Sociology Resources
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On the World Wide Web

OU Libraries online resource

OU Libraries physical collection

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Content
(Summarizing, Generalizing Literature)

Finding Aids for Content
(Selective, Teaching Bibliography)

Encyclopedias
Education and Sociology : An Encyclopedia.  LC 189.95 .E38 2002
Encyclopedia of Sociology.   HM 425 .E25 2000
Social Science Encyclopedia. H 41 .S63 1996
World of Sociology.  HM 585 .W67 2001

Textbooks & Histories
An Invitation to Classical Sociology: Meditations on Some Great Social Thinkers.  HM 461 .F47 2003
Founders, Classics, Canons: Modern Disputes Over the Origins and Appraisal of Sociology's Heritage.   HM 445 .B34 2002

Handbooks
Handbook of Social Science Research   H 62 .D583
Student Sociologist’s Handbook   HM 68 .B37 1986

Research Reviews
Annual Review of Sociology   HM 1 .A763
 

Research & Subject Guides
Social Sciences: a Cross-Disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources.  Z 7161 .S648 2002
Sociology: a Guide to Reference and Information Sources. HM 51 .A249 1997
University of Kansas Library Subject Guide- Sociology
University of Chicago Library Subject Guide- Sociology

New Information, Research, Reports

Content
(Journal and News Articles, Monographs,
Books, Reports)

Finding Aids for Content
(Catalogs, Comprehensive Bibliography,
Search Engines)

Journals (most frequently cited)
American Sociological Review  HM 1 .A75 
American Journal of Sociology  HM 1 .A1 A3
American Journal of Sociology  HM 1 .A75 
Journal of Marriage and the Family  HQ 1 .J47 
Social Forces  HN 51 . S5 
Social Problems HN 1 .S58 
Population Development Review HB 848.P62 
Law and Society Review  K12 .A93 
Sociology of Education  L11 .J76 
Journal of the Scientific Study of Religion  BL 1 .J6

Government Information

Monographs & Books

News & Newspapers
Newsbank Full Text Newspapers
NewsPaper Source (EBSCO)

Article Databases
Academic Search Elite
Electronic Collections Online
ERIC
Ethnic Newswatch
Lexis-Nexus

Electronic Texts
 

Government Information

Monographs & Books
 

News & Newspapers
 

Article Databases
 

Abstracts & Indexes
Dissertation Abstracts
Family Index   HQ 1 .F365
PAIS
Population Index   Z 7164 .D3 P83
Sociological Abstracts   HM 1 .S67
Social Sciences Citation Index 
Social Science Abstracts
Social Work Research and Abstracts   HV 6 .N33
Sociological Collection [what is this?]

Comprehensive, Recurrent Bibliographies

Library & Book Catalogs, Archives
University of Oklahoma Library Catalog
University of Wisconsin at Madison Library Catalog (top ranked in Soc.)
Annual Meetings Archives of the American Sociological Association

Search Engines
Yahoo Sociology 

Metasearch Engines
Gateway to Social Sciences
SocioWeb

Reference Resources, Facts & Data
(Almanacs, Directories, Dictionaries, Lists, etc.)