The Primis sociology database is continually evolving as new material is added and existing material is updated on a regular basis. The hundreds of items comprising the database fall into three categories:

• ORIGINAL CHAPTERS, written by experts in the field, that parallel chapters in traditional textbooks. (Examples)
• ORIGINAL ESSAYS, also written by acknowledged experts, on more specific topics of interest and importance in the field. (Example)
• REPRINTS of classic and contemporary articles and excerpts from books in sociology, or related to the field. (Example )

Instructors can choose any of the hundreds of selections available and place them in any order they wish, and Primis will create a customized book for possible course adoption. The material offered in the database allows instructors to design a book for virtually any course in sociology, including readers, texts, and anthologies:

• A text-reader in Introductory Sociology
• A textbook in Social Problems
• A book of original essays in Social Problems
• An anthology of previously published articles in Social Problems
• A text-reader in Marriage and The Family
• A reader in Race and Ethnic Relations
• A reader in Sociology of Sex and Gender
• A reader in Social Stratification
• A text-reader in Sociology of Health and Medicine
• A text-reader in Sociological Theory
• A text-reader in Criminology
• A text-reader in Deviance

OTHER AVAILABLE MATERIAL

• Collective Behavior and Social Movements
• Culture
• Economy and Work
• Marriage and the Family
• Population and the Environment
• Power and Politics
• Social Change and Modernity
• Socialization
• Other

In addition to the selections in the sociology database, there are a wide variety of essays, articles, and chapters spanning over 25 disciplines on the Primis Database. These selections can be used to supplement any of the above-suggested texts or to create an anthology in other areas of sociology. Remember you are free to choose any selection from the entire database in creating your sample book.