Research GuideSociology
Librarians for Sociology
- Laura Reiner
Research & Instruction, x2108
Graham Henderson
Collections, x3514
Student Library Research Award
Course Guides
- SOC105: Doing Sociology
SOC 303: Comparative Perspectives on Religion & Politics - SOC 309: Language, Power, & Society
- AFR 299: Women in the Caribbean
Related resources
| find articles |
- SocINDEX with Full Text
- Anthropology Plus
- AnthroSource - full text anthro journals
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- PsycINFO
- Annual Review of Sociology - broad essays with extensive bibliographies
- JSTOR - backfile of scholarly journals
- Electronic Journal of Sociology
| find books |
- tip: in the library catalog, click on the title of a useful book > full record tab - follow the subject links to find more on that topic
- useful subject searches for finding books on this topic in the library catalog include:
- click on the NExpress button to request items checked out or that we don't own
- search WorldCat for more material we don't have - request by clicking on on the Find It@ Wellesley button
- Google Books - search the full text of millions of books, then use NExpress or Interlibrary Loan/WorldCat to access the full text
| find background info |
- tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
- Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
- International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences > Sociology section
- Encyclopedia of Social Theory
- Encyclopedia of Children & Childhood in History and Society
- Encyclopedia of Population
- Dictonary of Sociology (Oxford)
- search encyc* + [your broad topic] for more in the library catalog
| related subject guides |
| key scholarly web sites |
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Wellesley College Library • WCIS • Laura Reiner • last modified: June 29, 2009