Subject Guide: Sociology

The Library's Subject Guides help you find resources that are specialized for certain areas of study. There are many other resources available which provide generalized information--not specific to one topic or area. To see more of these general resources, see the Subject Guide: General page.

Databases

Databases provide information about journal, magazine and newspaper articles.

• Ethnic NewsWatch
• Ethnographic Video
• GenderWatch
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
• JSTOR
• Project Muse
• Roper Center iPoll Database
• The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives, 1960-1974
• Social Issues Researcher (SIRS)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Index, 1907-1974  AI3 .R49 (Annex Floor 1A)
• Social Sciences Abstracts
• Social Sciences Citation Index
• Social Sciences Index, 1974-1996  AI3 .S61 (Annex Floor 1A)
• Social Theory
• Sociological Abstracts 1963-2005
• Sociological Collection
• SocINDEX

Reference Books

Reference books provide background information on people, terms and concepts.

• 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook
• Adolescence in America: An Encyclopedia
• American Homelessness: A Reference Handbook
• The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology : a User's Guide to Sociological Language HM425 .J64 2000
• Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
  In the Gale Virtual Reference Library, under 'Social Science.'
• Boyhood in America: An Encyclopedia
• Consumer Culture: A Reference Handbook
• Dating and Sexuality in America: A Reference Handbook
• Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
• Encyclopedia of Human Relationships
• Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society
• Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society
• Encyclopedia of Social Problems
• Encyclopedia of Sociology
• Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers
• Families in America: A Reference Handbook
• The Family in America: An Encyclopedia
• Feminism: A Reference Handbook
• Girlhood in America: An Encyclopedia
• Globalization: A Reference Handbook
• Infancy in America: An Encyclopedia
• International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences  H41 .I58 2001
• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
• Marriage on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents
• Men and Masculinities: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia
• Minorities: Race and Ethnicity in America
• Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview
• Oxford Reference Books Online: Politics & Social Sciences Collection
  Nine online reference books relevant to politics and sociology. Search the entire collection at once, or select one book to search.
• Parenthood in America: An Encyclopedia
• Racial and Ethnic Diversity in America: A Reference Handbook
• Racial Justice in America: A Reference Handbook
• Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences  H41 .R417 2001
• Reproductive Issues in America: A Reference Handbook
• Rich and Poor in America: A Reference Handbook
• Women and Equality in the Workplace: A Reference Handbook
• Work in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Policy, and Society

Web Resources

Here are some Web sites we think you might find useful:

• American Folklife Center
• Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
• Nationalism Project
• Race: Are We So Different?
• Social Explorer
  Provides access to demographic information about the United States, from 1790 to the present.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States (2010)