Sociology Study Guide

This guide provides links to help you create a research strategy for Sociology. Knowing which options are available allows you to quickly select those most appropriate for your topic.

To start your research, SCC Library Information Specialists suggest:

LINCC Online Catalog Subject Browse Lists linked to SCC Library holdings including the Call Number and Availability for each. Choose from:

Browsing Guide To Sociology Call Numbers

Worksheet Guide/Banton

Suggested Periodical Databases for Sociology

Internet Links:

• Citation Guides
• Genealogy
• Homeless
• Human Rights
• Marriage & Family
• Mega Sites
• Social Problems
• Women

LINCC Online Catalog Subject Browse Lists linked to SCC Library holdings including the Call Number & availability for each:

Cultural Pluralism

Introduction

Marriage & the Family

Social Problems

Suggested Periodical Databases for Sociology
On the Research Quick Start page, find "Locate Periodical Articles in Online Databases. ”Find and click LINCCWeb Online Databases. Logon. Click the database name. A new window opens. Follow searching directions in individual databases.

•  Academic Search Premier
•  Custom Newspapers Custom Newspapers Title List
•  FactSearch via FirstSearch (OCLC)  
•  PsycFIRST via FirstSearch (OCLC)
•  Social Sciences Full Text (Wilson)
   

Sociology Internet Links

Genealogy

• Ancestry.com
• Census, Blank Forms
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
• Family History Library
• Genealogy Resources (UCF)
• International Genealogical Society
• Library of Congress, Genealogy Department
• The Mining Co.
• National Archives & Records Administration
• PBS Ancestors Series
• RootsWeb
• Social Security Death Index
• USGenWeb Project

Human Rights

• Amnesty International USA
• Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, & Labor Affairs (DRL)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (U.S. Dept. Of State)
• The UN Human Rights System (Human Rights Internet)
   

Marriage & Family

• Family Influence (Penn State Univ.)
• Kinship & Social Organization (An Interactive Tutorial)
• Most Popular Baby Names (Social Security Administration)
• Social Sciences Information Gateway (SOSIG)
   

Mega Sites

• Allyn & Bacon's Sociology Links
• Fedworld
• Research Resources for the Social Sciences
• Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)
• Social Sciences WWW Virtual Library
• Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
• Sociology Links (Julian Dierkes)
• Sociology On-line
• SocioSite: Master index of sociological sites organized by subject matter (Univ. of Amsterdam)
• The SocioWeb
• SOSIG: Experts' Choice
• WCSU List: Sociology Internet Resources
• Yahoo Sociology Page
   

Online Journals

• Critical Social Work (Richard Pozzuto, East Carolina University)
• Current Research in Social Psychology (CRISP) a peer reviewed, electronic journal covering all aspects of social
  psychology sponsored by the Center for the Study of Group Processes at the University of Iowa.
• Electronic Journal of Sociology (EJS) (ICAAP)
• Postmodern Culture (Johns Hopkins University Press with support from the University of Virginia & from Vassar College)
• Rural Conditions & Trends (Published three times a year by the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Rural Society (Centre for Rural Social Research at Charles Sturt University) refereed academic journal
  Social Criticism Review (Editor: Hans Talmon) (ICAAP)
• Society & Animals (S&A) - Social Scientific Studies of the Human Experience of Other Animals (Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
• Theory & Science interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed

Social Problems

• Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)
• Gateways to Internet Resources related to social work (NYU)
• Populations-At-Risk (Andrews University)
• Society for the Study of Social Problems (Univ. of Tenn.)
• World-Wide Web Resources For Social Workers (NYU)
   

Women

• Distinguished Women of Past & Present (Danuta Bois)
• Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
• Fashion Wire Daily
• Feminist Majority Foundation Online
• 4000 Years of Women in Science
• Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
• iVillage
• Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement, 1848-1998
• National Organizations for Women Home Page (NOW)
• National Women's History Project
• Oprah Magazine
• Oxygen.com
• Resources on Women & Gender
• Women & Gender Studies
• Women.com
• Women's Health Network
• WWWomen! The Premier Search Directory for Women Online

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