Sociology

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Reference Title                                                                              Call #
EBSCO eBook Collection	Search and browse reference resources including encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, thesauri and more.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods	ref  H  62  .L456  2004
Sociology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources (2nd Ed.)	ref  HM  51  .A24  1997
ASA style guide	ref HM569.A54 2007
The Sociology Student Writer's Manual (5th Ed.)	ref  HM 585  .S638  2006
Encyclopedia of Family Life	ref  HM  534  .E53  1999
Encyclopedia of Sociology	ref  HM  425  .E5  2000
European Social History	ref  HN  373  .E63  2001
Violence in America	ref  HN  90  .V5  V5474  1999
Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family	ref  HQ  9  .E52  1995
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood	ref  HQ  767.84  .E53  2003
Social Science Reference Sources	ref  Z  7161  .A165  2000

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Magazines and journals on many subjects, includes peer-reviewed and scholarly works. 

Comprehensive index of American history and culture; full-text articles, books and reviews in JSTOR, ProjectMUSE, and others. 

"Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals" covering all disciplines

Full-text articles in over 375 core academic journals with backfiles lacking only the most recent 3 -5 years. 

Journals on topics including agriculture, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, urban planning, and more.

Index to articles, with full text, in hundreds of news, business, legal, medical, and general reference resources.

Full-text scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences

Points of View Reference Center   is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.

Information from over 1,800 newspapers and periodicals on a wide range of topics, including the arts, business, humanities, health, and sciences. 

Index to full-text articles from 38 journals published by the APA and 4 other organizations. 1988 to the present. 

** SocINDEX with Full Text -  offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.

World Development Indicators Online--statistics from around the globe. Published by the World Bank. 

     CWI Contemporary Women's Issues (health and human rights)

     SIRSResearcher Social, scientific, economic, and political issues worldwide

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*General Social Survey - database that contains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest.

A World Bank site, offering a variety of reports and documents on women across the world, with unique and comprehensive data sets.

Portal of resources and information on state, federal and important court decisions dealing with sexual harassment. (UNC - Greensboro)

Internet resources organized to stimulate thoughtful, college-level research 

Comprehensive listing of international sociology resources provided by the Sociological Institute of the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands 

Directory of online information; provides access to surveys, statistics, topical research, online journals, and other Internet indexes

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