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Sociology

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This subject guide is a good starting place for researching general topics in Sociology, but you might also look at other guides, such as Criminology or Women's Studies or Sexual Diversity Studies.

Full Text Journals & Indexes

 

Online Reference Sources

  SocINDEX
ABOUT     Dictionary of Sociology.
Online dictionary from Oxford.
  PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
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  Alternative Press Index
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Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology11 volumes now online.

Annual Review of Sociology.
Search for review articles on your topic.

  Contemporary Women's Issues
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Web Resources

Sociolog: a comprehensive guide to sociology online
This is an impressive site with links to all sorts of institutes, departments, and associations plus many of the other mega-sociology sites on the web.

Sociological tour through cyberspace
Developed by Prof. Michael C. Kearl at Trinity University in San Antonio, this site is an invitation to thoughtful exploration and research in sociology.

The Socioweb
A searchable site with an interesting range of information related to sociology from "Giants of Sociology" to "Sociology in Action".

WWW resources for sociologists
Maintained by the Social Science Data Lab Associate Director at the University of Colorado at Boulder and is exceptional in its Social Science Data Archive category with links to ICPSR and other data providers.

Public Opinion Polls
Links to free and subscription-based polling data.

Childstats.gov
This web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment,and education.

Poverty related links
Developed by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisc., Madison, this site provides a wealth of information for anyone studying poverty and/or welfare reform.

Dead Sociologist Society
A source for material on major figures in Classical sociological theory.

Subject Guides at Bowdoin and Colby Colleges.

Reference Works

International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
Reference H41 .I58 2001, 26 vols.

Encyclopedia of Sociology
Reference HM425 .E5 2000, 4 vols.

Encyclopedia of American Social Movements
Reference HN57 .E594 2004, 4 vols.

International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
Reference HQ9 .E52 2003, 4 vols.

Library contact:

For more information, contact:

Laura Juraska
Associate Librarian for Reference Services
207-786-8324
e-mail: ljuraska AT bates.edu

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Page author: Laura Juraska
Date: 07/28/08


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