Introduction to Sociology Spring 08
Handouts from class:
Using Library Resources: Overview (pdf)
Is this Article Scholarly? (pdf)
Sociology Subject Resources:
Databases
Sociological Abstracts
Indexes articles on all aspects of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Social Sciences Index
Interdisciplinary index to periodicals in the social sciences.
Social Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
Multidisciplinary database that covers over 1700 journals in a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, history, psychology, political science, public health and sociology.
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Index of articles, interviews, and book reviews in the humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, economics, psychology and sociology.
Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database
Index of books, reports and journals covering all aspects of child abuse, welfare and adoption, including psychology, economics, sociology and health policy.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Index to journal articles, newsletters and research reports from non-profit groups and government agencies about women in over 150 countries. It includes information from sociology, psychology, health, education and human rights.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Index to articles and publications in the field of criminal justice including law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security. Includes some full text.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts (NCJRS)
Index of criminal justice publications. Covers topics such as crime, juvenile justices, statistics, and drug control.
Ageline
Index to books, journals, magazines and videos related to issues of aging.
African American Experience
Fulltext collection of materials covering African American history and culture. Topics covered include music, folklore, biography, education, politics and civil rights. The collection includes primary sources and encyclopedias.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full text collection of journals, magazines and newspapers from ethnic, minority and native presses.
ICPSR
Index and fulltext access to over 5000 research datasets for the social sciences. Includes data on the Census, crime, aging, health care, politics, etc. (Access to these datasets is only available to WSU faculty, staff and students.)
Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary database that indexes journals from a wide range of subject areas. Includes many full text articles.
ProQuest Direct
Index to thousands of journals, newspapers and magazines in all subject areas. Many are full-text.
CQ Researcher
Collection of reports that provide in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, including topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
JSTOR
Provides page images of back issues of the core scholarly journals in Sociology from the earliest issues to within a few years of current publication. New issues of existing titles and new titles are added on an ongoing basis.
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Online resources
The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology
NetLibrary HM425 .J64 2000 (Electronic resource)
Sociology Basics
NetLibrary HM425 .S63 2000 (Electronic resource)
The Blackwell encyclopedia of social psychology
NetLibrary HM251 .B476 1999 [electronic resource]
Find this title in Griffin
Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)
A major British resource for information on sociology. SOSIG includes links to many research papers, area studies pages and reports, bibliographic resources, and a wealth of other information categories. They include: Communication, Community research, Culture, Education, Regional and country studies, Schools and theories, Social change, Social movements, Sociology of adolescence, and many others.
Social Sciences Virtual Library
A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
Maintained by Dr. Michael C. Kearl at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. Offers sites intended to "stimulate the sociological imagination". Includes numerous links to sites by general categories: including general resources, death and dying, social psychology, marriage and family life, sociological theory, data resources, methods and statistics, writing research papers, subject-based inquiries, gender and society, the Sociology Web ring, and more.
21st century sociology : a reference handbook
Internet WSU-All HM585 .A13 2007 (Electronic resource)
Reference Books/ Print Resources
The Blackwell dictionary of sociology : a user's guide to sociological language
WSU Vancouver Reference HM17 .J64 1995
The Blackwell encyclopedia of social psychology
WSU Vancouver Reference HM251 .B476 1995
Encyclopedia of sociology
WSU Vancouver Reference HM17 .E5 1992 vols. 1-3
Encyclopedia of social theory
WSU Vancouver Reference HM425 .E47 2005 v.1 & 2
The Blackwell dictionary of twentieth-century social thought
WSU Vancouver Reference H41 .B53 1993
Encyclopedia of children and childhood : in history and society
WSU Vancouver Reference HQ767.84 .E53 2003 v.1-3
Encyclopedia of community : from the village to the virtual world
WSU Vancouver Reference HM756 .E53 2003 v.1-4
Encyclopedia of marriage and the family
WSU Vancouver Reference HQ9 .E52 1995 v. 1 & 2
Handbook of death & dying
WSU Vancouver Reference HQ1073 .H36 2003 v.1 & 2
Lgbt : encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history in America
WSU Vancouver Reference HQ76.3.U5 L495 2004 v.1-3
Women's roles in ancient civilizations : a reference guide
WSU Vancouver Reference HQ1127 .W654 1999
Catalogs
Griffin
Catalog of the items owned by the WSU Libraries. Includes all four campuses (Vancouver, Pullman, Tri-Cities and Spokane).
Everyone
Summit Catalog
Joint catalog of libraries across the Pacific Northwest. Includes items owned by over 32 libraries.
Everyone
WorldCat
Over 35 million records of any type of material owned by libraries throughout the United States and several other countries.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Library Tips & Help
Getting the full text of an Article
Accessing Library Resources from Home
Using Library Resources: Overview (pdf)
Finding Images to use in Presentations (pdf)