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Research Guide:  Sociology
 
Finding Background Info  [help]
     Tip:  use these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources
  Oxford Reference Online Database - access to over 140 online reference books  
  International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences  -- Online edition of 26 volume encyclopedia covering all fields of the social and behavioral sciences.  Subjects covered include: anthropology, psychology, demography, economics, education, gender studies, law, linguistics, public policy, sociology, urban planning, etc.
  Statistical Abstract of the United States -- "The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States," published since 1878.
  ... more reference resources ...
Finding Articles [help]
JSTOR -- full text access to scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines
  SocINDEX   --   Full text of journal articles, and indexing and informative abstracts for "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895
  Social Science Citation Index  -- provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines.
  ... more databases ...
Finding Books [help]
  Library Catalog -- search by subject, keyword, author or title!
Web Resources
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