Sociology

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Books

You can search the library catalog by author, title, subject, or keyword (multiple fields at once).

Reference Books

Current Issues: Macmillan Social Science Library REF HN59.2.C877
Encyclopedia of Addictive Drugs REF RM316.M555
Encyclopedia of American Social Movements REF HN57.E594
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior ONLINE
Encyclopedia of Family Life REF HQ534.E53
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ONLINE
Encyclopedia of Sociology REF HM425.E5
Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures REF HT108.5.E53
International Encyclopedia of Marriage & Family REF HQ9.E52
Social Issues in America REF HN57.S624

Magazines and Journals

The American Journal of Sociology

Check for online availability

Browse online sociology journals (See "Sociology & Social History")

Online Library Databases

CQ Researcher
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Reports on topics of current interest ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.

Expanded Academic ASAP
A multidisciplinary database for accessing scholarly articles in arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology.

Opposing Viewpoints
Focuses on social issues, with viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

SIRS: Knowledge Source
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A general database providing access to full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues.

Internet Resources

Electronic Journal of Sociology
http://www.sociology.org
Presents “research papers on topical or critical issues of today that are both scholarly and accessible.” Requires free registration.

Web Search Engines

Infomine
http://infomine.ucr.edu
A gateway to scholarly sources on the Web, cataloged by subject heading.

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org
A searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative Web sites.

Librarian’s Internet Index
http://www.lii.org
A directory of quality Web sites selected by librarians.