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Sociology

Background Information

ASA Style Guide
Location: JPL Reference Desk & Downtown Reference, Ref HM569 .A54 2007, also JPL Stacks HM569.A54 2007
The style manual of the American Sociological Association.

Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HM425 .J64 2000
Also available via netLibrary. (UTSA subscription)

Encyclopedia of Sociology
Location: JPL Reference Stacks and Downtown Referemce, Ref HM17 .E5 2000 v. 1-5
Also available via netLibrary.(UTSA subscription)

Handbook of Sociological Theory
Location: JPL Stacks HM585 .H36 2001

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Location: JPL Reference Stacks H41 .I58 2001 v. 1-26
Also available via ScienceDirect (2004 ed.) (UTSA subscription)

Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences
Free Website: http://www.bitbucket.icaap.org/

Penguin Dictionary of Sociology
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HM17 .A23 2000

Sociology: a Guide to Reference and Information Sources
Location: JPL Reference Stacks HM585.A29 2005

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Books

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UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
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Databases & Article Searching

Social Sciences Citation Index in ISI Web of Knowledge
Indexes and abstracts articles in more than 8,400 journals from 1975 to the present in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Citations Only

Sociological Abstracts (via CSA)
Focuses on sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences, drawing from more than 1,800 journals as well as conference papers, books, and dissertations. Coverage is from 1952 to the present. Citations Only

SocINDEX with Full Text (via EBSCOhost)
Indexes and abstracts nearly 2,000 journals in all subdivisions of sociology, with 300 in full text. Also include the full text of 547 books and monographs and 6,700 conference proceedings. Most coverage begins in 1990s with some older citations. Title list Full Text/Full Image

Sociology: A Sage Full-Text Collection (via CSA)
Provides full-text/full-image access to a number of journals published by Sage on topics in sociology including contemporary and comparative sociology, consumer culture, childhood, classical sociology, ethnic studies, gender studies, leisure studies, social theory, sociology of sport, and labor studies, among others. Coverage for some journals is from 1982 to the present. Full Text/Full Image

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Further Research

Allyn & Bacon Sociology Links Pages
Free Website: http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/soclinks/soclinks.html

American Sociological Association
Free Website: http://www.asanet.org/

A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
Free Website: http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/index.html

SocioSite
Free Website: http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/

SocioWeb
Free Website: http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb/

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