Trent University Library: Subject Guides : Sociology

Subject Guide: Sociology
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If you're looking specifically for journal articles, start by using one of the indexes listed.
Enter some keywords to find out what's been published on your topic.
Then use to link from the citations to the articles, when possible.

*** The most extensive and important database for Sociology is Sociological Abstracts.***
Be sure to search this database as part of your research.

Under "Other Online Resources" find links to some of our more unique databases that might apply to your topic.
These include primary documents, images, statistics, and specialized encyclopedias.

To find general books in the library, use TOPCAT (the library catalogue). Find help using TOPCAT in our tutorials.

Sociology Indexes and Databases

Important Indexes

Access

Description

Coverage

Sociological Abstracts - How to Use Sociological Abstracts

Trent

C

Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) - How to Use Cited Reference Searching

Trent

C

Scholars Portal Journals - search the majority of Trent's e-journals at once

Trent

FT

Other Useful Indexes

Access

Description

Coverage

Academic OneFile a general index with many full text articles

Trent

C & FT

Academic Search Elite (EBSCOhost) a general index with many full-text articles

Trent

C & FT

America: History & Life on the EBSCO (new) interface

Trent

C

Annual Reviews e-journals in Social Sciences - included in Scholars Portal Journals

Trent

FT

Canada's Heritage from 1844 - The Globe and Mail (Toronto newspaper)

Trent

FT

CAIRN (French language periodicals in the social sciences and humanities)

Trent

FT

CBCA Reference (Canadian Business and Current Affairs) - in ProQuest Databases

Trent

some FT

ERIC - in ProQuest Databases

Trent

C

Gender Watch - in ProQuest Databases

Trent

FT

JSTOR (online journal storage for 1100+ journals in a variety of subjects)

Trent

FT

Trent

some FT

Population Index 1986 - 2000 (Earlier volumes in JSTOR)

WWW

C

ProQuest Databases - search many databases at once

Trent

C & FT

SAGE Journals Online (includes 28 full text Sociology journals) - included in Scholars Portal Journals

Trent

FT

The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 (London Times newspaper)

Trent

FT

Other Online Resources

Black Women in America

Trent

Reference

China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980

Trent

Primary, Images

Defining Gender, 1450-1910, Online

Trent

Primary

Empire Online

Trent

Primary, Images

The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts

Trent

Reference

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Science Direct)

Trent

Reference

Mass Observation Online

Trent

Primary, Images

North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial - 1950 (primary historical documents)

Trent

Primary

Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History

Trent

Reference

Primary Sources of the Women's Movement (primary historical documents)

Trent

Primary

Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice

Trent

Primary, Images

SourceOECD - reports, books, periodicals, statistics

Trent

FT

Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 (primary historical documents)

Trent

Primary

World Development Indicators Online

Trent

Stats

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Sociology Websites

Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN): A non-profit organization which conducts research on social policy issues in Canada.
CASS : The Centre for Applied Social Surveys (UK): CASS offers a survey Question Bank for use by social scientists and social researchers as well as links to relevant sites.
Data on the Net: Search or browse their listing of 850 Internet sites of numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more (from University of California, San Diego).; Links to information in the field of demography (from the Australian National University). A Virtual Library site.
Historical Atlas of Canada. Online Learning Project: An ongoing digitization project to make the Historical Atlas of Canada available online. It explores major themes and episodes in the history of Canada using maps, text and graphics. Historical population trends and data available to download.
International Data Base (IDB): Computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world (from the U.S. Census Bureau).
The International Sociological Association: Considered an NGO in relation with UNESCO the ISA aims to represent sociologists everywhere. Information on committees, research groups, publications, etc.
OECD Online: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development provides discussion platforms for the economic and social policy of its 30 member countries. The core of original members has expanded from Europe and North America to include Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Korea.
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the WWW: The place for social, economic and general data from official or similar "quotable" sources, especially those that provide both current data and time series. In the country lists, these are mainly web pages provided by statistical offices, central banks and government departments and agencies, whereas the topics list is comprised of links to the statistics pages of international organizations and associations and a few commercial sites.
Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences: This social science dictionary has 1000 entries covering the disciplines of sociology, criminology, political science and women's study with a commitment to Canadian examples and events and names (from Athabasca University).
The Qualitative Report: An online journal dedicated to qualitative research (from Nova Southeastern University, Florida). Provides many other links to open access journals and resources.
Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research: List of free resources, with the focus on "how-to" do evaluation research and the methods used: surveys, focus groups, sampling, interviews, and other methods (An ICAAP supported site).
Social Sciences Electronic Journals: Updated list of electronic journals (from the WWW Virtual Library).
SocioLog: Includes links to sociology journals, associations, departments, and other resources.
Sociology Internet Resources: Resources are grouped together under headings such as Culture & Society, Ethnicity, Women, Family, Criminology, Theory, etc.
SocioSite: Called "The Web's definitive reference for researching any subject in society." Core areas of this site are the sections devoted to subjects areas, sociologists, and data archives. The alphabetical subject headings range from activism and aging to welfare and work. Coverage is worldwide and comprehensive, and the majority of links are annotated.
SOSIG : Sociology: The Social Science Information Gateway (University of Bristol) aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences. Information linking to web sites, journals, papers, research projects etc. is listed under such headings as sociology of sport, sociology of gender, sociology of work, and many more.
Statistics Canada : profiling Canada's business, economy and society: Access to free tabular data on Canada's economy, land, people and government, and also to a wide variety of statistical products and services specifically designed for educators and students.
United Nations Population Information Network: A guide to population information on UN system web sites.
United States. Census Bureau: American Factfinder: the source for population, housing, economic and geographic data.
University of Western Ontario : Population Studies: A searchable collection of their Discussion Papers available in full text.
WWW Virtual Library : Sociology: A great starting point. Coverage includes associations, institutions, databases, electronic journals, discussion groups, as well as general sociology resources.

Sociology Reference Books


E-Books

	xreferplus An online collection of 100 reference books

Reference Books

	The Blackwell dictionary of sociology : a user's guide to sociological language HM 17 .J64 1995 REF
	The Blackwell dictionary of twentieth century social thought H 41 .B53 1993 REF
	The Blackwell encyclopaedia of social work HV 12 .B53 2000 REF
	The Cambridge dictionary of sociology HM 425 .C36 2006
	Collins dictionary of sociology HM 51 .C5943 1991 REF
	The concise Oxford dictionary of sociology HM 17 .C66 1994 REF
	Education and sociology : an encyclopedia LC 189.95 .E38 2002 REF
	Encyclopedia of social theory HM 425 .E53 2006 REF
	Encyclopedia of sociology HM 17 .E5 1992 v. 1-4 REF
	Key quotations in sociology HM 17 .T56 1996 REF
	Reader's guide to the social sciences H 41 .R45 2001 REF

Subject Specific Reference Books

	Demographic yearbook HA 17 .D45 REF
	Dictionary of cultural and critical theory HM 101 .D527 1997 REF
	Encyclopedia of junk food and fast food TX 370 .S63 2006 REF
	Protest, power and change HM 278 .P76 1997 REF
	Sports culture : an A-Z guide GV 706.5 .C383 2000 REF

Bibliographies

	American communes 1860-1960 : a bibliography Z 7164 .C69 M54 1990 REF
	Annotated bibliography of Canadian demography 1966-1994 Z 7164 .D3 W342 REF
	Anthropology of aging : a paritally annotated bibliography Z 7164 .O4 A55 1991 REF
	Casino gaming in the United States : a research guide Z 7164 .G35 M57 1997 REF
	Consumption and culture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries : a bibliography HC 79 .C6 A943 1991 REF
	Slavery and slaving in world history : a bibliography Z 7164 .S6 M544 1999 v. 1-2 REF
	Women in English social history 1800-1914 Z 7964 .G7 K36 1987 REF

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