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Social Sciences - Selected Sources
Encyclopedias & General Works
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Largest English-language encyclopedic work on philosophy and an important resource for sociological theory. Entries include
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Encyclopedia of philosophy and the social sciences
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Science, Religion, and Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Controversy
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Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World
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Encyclopedia of European Peoples
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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Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe became Mainstream
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Countries and their Cultures
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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Encyclopedia of World Cultures (10 vol.)
Examines cultural groups around the world, covering geographic region, broken down into the various cultural .
GN307 E53 1991 (2002 Supplement)
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Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society
Explores questions of psychology, learning theory, game theory, and history in depth.
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International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (9 vols.)
Covers ideas, topics, and figures in the social sciences. Biographical overviews of major figures in the social sciences..
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Dictionary of the Social Sciences
The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought
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Thomson Nelson Canadian Dictionary for the Social Sciences
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The Social Science Encyclopedia
A single volume quick-reference encyclopedia providing introductions to topics and figures in the social sciences..
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The Social Science Jargon-Buster: The Key Terms You Need to Know
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Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design: Choosing among Five Approaches
The 5 qualitative approaches are: narrative research, phenomenological research, ethnographic research and case study research.
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The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods
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World Population
Intro to world population, chronology of events, historical milestones, book reviews, videos, and websites related to population.
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Encyclopedia of Sociology
A topic-driven five-volume encyclopedia that provides essay-length entries of major subjects and ideas.
A Dictionary of Sociology
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The Handbook of Economic Sociology
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Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language
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Human Values and Beliefs: A Cross-Cultural Sourcebook
"examine[s] the basic values and attitudes of the peoples of over 40 societies around the world".
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The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
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The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology
Articles written by noted experts provide the roots of contemporary social theory. Key theories and the theorists behind them.
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Encyclopedia of Social Theory
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Encyclopedia of Social Theory
The roots of contemporary social theory. Global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them.
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Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology
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Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture
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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Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources
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The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families
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Encyclopedia of the City
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
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Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media
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Sociology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources
Lists bibliographies, indexes, databases, guides, handbooks, and dictionaries and encyclopedias for the social sciences.
Handbooks
Writing in the Dark: Phenomenological Studies in Interpretive Inquiry
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The Sage Handbook of the Sociology of Religion
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Human Geography
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Handbook of Social Theory
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The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods
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Methods: Doing Social Research
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The Practice of Social Research
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Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches
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Case Study Research: Design and Methods
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Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing: Social Sciences
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Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology: A Nontechnical Guide for the Social Sciences
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The Routledge Companion to Social Theory.
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The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology.
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The Sociology Student Writer’s Manual.
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Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Social Theory.
Extensive list of links organized by general subject, e.g.: Culture & Society; Ethnicity; Women; Family; Criminology; Theory.
Databases and Indexes (E-Resources - UofT)
Sociological Abstracts (1963 - present)
Covers an international selection of sociological journals, serials, conference papers, books, and theses 1963+.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS Extra) (1981 +)
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective, 1907-1984
Scholarly journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
CSA Francis (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Multidisciplinary information in the humanities and the social sciences (1984—present)
Proquest
Search at the same time over 20 specific and multidisciplinary databases covering the arts, humanities, social sciences, and more.
International Political Science Abstracts 1989+
Abstracts of articles published in journals and yearbooks worldwide.
Social Science Abstracts @ Scholars Portal (1984 - present)
A major database for the social sciences, Journals are selected by human specialists.
Social Sciences Citation Index
Social Science coverage 1956 +
Humanities Abstracts
The most comprehensive resource available in its field
The Left Index
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.
JSTOR
Interdisciplinary studies covering complete back runs of core collections in the humanities, social sciences. Searches the full text of articles.
International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ)
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)
Social Sciences Resources at Pratt Library
International encyclopedia of the social sciences (2nd ed.)
Introducing Sociolinguistics
Social Sciences Resources: Sociology and Anthropology
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.
WWW Virtual Library: Sociology
From McMaster University excellent for providing links to quality summaries of major theorists' work and bibliographies.
The Sociolog
An extensive guide to sociology resources available online. Especially useful are the "Sociology Links".
Sociology Dictionary
Quick reference online dictionary for sociological terms (listed alphabetically, but unfortunately the site is not searchable).
Dead Sociologists' Society
Overviews of major theorists in sociology, including biographical sketches and theoretical summaries.
Voice of the Shuttle - Gender Studies
Voice of the Shuttle - Cultural Studies
Intute
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.
Social Research Update
The tutorial teaches Internet research and information skills to help university students.
Introducing Social Semiotics
Knowledge and the Social Sciences: Theory, Method, Practice.
Sociology Internet Resources
A Sociological Tour through cyberspace
An excellent selection of useful links for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
SocioSite
A "megasite" with 24 categories of sociology.
