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Social Sciences

FINDING BOOKS

Sample Search Keywords

Action research Comparative social sciences Cross cultural studies Data analysis Demography Ethnic groups Ethnomethodology Event analysis Experimental design Field research

Gerontology Grounded theory Human behavior Mortality Paradigms Pluralism Qualitative methods Research methods Sampling Social change

Social ecology Social evaluation Social network Social power Social psychology Social scaling Social simulation Statistics Survey research

FINDING ARTICLES

Article Indexes and Data Bases

Academic Search Complete America: History and Life Business Source Complete EconLit ERIC/Educational Resources Information Center Ethnic NewsWatch LexisNexis Academic LexisNexis Congressional Management and Organization Studies: A SAGE Full Text Collection Periodicals Archive Online PsycInfo Public Affairs Information Service/PAIS International Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) Social Sciences Data Bases via CSA Social Services Abstracts Sociological Abstracts Sociology: A SAGE Full Text Collection Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

ALMANACS, DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Aggression and Conflict: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia.

Main Reference HM 136 .L46 1994

American Attitudes: What Americans Think about the Issues that Shape Their Lives.

Main Reference HN 90 .P8 .M527 2005

Blackwell Companion to Social Movements.

Main Reference HM 881 .B53 2004

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.

Main Reference HM 425 .B53 2007 Vols. 1-11

Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia.

Main Reference HQ 75 .H63 1998

Contemporary Youth Culture: An International Encyclopedia.

Main Reference HQ 796 .C8154 2006 vols. 1-2

Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts.

Main Reference HM 621 .K49 2002

Demographic Yearbook: Annuaire Demographique.

Main Reference HA 17 .D4 2003

Dictionary of Criminal Justice.

Main Reference HV 7411 .R87 2000

Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory.

Main Reference HM 101 .D527 1996

Dictionary of Sociology.

Main Reference HM 425 .D5735 2005

Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology, 3rd ed.

Main Reference HA 17 .V64 2005

Dictionary of the Social Sciences. 2002.

Main Reference H 41 .D53 2002

Dictionary of U.S. Government Statistical Terms.

Main Reference HA 17 .D53 1991

Encyclopedia of Aging, 3rd ed.

Main Reference HQ 1061 .E53 2001 vols. 1-2

Encyclopedia of American Social History.

Main Reference HN 57 .E58 1992 vols. 1-3

Encyclopedia of Community.

Main Reference HM 756 .E53 2003 vols. 1-4

Encyclopedia of Conflict Resolution.

Main Reference HM 136 .B783 1997

Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior.

Main Reference HV 6017 .E53 2000 vols. 1-4

Encyclopedia of Diasporas.

Main Reference JV 6225 .E53 2004 vols. 1-2

Encyclopedia of Evaluation.

Main Reference H 62 .M312 2005

Encyclopedia of Global Population and Demographics.

Main Reference HB 871 .N43 1998 vols. 1-2

Encyclopedia of Homosexuality.

Ethnic and Gender Studies Library, Reference HQ 76.25 .E53 1990 Vols. 1-2

Encyclopedia of Human Development.

Main Reference HM 626 .E53 2006 vols. 1-3

Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics.

Main Reference HA 29 .S2363 2007 vols. 1-3

Encyclopedia of Propaganda.

Main Reference HM 263 .E53 1998 vols. 1-3

Encyclopedia of Sex.

Main Reference HQ 9 .E54 2000

Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender.

Ethnic and Gender Studies Library, Reference HQ 16 .E53 2004 vols. 1-2

Encyclopedia of Social History.

Main Reference HN 28 .E53 1994

Encyclopedia of Social Issues.

Main Reference HN 57 .E59 1997 vols. 1-6

Encyclopedia of Social Measurement.

Main Reference H 62 .E564 2005 Vols. 1-3

Encyclopedia of Social Psychology.

Main Reference HM 1007 .E53 2007 vols. 1-2

Encyclopedia of Social Theory.

Main Reference HM 425 .E47 2005 Vols. 1-2

Encyclopedia of the American Left.

Main Reference HX 86 .E58 1998

Encyclopedia of the U. S. Census.

Main Reference HA 37 .U55 .C66 2000

Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict.

Main Reference HM 291 .E625 1999 vols. 1-3

Encyclopedia of World Poverty.

Main Reference HV 12 .E54 2006 vols. 1-3

The Family in America: An Encyclopedia.

Main Reference HQ 536 .H365 2001 vols. 1-2

International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration.

Main Reference H 97 .I574 1998 vols. 1-4

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Main Reference H 41 .I58 2001 vols. 1-26

National Criminal Justice Thesaurus.

Main Reference Z 695.1 .C84 .U54A 1998

Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences

No Library call number (online only)

Oxford Dictionary of Statistical Terms.

Main Reference HA 17 .K4 2003

Public Opinion and Polling Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia.

Main Reference HM 1236 .P83 2004 vols. 1-2

Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences.

Main Reference H 41 .R45 2001 vols. 1-2

Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women.

Ethnic and Gender Studies Library, Reference HQ 1115 .R69 2000 vols. 1-4

Sage Dictionary of Statistics.

Main Reference HA 17 .C73 2004

Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods.

Main Reference H 62 .L456 2004 vols. 1-3

Sex from Plato to Paglia: A Philosophical Encyclopedia.

Main Reference HQ 12 .S423 2006 vols. 1-2

Sexuality: The Essential Glossary.

Main Reference HQ 9 .S49 2004

Social Science Encyclopedia, 3rd ed.

Main Reference H 41 .S63 2004 vols. 1-2

Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms, 6th ed.

Main Reference Desk Z 695.1 .S63 .B66 2003

HANDBOOKS, DIRECTORIES AND GUIDES

American Immigrant Cultures: Builders of a Nation.

Main Reference E 184 .A1 .A63448 1997 vols. 1-2

ASA Style Guide, 2nd ed. American Sociological Association

Main Reference HM 73 .A54 1997

Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists.

Main Reference HM 478 .B583 2000

Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.

Main Reference Desk Z 253 .U69 2003

Demography: Analysis and Synthesis.

Main Reference HB 871 .C37513 2006 vols. 1-4

Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology.

Main Reference HM 477 .I4 .O84 2003 vols. 1-2

Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites.

Main Reference E 184 .A1 .R78 2002

Radicalism Handbook.

Main Reference HN 17.5 .R356 1995

SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research. 3rd ed.

Main Reference H 62 .H2455 2005

Social Sciences: A Cross Disciplinary Guide to Selected Sources. 3rd ed.

Main Reference H 61 .S648 2002

Sociology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources. 3rd ed.

Main Reference HM 585 .A26 2005

Sociology Student Writers Manual, 4th ed.

Main Reference HM 585 .S638 2004

Statistical Abstract of the United States. 2008.

Main Reference Desk, U. S., C 3.134 2008

Statistical Handbook on the World's Children.

Main Reference HQ 767.9 .K38 2002

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Sexual Harassment: Analyses and Bibliography.

Women's Studies HD 6060.5 .U5 .A74 1999

Social Science Reference Sources: A Practical Guide.

Main Reference H 61 .L495 2000

World Racism and Related Inhumanities: A Country by Country Bibliography.

Main Reference HT 1521 .W5 1992

Social Indicators Research

HN 25 .S64

Social Research [New York]

HM 1 .S65

Social Science Research

H 1 .S613

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