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Background Information
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of Sociology - Lengthy articles that provide background information on schools of thought, prominent figures, methodology, etc., with bibliographies. Main Ref. HM 425 .E5 2000, v.1-5 (2nd ed.)
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Sociology - Main Ref. HM 17 .C66 1994
- A Dictionary of Sociology (from Oxford Reference Online)
- Encyclopedia of Social Theory (from the Gale Virtual Reference Library)
- ASA Style Guide - Citation handbook from the American Sociological Association. Main Ref. HM 73 .A54 1996
Abbreviated version online - ASA Quick Online Style Guide
- Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Social Thought - Main Ref. H 41 .B53 1993
- International Encyclopedia Of The Social & Behavioral Sciences- Geared towards 20th century thought and international in scope.- Main Ref. H 41 .I58 2001, v. 1-26
Journal Articles
- Sociological Abstracts- A primary access point to sociology journal articles; online indexing includes 1963 and forward. Earlier years, dating from 1953, are available in print:
- Sociological Abstracts - Williston Stacks, Level 3, HM 1 .S67 Folio
- Annual Reviews Index - Offers keyword searching of titles included in the Annual Reviews series including the Annual Review of Sociology. Annual Review articles survey and highlight the literature in a particular discipline.
- Academic Search Premier - offers indexing and abstracts for over 8,000 journals. Over half of the articles are full text. It is interdisciplinary and includes some sociology journals.
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) - includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries.
- Family & Society Studies Worldwide - indexing publications from a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history and social work.
- Social Sciences Citation Index - Part of the ISI Web of Science. Provides bibliographic information to over 1,725 social science journals spanning 50 disciplines. Searchable by keyword, author, journal title. Special feature: users can follow the cited references of one article to locate additional relevant sources.
- Ethnic NewsWatch - An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses.
- Alternative Press Index - Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines
- Population Index- A tool published by the Office of Population Research, Princeton University, to access scholarly literature on populations worldwide. "It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics."
Searching for Books
While general sociology materials may be found by browsing the HM section in the Williston Stacks, it is usually more effective to search for specific topic in the Five College Online Library Catalog. For help using the catalog, try the Getting Started on Research guide or Ask a Librarian
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