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Sociology

This page provides a basic list of resources recommended for common research paper assignments in Sociology.

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Finding Articles [help]
  More Info UW Restricted Sociological Abstracts - The best single index for Sociology journal articles; also covers conference papers and dissertations
  More Info UW Restricted Social Sciences Citation Index - Excellent interdisciplinary Social Science coverage; can answer "who has cited this book or article?"
  More Info UW Restricted Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) - Good basic journal coverage and much full text; also includes many non-peer-reviewed magazines
   
Finding Books [help]
  More Info UW Libraries Catalog
  More Info Summit
  More Info UW Restricted OCLC FirstSearch
   
Electronic Journals
  More Info Sociology E-Journals A-Z
  More Info UW Restricted JSTOR: Sociology - Backfiles of many important Sociology journals
   
Summary Literature
  More Info UW Restricted Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd ed. - Outstanding source with definitive, detailed articles on sociological and related topics by recognized experts. Part of the Gale Virtual Reference package.
  More Info UW Restricted Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology - Another source of excellent background articles on sociological topics.
  More Info UW Restricted Annual Review of Sociology - Excellent, state of the art summaries of various topics, 1996 to present. Backfiles starting in 1975 available via JSTOR UW Restricted
   
Statistics Source Sampler
  More Info UW Restricted LexisNexis Statistical - Index to wide range of governmental and nongovernmental statistics; some full text
  More Info Statistical Resources on the Web - "This University of Michigan Documents Center site is a comprehensive portal to statistics . . ."
  More Info University of Washington CSSCR - Data archive, computing, and statistics support for UW social science students and faculty
   
Sociology Web Sites and Search Engines
  More Info Yahoo! Social Science. Sociology
  More Info SocioWeb
  More Info SocioSite
   
 

"A Crowd "from The Great Depression to World War II: Black-and-White Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945.
"A Crowd"
from The Great Depression to World War II: Black-and-White Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945

 

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Last modified: Friday May 22, 2009 (collinsk)