Includes the full text of most post-1996 CUNY dissertations and many post-1996 dissertations from other institutions, as well as thousands of earlier ones. To limit your search to CUNY dissertations, include 0046 in your search statement, selecting the school name/code search field. Non-U.S.dissertations can be searched in the Center for Research Libraries' catalog.


ur search statement, selecting the school name/code search field. Non-U.S.dissertations can be searched in the Center for Research Libraries' catalog.Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online Catalog: The Center for Research Libraries provides a shared collection of five million books, journals, documents and newspapers to supplement member libraries’ holdings in the humanities, science, and social sciences. With a strategic emphasis on expanding electronic access to international primary source collections, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:


ons, CRL participates in a number of cooperative digitization efforts, yielding millions of pages of digitized content to date. CRL resources include:The largest circulating collection of newspapers in North America – more than 16,000 newspaper titles from all world regions and from every U.S. state – mainstream dailies, underground and alternative press titles, rare publications from international conflict zones, U.S. ethnic titles, early African-American newspapers, and radio broadcast reports and transcripts Foreign journals rarely held in U.S. libraries, with a focus on science and technology Access to rich holdings in science, technology, and engineering print serials through a partnership with the Linda Hall Library More than 800,000 non U.S. dissertations Area Studies: major collections of news, government documents, and archives from Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Southeast and South Asia Millions of pages of primary source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.


ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.ry source documents, including major sets from the National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.and international legal and government resources


he National Archives of the U.S. and the U.K., and many special collections from around the world U.S.and international legal and government resourcesNetworked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Global ETD Search: NDLTD's Global ETD Search is a free service that allows researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations based on keyword, date, institution, language and subject.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations: Metadata from over 1100 institutions, indexes over 2.5 million theses and dissertations.

Additional Dissertation Databases: The library's Dissertations and Theses guide lists many additional databases of dissertations and theses.


For More Information...:
For additional information about managing references and creating bibliographies, consult the library's more extensive Cite Your Sources guide. Need help? Check the library calendar for upcoming citation management workshops and drop-in help sessions, or request an appointment with a librarian .


Guides to Common Citation Styles:
APA Style Online: The style and grammar guidelines pages present information about APA Style as described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition. The full APA style guide is available in print . This supplementary site from APA includes quick reference materials and updates.

MLA Style Overview: Overview of MLA style, including the details of citations and bibliographies, from Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab).

MLA FAQ: Answers to frequently asked questions about MLA style.

Chicago Manual of Style Online: Full text of the 17th and 18th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style, including quick guide, questions and answers, and additional tools.

Turabian Quick Guide: This site gives a quick overview of Turabian style, which is a simplified version of Chicago style.


wers, and additional tools.

Turabian Quick Guide: This site gives a quick overview of Turabian style, which is a simplified version of Chicago style.Scientific Style and Format Online: Now in its eighth edition, the indispensable reference for authors, editors, publishers, students, and translators in all areas of science and related fields has been fully revised by the Council of Science Editors to reflect today’s best practices in scientific publishing.

Style Guides from Purdue OWL: Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides overviews of numerous styles, including APA, Chicago, MLA, AMA, and IEEE.


Citation Managers:
The GC library supports two citation managers: Zotero and RefWorks . Citation managers allow you to save and organize references you gather during research. They allow you to easily import citations from library databases and other websites, and to manually enter information about sources that aren't represented online. Citation managers also generate bibliographies in a wide variety of styles.


Zotero Basics:
Zotero: Saves and helps you to organize citations to articles, books, webpages, and more. Works with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.


For More Information...:
For more information about funding sources, visit the library's Grants & Funding guide.


GC Office of Research and Sponsored Programs:
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs: The office of Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) is the CUNY Graduate School and University Center’s central administrative unit for overseeing GC-CUNY applications for, and awards of, governmental and foundation funding.


Resources from Candid:
Candid NY - Resource Center, Library, Free Workshops: Webinar trainings are available from Candid (formerly Foundation Center).


Databases for Grants, Awards, Fellowships:
Pivot-RP: Grants, internships, and graduate and post-graduate fellowships in all subject areas. Search for open funding opportunities and information about previously awarded grants. Users may create an optional personal account to use enhanced features such as saving searches and tracking funding opportunities. Once you create an account, you can also claim and configure your user profile to receive personalized automated funding recommendations targeted to your research interests. To create an account, select the Use Email Address/Create Password option and fill out the form using your @gradcenter.cuny.edu or @gc.cuny.edu address. For Affiliated Member Institution, select "Graduate Center, The City University of New York." Look for the verification email in your inbox to finish the process. After the initial setup, you will be recognized as a GC researcher whenever you log into your personal account.


l in your inbox to finish the process. After the initial setup, you will be recognized as a GC researcher whenever you log into your personal account.GrantForward: CUNY provides access to this database through the Research Foundation . GrantForward is a funding search and grant recommendation service. Create an account using your @gradcenter.cuny.edu or @gc.cuny.edu email address, and set up a profile to begin receiving automatic grant recommendations based on your research interests. GrantForward uses data-crawling technology to update a database of sponsors and funding opportunities gathered from over 9,000 US Sponsors. For support using GrantForward visit https://www.grantforward.com/support .

FOLIO (Foundation LIterature Online): An online digital repository of foundation-sponsored research reports and publications covering the full scope of philanthropic activity.


ure Online): An online digital repository of foundation-sponsored research reports and publications covering the full scope of philanthropic activity.Assistance Listings (formerly Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA): Database of all federal programs available to state and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and non-profit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.   ~22,000 described.

Research Centers Directory via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! Comprehensive guide to North America’s premier nonprofit research organizations. Information on each organization includes programs, staffing, and publications, as well as services of centers, laboratories, institutes, experiment stations, farms, research support facilities, technology transfer centers, think tanks, incubators, research parks, and more.


International Statistical Sources:
Several of these suggestions came from the John Jay College Sealy Library Criminal Justice Subject Guide .

Statistical Insight: Includes indexing, abstracting, and full text of millions of statistical reports, publications, tables, and datasets on thousands of topics produced by U.S. federal agencies, state governments, private and academic organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.

Statistics Sources: Content of the 2010 edition. Guide to current sources of factual quantitative information about more than 20,000 specific subjects, incorporating almost 135,000 citations and more than 1,600 sources. Provides the widest possible range of print and nonprint, published and unpublished, and electronic and other forms of U.S. and international statistical data on industrial, business, social, educational, financial, and other topics.


State and National Statistics:
Several of these suggestions came from the John Jay College Sealy Library Criminal Justice Subject Guide .

ICPSR: Interuniversity Consortium for Political & Social Research: ICPSR, the world's largest collection of digital social science data, maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. ICPSR data cover sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, international relations, and more. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your email address and password to download data.


nd more. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your email address and password to download data.Infoshare: Population statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local trade data, and other demographic information about New York City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.

NYCdata: Demographic, political, financial, and cultural information about New York City from Baruch College’s Weissman Center for International Business.  Includes links to data sources.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics: Full-text, with statistics, of the current Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics; with ongoing updates.

Statistical Insight: Includes indexing, abstracting, and full text of millions of statistical reports, publications, tables, and datasets on thousands of topics produced by U.S. federal agencies, state governments, private and academic organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.


ousands of topics produced by U.S. federal agencies, state governments, private and academic organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.Statistics Sources: Content of the 2010 edition. Guide to current sources of factual quantitative information about more than 20,000 specific subjects, incorporating almost 135,000 citations and more than 1,600 sources. Provides the widest possible range of print and nonprint, published and unpublished, and electronic and other forms of U.S. and international statistical data on industrial, business, social, educational, financial, and other topics.

Uniform Crime Report: Full-text, with statistics, of the FBI's compendium of crime statistics, since 1995; includes preliminary reports.


At the Graduate Center:
Law Library Microfilm Consortium: LLMC Digital includes thousands of digitized historical legal and government documents, including federal, state, and territorial governments of the U.S., and government publications from Canada, the U.K., Germany, and other countries. It also includes collections of Indigenous law, international law, and multi-jurisdictional special focus collections, such as Roman law, Islamic law, and Canon law. These materials should be of particular interest to researchers in history, political science, and sociology.

Legal Source: Information on current issues, studies and trends in the legal world, with over 1,200 full-text scholarly law journals and over 2.5 million records, including book reviews and case citations. Topic coverage includes criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical law, labor and human resource law, ethics, the environment, and more.  Coverage dates back to 1908.


ational law, federal law, organized crime, medical law, labor and human resource law, ethics, the environment, and more.  Coverage dates back to 1908.Nexis Uni (previously LexisNexis): Nexis Uni is a full-text news, business, and legal database with sources from around the world, including local, regional, national, and international newspapers, scholarly journals, trade journals, and popular magazines, television and radio broadcasts, and newswires and blogs. Legal sources include federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790. Also contains business information on U.S. and international companies (see Dossier section) and patent data (see TotalPatent One section).

Nexis Uni video tutorials


Webinar Recordings:
These short videos cover a range of topics meant to help GC students perform research and organize their findings. Flash 10.3 or higher required to view.

NEW Nursing and Health Sciences Resources: This 30 minute webinar covers the databases CINAHL, PsycTests, Statistical Insights, Oxford Reference, and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

Resources in Social Sciences: Search tips and resource recommendations for research in the social sciences.


Share Your Work:
You wrote it...now what? How will you put your work out into the world? CUNY offers a variety of platforms for posting, publishing, or otherwise sharing your work online. Different platforms have different features and purposes—for example, what's best for sharing an article you previously published in a subscription-based journal may not be best for making an educational text you wrote discoverable by other instructors. This page summarizes the different publishing platforms available to you as a member of the CUNY community.


Questions?:
Overwhelmed by the options? All Graduate Center students, faculty, and staff are welcome to contact us for additional information or guidance about platforms, copyright, permissions, etc.: Jill Cirasella , Scholarly Communication Librarian and University Liaison, is the library's primary point person for questions about scholarly publishing, including questions about CUNY Academic Works, copyright, fair use, publisher contracts, and Creative Commons licenses. Elvis Bakaitis , Head of Reference, is the library's primary point person for questions creating and sharing open educational resources (OER), including questions about Pressbooks, Manifold, and OpenEd CUNY.


CUNY Academic Works:
CUNY Academic Works collects, preserves, and provides public access to scholarly, creative, and pedagogical works created by members of the CUNY community. A service of the CUNY libraries, Academic Works serves several important purposes: as a primary publication venue for some works (e.g., dissertations, theses, and capstone projects , as well as white papers and conference presentations); as a site to share and showcase works published elsewhere (e.g., scholarly articles, book chapters); as a place to satisfy grant funders' open access and open data requirements. The Graduate Center section of Academic Works a great place for Graduate Center students, faculty, and staff to publicly share their work with the world. Learn more about how to add your work to CUNY Academic Works, or create an account to start uploading your work.


Pressbooks:
Pressbooks is online book production software, with editing functionality based on Wordpress. You can use Pressbooks to publish textbooks, scholarly monographs, syllabi, white papers, and more, in multiple formats including: Designed PDF (for print-on-demand and digital distribution) MOBI (for Kindle ebook readers) EPUB (for all other ebook readers) Pressbooks allows you to "edit as you go," making updates that are immediately live on the site. The platform is commonly used to create and share Open Educational Resources — typically more substantive texts, such as full length books or resource guides. Get started by signing up for a CUNY Pressbooks account .


Manifold:
Manifold @CUNY is a digital publishing platform where you can share your own scholarship or educational materials, upload texts that are openly licensed or in the public domain, upload texts for collective annotation with Hypothes.is , and more. Another option is to use the Manifold Reading Groups to build your own course reader from materials already available on the CUNY instance of Manifold. Check out CUNY Student Editions for examples of public domain texts that are "accessibly designed for students" in Manifold. Additional project collections include Libros En Espanol and Teaching and Pedagogy Resources . Manifold is best used as a display platform for pre-existing or finalized texts. As a creation platform, it lacks the editing functionality of Pressbooks (there is no way to modify a text once uploaded), which can be a barrier for those seeking to make continuous adjustments to their work. Get started by signing up for a Manifold @CUNY account .


OpenEd CUNY:
OpenEd CUNY is a hub for sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) created at CUNY. Built as a part of the University's involvement in the New York State OER Scale Up Initiative, the site is used by CUNY's twenty-five campuses to facilitate OER-enabled pedagogy and make the work that faculty, staff, and students are creating more visible and shareable. If you're interested in getting a sense of OER at CUNY, OpenEd CUNY allows you to search by material type (syllabus, module, full course, game), educational level, media format (audio, video, eBook), as well as subject area. Get started by signing up for an OpenEd CUNY account.


About:
This guide serves as a starting point for researchers and students in sociology and related fields. It collects information about selected resources available through the Mina Rees Library that are most relevant for the social sciences. Feeling overwhelmed? Make a research appointment with Roxanne Shirazi , librarian for sociology, or visit the reference desk on the library's 2nd floor to consult with a librarian (no appointment needed).


Handbooks and Overviews:
SAGE Research Methods: An online collection of more than 1,000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos on how to design and carry out research projects. Browse by discipline or search for a particular research approach (i.e., qualitative, quantitative, ethnographic) and see descriptions and examples from books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, journals, and videos. Read more in our GC Library blog post about Sage Research Methods .


examples from books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, journals, and videos. Read more in our GC Library blog post about Sage Research Methods .SAGE Knowledge Handbooks: Handbooks covering such subjects as digital dissertations, multicultural measures, environmental change, economic geography, historical theory, international relations, Islamic studies, performance studies, qualitative and quantitative research in psychology, race and ethnic studies, social anthropology, sociolinguistics, and theories of social psychology. To find available content: Select “SAGE Reference” Click on “Browse SAGE Reference” Find and click on "Handbooks" under "By Content Types" Select “Content available to me" under “Quick Filters” and Click “Apply Filter” to limit your results to just those handbook titles available at the Graduate Center.


available to me" under “Quick Filters” and Click “Apply Filter” to limit your results to just those handbook titles available at the Graduate Center.Titles that are available through our library subscription: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships Handbook of International Relations Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Volume 1 Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Volume 2 SAGE Handbook of Environmental Change: Volume 1 SAGE Handbook of Environmental Change: Volume 2 SAGE Handbook of Research on Classroom Assessment The Handbook of Community Practice The SAGE Handbook for Research in Education: Engaging Ideas and Enriching Inquiry The SAGE Handbook of Developmental Disorders The SAGE Handbook of Digital Dissertations and Theses The SAGE Handbook of Economic Geography The SAGE Handbook of Geographical Knowledge The SAGE Handbook of GIS and Society The SAGE Handbook of Historical Theory The SAGE Handbook of Human Geography: Two Volume Set The SAGE Handbook of Identities The SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGE


he SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEhe SAGE Handbook of Interview Research: The Complexity of Craft The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Multilevel Modeling The SAGEHandbook of Performance Studies The SAGE Handbook of Punishment and Society The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Geography The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in Psychology The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methods in Psychology The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing The SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology The SAGE Handbook of Social Cognition The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics The SAGE Handbook of Writing Development


E Handbook of Social Anthropology The SAGE Handbook of Social Cognition The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics The SAGE Handbook of Writing DevelopmentSocial Theory: More than 150,000 pages of content by such major theorists as Theodor Adorno, Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Jürgen Habermas, Karl Marx, Robert Merton, Dorothy E. Smith, and Talcott Parsons. Search across the resource or browse authors, titles, theories, or subjects.


abermas, Karl Marx, Robert Merton, Dorothy E. Smith, and Talcott Parsons. Search across the resource or browse authors, titles, theories, or subjects.Gale Ebooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library): Full text of over 1,800 reference works published by Gale, Brill Academic, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Greenwood, Sage, Salem Press, Wiley, and others. Titles include American Civil War Reference Library, Ancient Europe, 8000 BC to AD 1000, Encyclopedia of Aging, Encyclopedia of American Religions, Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.


America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Vietnam War Reference Library; World Education Encyclopedia.Gale Directory Library via NYPL: Please log in using your New York Public Library credentials! Search across a range of directories including Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers; Encyclopedia of American Religions (now available in Gale Ebooks); Encyclopedia of Associations - International Organizations; Encyclopedia of Associations - National Organizations of the U.S.; Encyclopedia of Associations - Regional, State and Local Organizations of the U.S.; Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources; Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations; Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media; Government Research Directory; International Research Centers Directory;  Market Share Reporter; National Faculty Directory; Publishers Directory; Research Centers Directory; Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies.


Getting Started in the Social Sciences:
Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences: This unique book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science. In this volume, Kristin Luker guides novice researchers in: knowing the difference between an area of interest and a research topic; defining the relevant parts of a potentially infinite research literature; mastering sampling, operationalization, and generalization; understanding which research methods best answer your questions; beating writer's block.


; mastering sampling, operationalization, and generalization; understanding which research methods best answer your questions; beating writer's block.Research Methods: The Basics: An accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice. This third edition provides an expanded and fully updated resource suitable for students and practitioners in a wide range of disciplines including the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is structured in two parts--the first covers the nature of knowledge and the reasons for doing research, the second explains the specific methods used to conduct an effective research project and how to propose, plan, carry out and write up a research project.


Reading Lists on Qualitative Interviews and Ethnography:
A Partial Bibliography of Books on How to Conduct Qualitative Interviews: Compiled by Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega,  Associate Professor with the Methods Lab at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Sede Mexico.


Off-Campus Access Problems?:
If you are unable to log into GC library databases with CUNY Login credentials, try using your GC Network Account credentials. You can also try CUNY e-resources as a backup. This smaller collection of databases provides access with your CUNY Login credentials. Use the password reset tool or contact IT Services to resolve account issues and regain access to all GC databases.


Suggest a Journal Purchase:
Suggest a journal subscription: The Graduate Center Library welcomes journal subscription suggestions from the Graduate Center community. The library will carefully consider requests that are consistent with our Collection Policy .


SocArXiv: Open archive of the social sciences:
SocArXiv (pronounced sosh-archive ) is a preprint server created by sociologists, librarians, and open science advocates. Visit SocArxiv.org to deposit papers, and SocOpen.org for the latest news.


Looking for a Specific Journal?:
Use our journal title search tool to see whether the library has access to a particular title, and what date ranges our subscriptions cover.


Core Databases:
The library subscribes to over 400 databases that allow you to search the scholarly literature across journals. Databases are professionally indexed and offer options for complex search queries. Use this list to get to the most relevant social science databases available through the Graduate Center.

Sociological Abstracts: Sociological Abstracts, and its companion file Social Services Abstracts, cover the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides abstracting and indexing of articles and book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers.  Coverage spans 1952 to the present.


om thousands of serials publications, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers.  Coverage spans 1952 to the present.Social Science Premium Collection: This collection includes databases covering the international literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, library science, and education. Together, they provide abstracts, indexing, and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and more.  Click "more" to see the full list of databases included in this collection.


articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and more.  Click "more" to see the full list of databases included in this collection.Search Social Science Premium as a whole or via individual databases: Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA) Criminal Justice Database Education Database ERIC International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) Library Science Database Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) Linguistics Database National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database PAIS Index Policy File Index Political Science Database Social Science Database Sociological Abstracts Sociology Database Worldwide Political Science Abstracts


olicy File Index Political Science Database Social Science Database Sociological Abstracts Sociology Database Worldwide Political Science Abstracts SocINDEX with Full Text: Comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and related areas of study. The database features 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus. Also contains abstracts for more than 4,650 journals, some dating to 1895 and extensive indexing for books/monographs and conference papers. Contains full text for more than 830 books and monographs, 16,800 conference papers, and 860 journals dating back to 1908. Searchable cited references and thousands of author profiles are also included.


raphs, 16,800 conference papers, and 860 journals dating back to 1908. Searchable cited references and thousands of author profiles are also included.Social Sciences Full Text: Provides access to English-language social science journals, including full text from 215 titles beginning in 1995 and indexing and abstracts of over 625 titles beginning in 1983, 400 of which are peer-reviewed. Subject coverage includes addiction studies, anthropology, community health & medical care, communications, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, urban studies and more.


national relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, urban studies and more.Annual Reviews: Full text of 51 Annual Review journals in the social sciences, biomedical/life sciences, physical sciences and economics. The literature reviews synthesize current understanding of a topic, set the work in historical context, and include extensive bibliographies. Search across or browse reviews and journals in more than 45 scientific disciplines, including anthropology, astrophysics, biochemistry, criminology, earth and planetary sciences, linguistics, neuroscience, psychology, and sociology.

Sociology Database: Full text of hundreds of scholarly journals in sociology and social work, social policy, social care, social services, social anthropology, gender studies, gerontology, social psychology, and population studies. Also includes dissertations and other sources. Coverage spans 1985 to the present.


er studies, gerontology, social psychology, and population studies. Also includes dissertations and other sources. Coverage spans 1985 to the present.Social Science Database: Social Science Database indexes over 1,000 social science journals, with full text for 900 titles, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences: IBSS includes over 3 million bibliographic references to journal articles, books, reviews, and selected chapters in anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology from 1951 to the present. Part of the ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection.

Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA): Indexes over 500 journals covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations, and education from 1987 to the present.  This database is part of the ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection.


conomics, politics, race relations, and education from 1987 to the present.  This database is part of the ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection.PAIS Index - International and Archive: Bibliographic citations from international sources including journals, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more, covering public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general from 1915 to the present.

SAGE Sociology Collection: Full text of 37 SAGE sociology journals from 1952 to the present.

Social Theory: More than 150,000 pages of content by such major theorists as Theodor Adorno, Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Jürgen Habermas, Karl Marx, Robert Merton, Dorothy E. Smith, and Talcott Parsons. Search across the resource or browse authors, titles, theories, or subjects.


abermas, Karl Marx, Robert Merton, Dorothy E. Smith, and Talcott Parsons. Search across the resource or browse authors, titles, theories, or subjects.ICPSR: Interuniversity Consortium for Political & Social Research: ICPSR, the world's largest collection of digital social science data, maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. ICPSR data cover sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, international relations, and more. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your email address and password to download data.


nd more. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your email address and password to download data.Roper iPoll (formerly Roper Center Archives): The world’s largest collection of poll data from 1935 to present.  Contains hundreds of thousands of questions and tens of thousands of individual-level datasets, with hundreds more added yearly. Includes broad topical coverage of opinions and behavior on social issues, politics, the environment, science and technology, health, economics, and more.  It also includes global data from over 120 countries, and historical archives that feature questions on topics such as World War II, the civil rights movement, and women’s history, along with a general social survey with cumulative data from 1972-2016 featuring a standard core of demographic and attitudinal variables. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.


. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.. Access through the Graduate Center Library enables you to view poll questions, save up to 50 questions, search abstracts and download documentation.Create a free personal account to download datasets, save up to 500 questions at once, and use the RoperExplorer analytical tool with crosstabs functionality. Users who have accounts on the old "classic" Roper iPoll website will need to register again on the new site. Learn more about how to use Roper iPoll online: Roper Tutorials .


General Databases:
Academic Search Complete: A multi-disciplinary database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.  In addition to full text, the database includes indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications, such as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.  While full text is available as far back as 1887 for a few titles, the text of most titles is available only for the past decade or two.

Directory of Open Access Journals: An independent index containing over 17,000 peer-reviewed, open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities.


containing over 17,000 peer-reviewed, open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities.JSTOR: A digital library containing journals, books, images, and primary sources. The GC’s subscription includes JSTOR’s Arts and Sciences I-XII collections of scholarly journals across the social sciences and humanities. Coverage begins with the first issue of almost every journal and continues through varying periods within the last five years. Also included are more than 700 freely accessible collections of illustrations, letters, literary documents, newspapers, magazines, photographs, postcards, and yearbooks; open access alternative press publications from the latter half of the 20th century; and thousands of research reports. 3+ million images in Artstor are also now discoverable in JSTOR. Browse content by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.


t by subject, title, or collection, or search across the full resource. Register for a free personal account to save materials and organize your work.Web of Science: Massive multidisciplinary index of scholarly publications, with especially strong coverage of the sciences and social sciences. Includes numerous sub-databases, most notably the Web of Science Core Collection, which provides cover-to-cover indexing of 21,000+ peer-reviewed journals. Includes citation data for publications, allowing searchers to identify highly cited articles, find citations to a given article/author, and track citations over time. Includes detailed author records and several unique search capabilities, such as the ability to search by author affiliation, grant number, or chemical structure. Also includes awarded grant information and associated publications.


GC Google Scholar Search 1:
Look for the "Find Fulltext at GC" link next to each result. Use that link to get the full text via the library's resources. Tip:  You can link your Google account to the GC, so the “Find Fulltext at GC” links will always appear – even if you don’t start your search from this page. Go to our customized settings screen , check all boxes for Mina Rees Library and click Save. If you’re logged into a Google account, it will remember that setting from now on.


Interlibrary Loan:
Interlibrary Loan: Articles requested through interlibrary loan (ILL) are typically delivered electronically as PDF files within 48 hours. Use your Graduate Center network ID user name and password to log in. If you have questions or need help placing your request, email ill@gc.cuny.edu.

Scan and deliver We can also scan print materials that we have in the GC library and send you a digital copy. Request up to one chapter from a print book or one article from a print journal by logging in above and filling out a regular ILL request form.


Suggest a Book:
Suggest a book purchase: The Graduate Center Library welcomes book purchase suggestions from the Graduate Center community. The library will carefully consider requests that are consistent with our Collection Policy .


Catalogs and Other Resources:
OneSearch combines many initial searches into one interface: it includes print books from all CUNY libraries; Graduate Center ebooks; a massive index of articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers; Graduate Center course reserves; dissertations at CUNY and beyond; and unique digital content.

WorldCat Discovery: WorldCat Discovery is a catalog and discovery system containing millions of records for print and electronic holdings in thousands of libraries around the world.


Ebook Collections for Sociologists:
Social Theory: More than 150,000 pages of content by such major theorists as Theodor Adorno, Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Jürgen Habermas, Karl Marx, Robert Merton, Dorothy E. Smith, and Talcott Parsons. Search across the resource or browse authors, titles, theories, or subjects.


abermas, Karl Marx, Robert Merton, Dorothy E. Smith, and Talcott Parsons. Search across the resource or browse authors, titles, theories, or subjects.Temple University Press: Labor Studies & Work (freely available): From its start, Temple University Press has been known for publishing significant titles in labor studies. Given this long history, many of these titles have gone out of print. Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Press, in collaboration with Temple University Libraries, has reissued 32 outstanding labor studies books in PDF, EPUB, and MOBI formats and made them freely available online. Chosen by an advisory board of scholars, labor studies experts, publishers, and librarians, each book contains a new foreword by a prominent scholar, reflecting on the content and placing it in historical context.


HM - Sociology(General) HQ1-2044 The Family. Marriage. Women HQ19-30.7 Sexual behavior and attitudes. Sexuality HQ503-1064 The family. Marriage. Home HQ755.7-759.92 Parents. Parenthood; including parent and child, husbands, fathers, wives, mothers HQ760-767.7 Family size HQ767.8-792.2 Children. Child development; Including child rearing, child life, play, socialization, children's rights HQ793-799.2 Youth. Adolescents. Teenagers HQ799.5-799.9 Young men and women HQ799.95-799.97 Adulthood HQ800-800.4 Single people HQ801-801.83 Man-woman relationships. Courtship. Dating HQ811-960.7 Divorce HQ998-999 Illegitimacy. Unmarried mothers HQ1060-1064 Aged. Gerontology (Social aspects). Retirement HQ1073-1073.5 Thanatology. Death. Dying HQ1075-1075.5 Sex role HT601-1445 Classes HT1501-1595 Races; Including race as a social group and race relations in general HV1-9960 Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology HV40-69 Social service. Social work.


as a social group and race relations in general HV1-9960 Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology HV40-69 Social service. Social work.as a social group and race relations in general HV1-9960 Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology HV40-69 Social service. Social work.as a social group and race relations in general HV1-9960 Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology HV40-69 Social service. Social work.Charity organization and practice; Including social case work, private and public relief, institutional care, rural social work, work relief HV697-4959 Protection, assistance and relief HV697-700.7 Families. Mothers. Widow's pensions HV1442-1448 Women HV1449 Gay men. Lesbians HV1450-1494 Aged HV1551-3024 People with disabilities Including blind, deaf, people with physical and mental disabilities HV4005-4013 Immigrants HV4023-4470.7 Poor in cities. Slums HV4480-4630 Mendicancy. Vagabondism. Tramps. Homelessness HV5800-5840 Drug habits. Drug abuse HV6001-7220.5 Criminology HV6035-6197 Criminal anthropology Including criminal types, criminal psychology, prison psychology, causes of crime HV9051-9230.7 The juvenile offender. Juvenile delinquency. Reform schools, etc. HV9261-9430.7 Reformation and reclamation of adult prisoners


Black Women and Resilience: Power, Perseverance, and Public Health: Black Women and Resilience brings together a wealth of qualitative and quantitative research to help foster broad understanding and advancement of Black women's collective health and wellbeing. Throughout, Kisha Braithwaite Holden, Camara Phyllis Jones, and their contributors use a health equity lens, maintaining that achieving health equity requires valuing all individuals and populations equally, recognizing and rectifying historical injustices, and providing resources according to need. Across four sections, scholars, practitioners, and community leaders address cultural narratives of Black womanhood; significant health issues affecting Black women; trauma, stressors, and strategies for healing; and advocacy for social justice and collective action.


significant health issues affecting Black women; trauma, stressors, and strategies for healing; and advocacy for social justice and collective action.significant health issues affecting Black women; trauma, stressors, and strategies for healing; and advocacy for social justice and collective action.significant health issues affecting Black women; trauma, stressors, and strategies for healing; and advocacy for social justice and collective action.Multivocal and multidisciplinary, Black Women and Resilience models and invites exchange across sectors and specializations while consistently centering the experiences and contributions of Black women as catalysts for transformation.


ange across sectors and specializations while consistently centering the experiences and contributions of Black women as catalysts for transformation.On Display: Instagram, The Self, and the City: Two billion people around the world use Instagram, but so far social scientists have done little research on the platform. Despite Instagram's reputation for shallowness, the ongoing self-presentation it demands confronts users with profound dilemmas. Who are we? What do we want to show of ourselves? What do we aspire to be?    On Display is a book about how people remake their worlds through social media. John D. Boy and Justus Uitermark provide an encompassing account of how a platform that is unfailingly polished and ruthlessly judgmental shapes us and our environments. They examine how personalities, relations, social movements, urban subcultures, and city streets change as they are represented on Instagram. Interviews and ethnographic vignettes render an intimate account of the desires and anxieties that animate the platform. Just as importantly, Boy and Uitermark reveal how Instagram is implicated in social inequalities.


the desires and anxieties that animate the platform. Just as importantly, Boy and Uitermark reveal how Instagram is implicated in social inequalities.the desires and anxieties that animate the platform. Just as importantly, Boy and Uitermark reveal how Instagram is implicated in social inequalities.the desires and anxieties that animate the platform. Just as importantly, Boy and Uitermark reveal how Instagram is implicated in social inequalities.While previous accounts have argued that social media promote polarization, On Display shows that this is not the case for Instagram where users belong to large and diverse networks, compelling them to take many, often contradictory expectations into account. This means users shy away from producing statements or images that may cause offense as a way to preserve their public image and their social connections. Drawing on sociological theory, long-term qualitative inquiry in Amsterdam, and computational analyses, Boy and Uitermark argue that grasping the power of Instagram--and other social media platforms--requires seeing them not as digital networks of communication and sharing, but as a stage for the expression and affirmation of social status.


tforms--requires seeing them not as digital networks of communication and sharing, but as a stage for the expression and affirmation of social status.Human Migration and the Refugee Crisis: Origins and Global Impact: Discover the origins and consequences of human movement over time, from the 16th-century Age of Discovery to 21st-century immigration politics.    This book examines the complex forces behind international migration and the enormous impact it is having on our globalized world. Chapters cover both the challenges and opportunities associated with migration in a broad selection of countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and Oceania. Readers will find in-depth analysis of such recent events as the Ukrainian refugee crisis, violence against immigrants in South Africa, support for right-wing political parties in Germany, Australia's use of offshore detention centers, and the Trump administration's efforts to curb immigration.


or right-wing political parties in Germany, Australia's use of offshore detention centers, and the Trump administration's efforts to curb immigration.or right-wing political parties in Germany, Australia's use of offshore detention centers, and the Trump administration's efforts to curb immigration.or right-wing political parties in Germany, Australia's use of offshore detention centers, and the Trump administration's efforts to curb immigration.Readers will also uncover the historical antecedents to the modern landscape of human migration, including the push for colonization and the exploitation and horrors of the slave trade.    The book also investigates the profound impact that climate change will have on patterns of human migration in the coming years. Taken together, the chapters offer candid and compelling coverage of a dynamic subject that affects millions of people worldwide. For readers wishing to delve even deeper into this multifaceted and often contentious subject, a comprehensive list of recommended readings serves as a gateway to further exploration.


deeper into this multifaceted and often contentious subject, a comprehensive list of recommended readings serves as a gateway to further exploration.Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America: Pivoting from studies that emphasize the dominance of progressivism on American college campuses during the late sixties and early seventies, Lauren Lassabe Shepherd positions conservative critiques of, and agendas in, American colleges and universities as an essential dimension of a broader conversation of conservative backlash against liberal education.         This book explores the story of how stakeholders in American higher education organized and reacted to challenges to their power from the New Left and Black Power student resistance movements of the late 1960s.


higher education organized and reacted to challenges to their power from the New Left and Black Power student resistance movements of the late 1960s. higher education organized and reacted to challenges to their power from the New Left and Black Power student resistance movements of the late 1960s. higher education organized and reacted to challenges to their power from the New Left and Black Power student resistance movements of the late 1960s.By examining the range of conservative student organizations and coalition building, Shepherd shows how wealthy donors and conservative intellectuals trained future GOP leaders such as Karl Rove, Bill Barr, Jeff Sessions, Pat Buchanan, and others in conservative politics, providing them with tactics to consciously drive American politics and culture further to the authoritarian right and to "reclaim" American higher education.


ng them with tactics to consciously drive American politics and culture further to the authoritarian right and to "reclaim" American higher education.Between Catastrophe and Revolution: Essays in Honor of Mike Davis: It is all worse than we think. It is even worse than Mike Davis, for whom "every day is judgment day" (The Nation), could have imagined. The contributions to this volume are explorations of what Davis--in typical wry fashion--once referred to as the field of "disaster studies." Collectively, they show how our "disaster imaginary" has been rendered inadequate by the existing order's ability to feed off and coopt our resistance to it.  Contemporary mass protests are now subsumed as instances of an established, profitable politics of rage. Geopolitical conflict poses not as a threat to hegemonic power but rather serves the interests of a global market which capitalizes on lucrative, permanent war.


al conflict poses not as a threat to hegemonic power but rather serves the interests of a global market which capitalizes on lucrative, permanent war.al conflict poses not as a threat to hegemonic power but rather serves the interests of a global market which capitalizes on lucrative, permanent war.al conflict poses not as a threat to hegemonic power but rather serves the interests of a global market which capitalizes on lucrative, permanent war.Climate change itself, if it was ever thought to be a universalizing phenomenon, is now treated as an extensive market opportunity by global risk insurance conglomerates and predatory lenders who bet against any rescue of the planet.  Such catastrophic developments resist the language we use to describe and deconstruct them. The contributions to this volume seek to reimagine our understanding of disaster, and, following the example of Davis himself, to refuse outdated models of political transcendence as vigorously as they reject narratives of resignation.


, following the example of Davis himself, to refuse outdated models of political transcendence as vigorously as they reject narratives of resignation.Nice White Ladies: Named a Best Book of 2021 by Kirkus        An acclaimed expert illuminates the distinctive role that white women play in perpetuating racism, and how they can work to fight it         In a nation deeply divided by race, the "Karens" of the world are easy to villainize. But in Nice White Ladies, Jessie Daniels addresses the unintended complicity of even well-meaning white women. She reveals how their everyday choices harm communities of color. White mothers, still expected to be the primary parents, too often uncritically choose to send their kids to the "best" schools, collectively leading to a return to segregation. She addresses a feminism that pushes women of color aside, and a wellness industry that insulates white women in a bubble of their own privilege.        Daniels then charts a better path forward.


color aside, and a wellness industry that insulates white women in a bubble of their own privilege.        Daniels then charts a better path forward. color aside, and a wellness industry that insulates white women in a bubble of their own privilege.        Daniels then charts a better path forward. color aside, and a wellness industry that insulates white women in a bubble of their own privilege.        Daniels then charts a better path forward.She looks to the white women who fight neo-Nazis online and in the streets, and who challenge all-white spaces from workplaces to schools to neighborhoods. In the end, she shows how her fellow white women can work toward true equality for all.


all-white spaces from workplaces to schools to neighborhoods. In the end, she shows how her fellow white women can work toward true equality for all.A People's Guide to New York City: This alternative guidebook for one of the world's most popular tourist destinations explores all five boroughs to reveal a people's New York City.         The sites and stories of A People's Guide to New York City shift our perception of what defines New York, placing the passion, determination, defeats, and victories of its people at the core. Delving into the histories of New York's five boroughs, you will encounter enslaved Africans in revolt, women marching for equality, workers on strike, musicians and performers claiming streets for their art, and neighbors organizing against landfills and industrial toxins and in support of affordable housing and public schools. The streetscapes that emerge from these groups' struggles bear the traces, and this book shows you where to look to find them.


ing and public schools. The streetscapes that emerge from these groups' struggles bear the traces, and this book shows you where to look to find them.ing and public schools. The streetscapes that emerge from these groups' struggles bear the traces, and this book shows you where to look to find them.ing and public schools. The streetscapes that emerge from these groups' struggles bear the traces, and this book shows you where to look to find them.New York City is a preeminent global city, serving as the headquarters for hundreds of multinational firms and a world-renowned cultural hub for fashion, art, and music. It is among the most multicultural cities in the world and also one of the most segregated cities in the United States. The people that make this global city function--immigrants, people of color, and the working classes--reside largely in the so-called outer boroughs, outside the corporations, neon, and skyscrapers of Manhattan. A People's Guide to New York City expands the scope and scale of traditional guidebooks, providing an equitable exploration of the diverse communities throughout the city. Through the stories of over 150 sites across the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island as well as thematic tours and contemporary and archival photographs, a people's New York emerges, one in which collective struggles for justice and freedom have shaped the very landscape of the city.


chival photographs, a people's New York emerges, one in which collective struggles for justice and freedom have shaped the very landscape of the city.The Democratic Ethos: What did Occupy Wall Street accomplish? While it began as a startling disruption in politics as usual, in The Democratic Ethos Freya Thimsen argues that the movement's long-term importance rests in how its commitment to radical democratic self-organization has been adopted within more conventional forms of politics. Occupy changed what counts as credible democratic coordination and how democracy is performed, as demonstrated in opposition to corporate political influence, rural antifracking activism, and political campaigns.  By comparing instances of progressive politics that demonstrate the democratic ethos developed and promoted by Occupy and those that do not, Thimsen illustrates how radical and conventional rhetorical strategies can be brought together to seek democratic change.


ccupy and those that do not, Thimsen illustrates how radical and conventional rhetorical strategies can be brought together to seek democratic change.ccupy and those that do not, Thimsen illustrates how radical and conventional rhetorical strategies can be brought together to seek democratic change.ccupy and those that do not, Thimsen illustrates how radical and conventional rhetorical strategies can be brought together to seek democratic change.Combining insights from rhetorical studies, performance studies, political theory, and sociology, The Democratic Ethos offers a set of conceptual tools for analyzing anticorporate democracy-movement politics in the twenty-first century.


sociology, The Democratic Ethos offers a set of conceptual tools for analyzing anticorporate democracy-movement politics in the twenty-first century.Listening to People: A Practical Guide to Interviewing, Participant Observation, Data Analysis, and Writing It All Up: A down-to-earth, practical guide for interview and participant observation and analysis.        In-depth interviews and close observation are essential to the work of social scientists, but inserting one's researcher-self into the lives of others can be daunting, especially early on.  Esteemed sociologist Annette Lareau is here to help. Lareau's clear, insightful, and personal guide is not your average methods text. It promises to reduce researcher anxiety while illuminating the best methods for first-rate research practice.         As the title of this book suggests, Lareau considers listening to be the core element of interviewing and observation.


rate research practice.         As the title of this book suggests, Lareau considers listening to be the core element of interviewing and observation.rate research practice.         As the title of this book suggests, Lareau considers listening to be the core element of interviewing and observation.rate research practice.         As the title of this book suggests, Lareau considers listening to be the core element of interviewing and observation.A researcher must listen to people as she collects data, listen to feedback as she describes what she is learning, listen to the findings of others as they delve into the existing literature on topics, and listen to herself in order to sift and prioritize some aspects of the study over others. By listening in these different ways, researchers will discover connections, reconsider assumptions, catch mistakes, develop and assess new ideas, weigh priorities, ponder new directions, and undertake numerous adjustments--all of which will make their contributions clearer and more valuable.         Accessibly written and full of practical, easy-to-follow guidance, this book will help both novice and experienced researchers to do their very best work. Qualitative research is an inherently uncertain project, but with Lareau's help, you can alleviate anxiety and focus on success.


their very best work. Qualitative research is an inherently uncertain project, but with Lareau's help, you can alleviate anxiety and focus on success.Border Bodies: In this study of sex, gender, sexual violence, and power along the border, Bernadine Marie Hernandez brings to light under-heard stories of women who lived in a critical era of American history. Elaborating on the concept of sexual capital, she uses little-known newspapers and periodicals, letters, testimonios, court cases, short stories, and photographs to reveal how sex, violence, and capital conspired to govern not only women's bodies but their role in the changing American Southwest. Hernandez focuses on a time when the borderlands saw a rapid influx of white settlers who encountered elite landholding Californios, Hispanos, and Tejanos. Sex was inseparable from power in the borderlands, and women were integral to the stabilization of that power.        In drawing these stories from the archive, Hernandez illuminates contemporary ideas of sexuality through the lens of the borderland's history of expansionist, violent, and gendered conquest.


e, Hernandez illuminates contemporary ideas of sexuality through the lens of the borderland's history of expansionist, violent, and gendered conquest.e, Hernandez illuminates contemporary ideas of sexuality through the lens of the borderland's history of expansionist, violent, and gendered conquest.e, Hernandez illuminates contemporary ideas of sexuality through the lens of the borderland's history of expansionist, violent, and gendered conquest.By extension, Hernandez argues that Mexicana, Nuevomexicana, Californiana, and Tejana women were key actors in the formation of the western United States, even as they are too often erased from the region's story.


liforniana, and Tejana women were key actors in the formation of the western United States, even as they are too often erased from the region's story.The Digital Factory: The Digital Factory reveals the hidden human labor that supports today's digital capitalism.         The workers of today's digital factory include those in Amazon warehouses, delivery drivers, Chinese gaming workers, Filipino content moderators, and rural American search engine optimizers. Repetitive yet stressful, boring yet often emotionally demanding, these jobs require little formal qualification, but can demand a large degree of skills and knowledge. This work is often hidden behind the supposed magic of algorithms and thought to be automated, but it is in fact highly dependent on human labor.         The workers of today's digital factory are not as far removed from a typical auto assembly line as we might think. Moritz Altenried takes us inside today's digital factories, showing that they take very different forms, including gig economy platforms, video games, and Amazon warehouses.


us inside today's digital factories, showing that they take very different forms, including gig economy platforms, video games, and Amazon warehouses.us inside today's digital factories, showing that they take very different forms, including gig economy platforms, video games, and Amazon warehouses.us inside today's digital factories, showing that they take very different forms, including gig economy platforms, video games, and Amazon warehouses.As Altenried shows, these digital factories often share surprising similarities with factories from the industrial age. As globalized capitalism and digital technology continue to transform labor around the world, Altenried offers a timely and poignant exploration of how these changes are restructuring the social division of labor and its geographies as well as the stratifications and lines of struggle.


loration of how these changes are restructuring the social division of labor and its geographies as well as the stratifications and lines of struggle.The Biomedical Empire: We are all citizens of the Biomedical Empire, though few of us know it, and even fewer understand the extent of its power. In this book, Barbara Katz Rothman clarifies that critiques of biopower and the "medical industrial complex" have not gone far enough, and asserts that the medical industry is nothing short of an imperial power. Factors as fundamental as one's citizenship and sex identity--drivers of our access to basic goods and services--rely on approval and legitimation by biomedicine. Moreover, a vast and powerful global market has risen up around the empire, making it one of the largest economic forces in the world. Katz Rothman shows that biomedicine has the key elements of an imperial power: economic leverage, the faith of its citizens, and governmental rule. She investigates the Western colonial underpinnings of the empire and its rapid intrusion into everyday life, focusing on the realms of birth and death.


e investigates the Western colonial underpinnings of the empire and its rapid intrusion into everyday life, focusing on the realms of birth and death.e investigates the Western colonial underpinnings of the empire and its rapid intrusion into everyday life, focusing on the realms of birth and death.e investigates the Western colonial underpinnings of the empire and its rapid intrusion into everyday life, focusing on the realms of birth and death.This provides her with a powerful vantage point from which to critically examine the current moment, when the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the power structures of the empire in unprecedented ways while sparking the most visible resistance it has ever seen.


Associations and Societies:
American Academy of Political and Social Science: "For more than 125 years, the Academy’s flagship journal, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, has brought together public officials and scholars from across the disciplines to tackle issues ranging from racial inequality and intractable poverty to the threat of nuclear terrorism." (website) AAPSS publishes a journal in association with Sage Publishing: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science


errorism." (website) AAPSS publishes a journal in association with Sage Publishing: The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social ScienceAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA): "The American Educational Research Association (AERA), founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results." (website) AERA publishes seven peer-reviewed journals, in association with Sage Journals: AERA Open (OA) American Educational Research Journal Educational Researcher Review of Educational Research Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics Review of Research in Education


ew of Educational Research Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics Review of Research in EducationAmerican Sociological Association (ASA): "Working at the national and international levels, the Association aims to articulate policy and implement programs likely to have the broadest possible impact for sociology now and in the future." (website) The ASA publishes 14 scholarly journals, in association with Sage Publications (exceptions noted below): American Sociological Review City & Community (Wiley) Contemporary Sociology Contexts Journal of Health and Social Behavior Journal of World Systems Research Social Psychology Quarterly Society and Mental Health Sociological Methodology Sociological Theory Sociology of Education Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Socius (OA) Teaching Sociology


y and Mental Health Sociological Methodology Sociological Theory Sociology of Education Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Socius (OA) Teaching SociologyAssociation for the Sociology of Religion: "The Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR) is an international scholarly association that seeks to advance theory and research in the sociology of religion. The Association encourages and communicates research that ranges widely across the multiple themes and approaches in the study of religion, and is a focal point for comparative, historical and theoretical contributions to the field." (website) The ASR publishes a scholarly journal in association with Oxford Journals: Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review


ibutions to the field." (website) The ASR publishes a scholarly journal in association with Oxford Journals: Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly ReviewEastern Sociological Society (ESS): "Founded in 1930, the Eastern Sociological Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in sociological scholarship and instruction. The ESS sponsors Sociological Forum, a four-day Annual Meeting in the spring, a newsletter, numerous award competitions, an employment service, and a mailing list." (website) The ESS publishes a peer-reviewed journal, in association with Wiley Publishing: Sociological Forum

"The RSS is a professional social science association that promotes the generation, application, and dissemination of sociological knowledge. The Society seeks to enhance the quality of rural life, communities, and the environment." (website)


ion, and dissemination of sociological knowledge. The Society seeks to enhance the quality of rural life, communities, and the environment." (website)Society for Social Studies of Science (4S): "The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) is a scholarly society founded in 1975 with an international membership of over 1200. Its main purpose is to bring together those interested in understanding science, technology, and medicine, including the way they develop and interact with their social contexts."

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR): "The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion stimulates, promotes, and communicates social scientific research about religious institutions and experiences. Founded in 1949, SSSR fosters interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration among scholars from sociology, religious studies, psychology, political science, economics, international studies, gender studies, and many other fields. Its flagship publication, the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, is the most cited resource in the field."


studies, and many other fields. Its flagship publication, the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, is the most cited resource in the field."Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS): "The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) is an international organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about sexuality. It is the oldest organization of professionals interested in the study of sexuality in the United States. SSSS brings together an interdisciplinary group of professionals who believe in the importance of both the production of quality research and the clinical, educational, and social applications of research related to all aspects of sexuality."


ce of both the production of quality research and the clinical, educational, and social applications of research related to all aspects of sexuality."Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP): "The SSSP's stated purpose is to promote and protect sociological research and teaching on significant problems of social life and, particularly, to encourage the work of young sociologists; to stimulate the application of scientific method and theory to the study of vital social problems; to encourage problem-centered social research; to foster cooperative relations among persons and organizations engaged in the application of scientific sociological findings to the formulation of social policies; to foster higher quality of life, social welfare, and positive social relations in society and the global community and to undertake any activity related thereto or necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of the foregoing purposes."


ty and the global community and to undertake any activity related thereto or necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of the foregoing purposes."Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS): "Sociologists for Women in Society is a nonprofit professional feminist organization dedicated to: 1. Encouraging the development of sociological feminist theory and scholarship; 2. Transforming the academy through feminist leadership, career development, and institutional diversity; 3. Promoting social justice through local, national, and international activism; 4. Supporting the publication and dissemination of cutting edge feminist social science."


justice through local, national, and international activism; 4. Supporting the publication and dissemination of cutting edge feminist social science."Southern Sociological Society: "Established in 1935, the Southern Sociological Society is a society of professionals that promotes the development of sociology as a profession and scientific discipline by the maintenance of high academic professional and ethical standards, and by encouraging effective teaching of sociology, valid and reliable methods and research in the study of human society, diffusion of sociological knowledge and its application to societal problems, cooperation with related disciplines and groups, recruitment and training of sociologists, and development of sociology programs in educational and other agencies."


ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research:
CUNY is a member of ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Reseach), a data archive that specializes in long term preservation. CUNY staff, students, and faculty have access to the extensive ICPSR data holdings and other member services such as data curation, data management expertise, and resources for teaching with data.


to the extensive ICPSR data holdings and other member services such as data curation, data management expertise, and resources for teaching with data.ICPSR: Interuniversity Consortium for Political & Social Research: ICPSR, the world's largest collection of digital social science data, maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. ICPSR data cover sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, international relations, and more. First-time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account; thereafter, you will need your email address and password to download data.


Useful Guides:
Finding Data Analyzing & Visualizing Data Mapping Data Data Management SPSS


Teaching with data:
ICPSR Teaching and Learning: These resources were created especially for undergraduate faculty and students. While any of ICPSR's data and tools can be used in the classroom, the ones provided here make it easy for instructors to set up data-driven learning experiences. The materials can be used as the basis for assignments, as an in-class or study exercise, for lecture content, or any other way you see fit. All resources are provided under a Creative Commons (attribution) License.

Social Science Data and Analysis Network: "The Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) is a university-based organization that creates demographic media (such as user guides, web sites, and hands-on classroom computer materials) that make U.S. census data accessible to policymakers, educators, the media, and informed citizens. SSDAN is directed by demographer William H. Frey and utilizes facilities at the Population Studies Center, University of Michigan." (website)


Fully featured analytic software:
The following professional-grade software packages allow you to manipulate and visualize quantitative data in very complex ways: SAS - Powerful statistical analysis and data management tool, uses command-line interface, particularly good for ANOVA SPSS - Relatively sophisticated data analysis tool, with a user-friendly GUI, geared toward quantitative social sciences data R - Free, versatile option for data analysis and visualization Each of these statistical packages are available through CUNY Virtual Desktop , except for R, which is downloadable from http://www.r-project.org/ How do I choose? Choosing statistical software (online video, 36 minutes) Brief comparison between SAS, STATA, and SPSS (PDF) Choosing the correct statistical test in SAS, STATA, SPSS, and R Institute for Digital Education & Research, UCLA)


Qualitative Data Analysis Software:
ATLAS.ti: ATLAS.ti is qualitative data analysis software. Available on the Graduate Center's public computers (PC only). Users should register a new account when prompted by the software on public computers.

Dedoose: Developed by researchers at UCLA, Dedoose is a qualitative research subscription software package aimed specifically at mixed methods research. Individual student rate is $10.95 per month.

NVivo: NVivo is an advanced qualitative research software. At the GC, NVivo 12 is installed on two computers in room 6304.32 and two computers in the library (2nd floor, Center-1). Students may request off-site access to the software by creating a ticket with IT Services (subject to license availability).


ASA Style:
ASA Guide Online: From Purdue's online writing lab, an outline of style guide basics from the American Sociological Association. The full ASA style guide is available in print book format only.

Quick Tips for ASA Style: Produced by the American Sociological Association. A style sheet distilling the main elements of ASA Style.

R markdown / LaTeX GC Dissertation Template for Sociology: Courtesy of Kasey Zapatka. This R markdown/LaTeX template complies with Graduate Center requirements and includes American Sociological Association formatting.


Zotero:
Zotero: Works with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Saves citations to articles, books, webpages, and more with a single click. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers. Can be linked to Dropbox accounts to store and organize PDFs. Open source.

Zotero Wiki: This site was originally created as a Zotero resource for a one day training course, Managing Personal Digital Research Information, at the British Library in September 2013 and March 2014.


Refworks:
Refworks: Online citation management licensed for all CUNY campuses. Generate footnotes and bibliography in any writing style; organize citations and notes in your private library. 25 MB limit on individual file size; 5 GB individual account limit. Group Code: RWGradC There is a new interface available for RefWorks; see the library guide Citation Managers & Style Guides for more information.


Mendeley:
Mendeley: Mendeley is a free reference manager and an academic social network that also allows you to collect and annotate PDFs. Owned by Elsevier.


Find Grants and Research Awards:
Pivot-RP: Grants, internships, and graduate and post-graduate fellowships in all subject areas. Search for open funding opportunities and information about previously awarded grants. Users may create an optional personal account to use enhanced features such as saving searches and tracking funding opportunities. Once you create an account, you can also claim and configure your user profile to receive personalized automated funding recommendations targeted to your research interests. To create an account, select the Use Email Address/Create Password option and fill out the form using your @gradcenter.cuny.edu or @gc.cuny.edu address. For Affiliated Member Institution, select "Graduate Center, The City University of New York." Look for the verification email in your inbox to finish the process. After the initial setup, you will be recognized as a GC researcher whenever you log into your personal account.


l in your inbox to finish the process. After the initial setup, you will be recognized as a GC researcher whenever you log into your personal account.Social Science Research Foundation Fellowships List: The Social Science Research Council is an independent, nonprofit international organization founded in 1923. It nurtures new generations of social scientists, fosters innovative research, and mobilizes necessary knowledge on important public issues.


University Funding Directories:
Duke University Office of Research Support: Duke University ORS maintains a database of funding opportunities by discipline. Opportunities are curated from a variety of sources and include funding announcements from federal, foundation, industry, and professional association sponsors. The information contained is NOT limited to Duke internal opportunities.

GRAPES - UCLA Graduate & Postdoctoral Extramural Support: Search for awards from among 625 scholarships, grants, fellowships, and postdoctoral awards. Free-to-search for applicants to any graduate program, to graduate students working on a master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation, and to postdoc scholars.

Michigan State University Grants for Individuals Compilation: Includes a frequently updated comprehensive list of grants to individuals organized by academic discipline or subject, population group, and academic level.


Support for Sponsored Research:
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs: The office of Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) is the CUNY Graduate School and University Center’s central administrative unit for overseeing GC-CUNY applications for, and awards of, governmental and foundation funding.


Fundraising for Non-Profit Organizations:
Free Training from Candid.org (formerly Foundation Center and Guidestar): Classroom and Webinar trainings are available led by Candid.  This link will provide dates and the ability to register.