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 Sociology

 A Research Guide

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 I.     Reference Sources

   Guides and Bibliographies:

Annual Review of Sociology. Palo Alto, Calif.: Annual Reviews, Inc., 1975- [HM1 .A763]

Singleton, Royce. Approaches to Social Research, 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
[Ref. H62 .A628 2005]

The Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources. Nancy L. Herron, ed. Greenwood Village, CO: Libraries Unliited, 2002.
[Ref. H61 .S638 2002].

Sociological Methodology. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1969- [HM24 .S67]


    Dictionaries and Encyclopedias:

Almanac of the 50 States. Burlington, VT : Information Publications, [Ref. HA214 .A445 2004].

American Radical and Reform Writers. Steven Rosendale, ed. Detroit: Gale, 2005. [Ref. PN451 .D54 v.303].

Encyclopedia of Aging. David J. Ekerdt, ed. New York: Macmillan, 2002. 4 v. [Ref. HQ1061 .E534 2002].

Encyclopedia of Sociology. Edgar F. Borgatta, ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000. [Ref. HM17 +E5 2000].

Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures: Cities and Culture Around the World. Melvin Ember, ed. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2002. 4 v.
[Ref. HT108.5 +E53 2002].

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavorial Sciences. Neil J. Smelser, ed. New York: Elsevier, 2001. 26 v.
[Ref. H41 .I58 2001].

Johnson, Alan G. The Backwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2000. [Ref. HM425 .J64 2000].

Rappaport, Helen. Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001. 2 v.
[Ref. HQ1236 .R29 2001].

Statistical Abstract of the United States. Washington, .DC.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census : U.S. G.P.O., 2003. Online and in print.[Ref. HA 202 .U5]. Editions back to 1918 located in stacks.

Statistics Sources. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 2005. 2 v.
[Ref. HA36 +S84 2005].

Thesaurus of Aging Terminology . Wendy Diliberti, ed. Washington, D.C.: American Association of Retired Persons, 1997. [Ref. HQ1061 +T42 1997].


 II.     Indexes and Abstracts:

To obtain citations to periodical articles, use one or more of the specialized indexes listed below:

Abstracts in Social Gerontology. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, v. 36, n. 1 03/1993- present. Current issues in Periodicals Room; back issues in stacks: [HQ1060 .A27].

Ageline features citations and abstracts related to the social and psychological aspects of aging.

SAGE Family Studies Abstracts. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage, 02/1979- present. Current issues in Periodicals Room; back issues in stacks: [HQ546 .S23].

Social Sciences Citation Index. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information, 1987- present. Current issues in the Periodicals Room; back issues in stacks: [H1 +S65].
This reference provides access by author name to his/her works as well as to any works which build on that research by citing the author in the footnotes or bibliography.

Social Sciences Index. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1974-2003 [H1 +S65]

Women's Studies Index. Boston, G.K. Hall, 1989-
[Ref. HQ1180. W65]


 III.    Internet Resources:

Aging Parents and Eldercare

Gerontology Resources (AARP Research Center)

SocioWeb: Guide to Sociological Resources on the Internet

Social Science Information Gateway


SocioSite: Social Science Information (U. Amsterdam)

Statistical Resources on the Web - Sociology (U. Michigan)

U.S. Census Data

U.S. Government Information Sources


   

   
   
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
 
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