Social Sciences - Selected Sources
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Largest English-language encyclopedic work on philosophy and an important resource for sociological theory. Entries include
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Entries for all peoples that once had a cultural identity, e.g., on the Gauls and Normans, but also on the "French: nationality," that describes who they are today with cross-references to the various ancestral people.
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Ethnographic information from the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University for students studying cultures by country. History, and social structure of a nation. Geography, history, demography, economy, politics, family, social stratification, etc.
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Examines cultural groups around the world, covering geographic region, broken down into the various cultural .
GN307 E53 1991 (2002 Supplement)
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Explores questions of psychology, learning theory, game theory, and history in depth.
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Covers ideas, topics, and figures in the social sciences. Biographical overviews of major figures in the social sciences..
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A single volume quick-reference encyclopedia providing introductions to topics and figures in the social sciences..
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The 5 qualitative approaches are: narrative research, phenomenological research, ethnographic research and case study research.
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Intro to world population, chronology of events, historical milestones, book reviews, videos, and websites related to population.
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A topic-driven five-volume encyclopedia that provides essay-length entries of major subjects and ideas.
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"examine[s] the basic values and attitudes of the peoples of over 40 societies around the world".
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Articles written by noted experts provide the roots of contemporary social theory. Key theories and the theorists behind them.
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The roots of contemporary social theory. Global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them.
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Emphasizes international queer cultural production... queer lives from around the world, the materials they produce, and the socio-political-cultural end products of these achievements.
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Lists bibliographies, indexes, databases, guides, handbooks, and dictionaries and encyclopedias for the social sciences.
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Extensive list of links organized by general subject, e.g.: Culture & Society; Ethnicity; Women; Family; Criminology; Theory.
Databases and Indexes (E-Resources - UofT)
Covers an international selection of sociological journals, serials, conference papers, books, and theses 1963+.
Scholarly journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Multidisciplinary information in the humanities and the social sciences (1984—present)
Search at the same time over 20 specific and multidisciplinary databases covering the arts, humanities, social sciences, and more.
Abstracts of articles published in journals and yearbooks worldwide.
A major database for the social sciences, Journals are selected by human specialists.
Social Science coverage 1956 +
The most comprehensive resource available in its field
This note provided by UTL Ref. Dept: An index to the literature of the Left, stressinging political, economic, social /cultural scholarship in and outside academia.
Interdisciplinary studies covering complete back runs of core collections in the humanities, social sciences. Searches the full text of articles.
International, interdisciplinary. Emphasis on social sciences and humanities. Covers multilingual and multicultural research in Europe. 2.1+ million records with German and English subject headings from over 8,700 periodicals since 1983.
On the Web (Selected sites)
Extensive list of links to Web resources in sociology and anthropology, kept up by McGraw-Hill Ryerson as part of Using the Web for Social Research, by Craig McKie.
From McMaster University excellent for providing links to quality summaries of major theorists' work and bibliographies.
An extensive guide to sociology resources available online. Especially useful are the "Sociology Links".
Quick reference online dictionary for sociological terms (listed alphabetically, but unfortunately the site is not searchable).
Overviews of major theorists in sociology, including biographical sketches and theoretical summaries.
This online service provides a searchable database of respected and high-quality Internet-based information for students and researchers. Numerous topics with the social sciences are included.
The tutorial teaches Internet research and information skills to help university students.
An excellent selection of useful links for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
A "megasite" with 24 categories of sociology.
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