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Below are a few major, frequently used sources for the study of sociology. Interdisciplinary indexes such as Expanded Academic ASAP, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Social Sciences Index also cover sociology. These can be found in the research guide to General Social Sciences. Please consult with a reference librarian for help with many sources in your topic. Internet resources require a Tufts I.D. number for off-campus access (authorized users statement). |
Facts and Background Information [back to top]
Subject specific reference materials can help you to gain broad-based
knowledge of your field, through vocabulary, factual information,
additional references, and bibliographies.
Some suggested print sources:
International Bibliography of Sociology
The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology
Oxford Islamic Studies Online
A comprehensive source of articles on religious and political aspects of Islam and the Islamic world, including the Oxford Dictionary of Islam,
the Oxford History of Islam, and a concordance and two translations of the Qur’an.
Doing a subject search in the catalog allows you to retrieve specific types of sources.
In addition, the following resources provide valuable information:
Statistical
Universe 1973-
Statistical information from the U.S. government, including the
Statistical Abstract of the United States and other sources.
Statistical Reference Index. Print.
Index to International Statistics. Print.
You can search for books about sociology in the library catalog in several ways:
Keyword
Searching
Type in words that describe your topic:
Subject
searching
If you know the Library of Congress subject heading used to describe
your area of research, you can search for a particular subject.
If you don't know the Library of Congress Subject Headings, speak
to a librarian for help. Some examples of subject searches are:
Books on sociology can be found under the call number range HM1-HX970.9.
To locate books in other Boston Library Consortium libraries and request them, use the Boston Library Consortium Catalogs. To locate books in many libraries throughout the world, use WorldCat.
For more information on searching article indexes, see our Database Searching Tips (also available in PDF).
AARP
AgeLine 1978-
Provides bibliographic references and original abstracts for materials
related to aging and middle age, from an interdisciplinary perspective
of psychology, economics, sociology, gerontology, public policy,
business, health and health care services, and consumer issues.
Alt-PressWatch
(How to search)
Contains full-text articles from magazines and journals of the
alternative and independent press. Coverage includes a broad range
of critical issues confronting contemporary society, including
ecology and the environment, grassroots organizing, labor, indigenous
peoples, public policy, genetics, and much more.
Current
Contents Connect 2001-
A current awareness index with a multidisciplinary focus, covering
over 8,000 of the world's scholarly journals grouped into the
following broad disciplinary areas: Agriculture, Biology, &
Environmental Sciences; Art & Humanities; Clinical Medicine;
Engineering, Computing & Technology; Life Sciences; Physical,
Chemical & Earth Sciences; Social & Behavioral Sciences.
Also included is access to ISI Current Web Contents.
eHRAF World Cultures
A cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. Information is organized into
cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level.
Environmental
Universe
LexisNexis Environmental Universe contains the online, full version
of Environmental Abstracts, information on hazardous waste, legal
materials on the environment and environmental news.
Ethnic
NewsWatch (How
to search)
Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of newspapers and periodicals
from the ethnic, minority and Native American press. The database
allows both full-text and indexed searching. Search pages are
available in English and Spanish.
Expanded
Academic ASAP
Articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade, and general-interest
publications, including national news and commentary. Coverage
is from 1980 to current and is updated daily. Some full text is
available.
GenderWatch
(How to search)
GenderWatch is a full-text collection of international sources,
including journals, special reports and conference proceedings
on a wide range of women's issues. It includes archival materials
dating back to the 1970s. GenderWatch allows both full-text and
indexed searching.
Gerritsen
Collection (How
to search)
Begun in the late nineteenth century, the Gerritsen Collection
represents books and periodicals tracing the development of feminist
consciousness through four centuries and fifteen languages. The
Collection is one of the most important single sources in the
study of women's history.
Index to international public opinion 1980-
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
The IBSS has more than two million references to articles and books going back to 1951 in the social sciences. It is produced by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
PAIS
International 1972-
Database of articles, books, conference proceedings, government
documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public
affairs. Abstracts available from 1985 on.
PAIS
(Public Affairs Information Service) 1957-2000
Print index covers books, periodical articles, government publications,
reports of public and private agencies relating to public policy,
international relations, etc.
Polling
the Nations (How
to search)
Polling the Nations is a comprehensive collection of public opinion
material from the United States and abroad. It contains the full
text of some 400,000 questions and responses on 4,500 topics.
Social
Sciences Citation Index 1974-
The online version. Provides author, subject and citation access
to journal articles and book reviews in the social sciences. Coverage
from 1974. Part of Web of Science.
Sociological
Abstracts 1963- (How
to search)
Provides citations and abstracts from over 2600 journals, dissertations,
conference papers, books and book reviews. Updated six times a
year.
Electronic journals
Periodicals held by Tufts are listed in the catalog. Holdings in all formats are unified in one record, and most entries for journals held in digital format contain a hyperlink to the source; searches in the catalog enable one to follow these links directly. A supplementary list of electronic journals is on the Tisch homepage under Electronic Journals. For an example of a catalog search for a journal, set the catalog's Type of Search to "Journal Title," and type in European sociological review.
Many psychology journals held in digital format are parts of Project Muse or JSTOR. Others can be found in Science Direct, Blackwell-Synergy, or Wiley Interscience. Although these databases include search engines for the journals they contain, the indexes listed above are the most comprehensive and authoritative sources for the literature of the discipline, and frequently link directly to the journal article itself.
iPOLL Databank
The iPOLL Databank from the Roper Center Public Opinion Archives focuses on national scope surveys and contains not only the complete question text and responses to half a million questions from as far back as 1935, but also information such as study abstracts, links to questionnaires, datasets and citation information where available.
Women
and Social Movements
Primary sources in the study of women's social movements from colonial
times to the present. This database contains books, pamphlets and proceedings
from national conventions on women's rights, abolition, and the Women's Christian
Temperance Union.
Tufts University Department of Sociology & Anthropology
FedStats
Links to more than 70 U.S. Federal agencies that provide statistics
for public use.
Lincoln Institute of Land
Policy
This non-profit educational institution focuses on the teaching
and study of land policy, including economics of land use. Includes
education, research, and fellowship program information, as well
as the newsletter Landlines and other publications.
Linkages (Environment and Development)
Office of Population Research Data Archive (Princeton University)
Sourcebook of Criminal
Justice Statistics
The Sourcebook contains data on all aspects of criminal justice
in the United States and reflects the information found in the
1998 print edition of the Sourcebook.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Urban Land Institute
A non-profit education and research institute that is dedicated
to providing responsible leadership and education in the use of
land in order to enhance the total environment. A source of information
on urban planning, growth, and development.
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