Librarians for Sociology

Laura Reiner
Research & Instruction, x2108

Graham Henderson
Collections, x3514

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

Library catalog

Interlibrary loan

Writing help (PLTC)

Citing sources

Sociology Department

• Sociological Abstracts
• 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

• 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:
  • sociology
  • social structure
  • culture
    
    
• click on the NExpress or Virtual Catalog buttons to request items checked out or that we don't own
  
  
• or search WorldCat for books we don't have - request by clicking on on the Find It! Wellesley button

• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
  
  
• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences > Sociology section
• Encyclopedia of Social Theory
• Encyclopedia of Sociology - Clapp Ref HM425 .E5 2000
  
• 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

• Anthropology
• Psychology
• Political Science
• Religion

• WWW Virtual Library: Sociology
• Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG): Sociology
• INFOMINE: Sociology
• Google Scholar

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