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Subject Guide: Sociology

The subject guide to Sociology provides information on resources available from the Alvin Sherman Library, both in the library and online, related to sociology. The subject guide covers subject headings, reference sources, books, periodicals, databases, Web sites, and style guides.

Subject Headings	Periodicals	Web Sites
Reference Sources	Databases	Style Guides
Books

Subject Headings

You can find books and other materials in the library by searching NovaCat, the NSU Libraries online catalog. How to search NovaCat. To locate books and materials at other libraries, see Catalogs.

Suggested Library of Congress (LC) subject headings include:

Clinical Sociology	Social Problems
Community Psychology	Social Psychology
Deviant Behavior	Social Structure
Ethnology	Social Systems
Social Change	Socialization
Social Influence	Sociology
Social Institutions

LC call numbers:

HM 401-1281	Sociology (general)
HM 435-477	History of sociology. History of sociological theory.
HM 461-473	Schools of sociology. Schools of social thought.
HM 481-554	Theory. Method. Relations to other subjects.
HM 621-656	Culture
HM 661-696	Social control
HM 701	Social systems
HM 706	Social structure
HM 711-806	Groups and organizations
HM 756-781	Community
HM 786-806	Organizational sociology. Organization theory.
HM 811-821	Deviant behavior. Social deviance.
HM 826	Social institutions
HM 831-901	Social change
HM 1001-1281	Social psychology
HM 1041-1101	Social perception. Social cognition. Includes perception of self and others, prejudices, stereotypes.
HM 1106-1171	Interpersonal relations. Social behavior.
HM 1176-1281	Social influence. Social pressure.

Reference Sources

Title	Location & Call Number
Battleground : women, gender, and sexuality	Sherman Library Reference HQ1115 .B38 2008 v.1-2 e-book
The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought	Sherman Library Reference H41 .B53 2003
Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology	Sherman Library Reference HM425 .B53 2007 v. 1-10
The Cambridge dictionary of sociology	Sherman Library Reference HM425 .C36 2006 e-book
Demographics of the U.S. : trends and projections	Sherman Library Reference HB849.49 .R875 2007
Encyclopedia of American social history	Sherman Library Reference HN57 .E594 2004 v.1-3
Encyclopedia of population	Sherman Library Reference HB871 .E538 2003 v.1-2 e-book
Encyclopedia of race and ethnic studies	Sherman Library Reference GN495.6 .C37 2004 e-book
Encyclopedia of social psychology	Sherman Library Reference HM1007 .E53 2007 v.1-2
Encyclopedia of social theory	Sherman Library Reference HM425 .E46 2006
Encyclopedia of sociology	Sherman Library Reference HM425 .E5 2000 v.1-5 e-book
International encyclopedia of economic sociology	Sherman Library Reference HM548 .I58 2006
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences	Sherman Library Reference H41 .I58 2001 v.1-26 e-book
The Max Weber Dictionary: key words and central concepts	Sherman Library Reference HM425 .S94 2005
Social issues in America : an encyclopedia	Sherman Library Reference HN57 .S624 2006 v. 1-8

Books

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E-books

E-books or electronic books may be accessed via NovaCat or from the netLibrary database.

Entries for electronic books in NovaCat will have the eBook icon .

Title	Author
An anatomy of power : the social theory of Michael Mann	Edited by John A. Hall & Ralph Schroeder
Environment and social theory	John Barry
Fifty key sociologists : the contemporary theorists	Edited by John Scott
Fifty key sociologists: the formative theorists	Edited by John Scott
Gender and education : an encyclopedia	Edited by Barbara J. Bank ; Sara Delamont and Catherine Marshall, associate editors
Handbook of environmental sociology	Edited by Riley E. Dunlap & William Michelson.
Immigration and race relations: sociological theory and John Rex	Edited by Tahir Abbas & Frank Reeves.
Public sociology : fifteen eminent sociologists debate politics and the profession in the twenty-first century	Edited by Dan Clawson et al.
Readings from Emile Durkheim	Edited by Kenneth Thompson
Social blueprints : conceptual foundations of sociology	David K. Brown
Social capital	John Field
Society and health : sociology for health professionals	Richard K. Thomas
The sociology of elites	Michael Hartmann
The sociology of financial markets	Edited by Karin Knorr Cetina & Alex Preda

Circulating Books

Circulating books may be checked out by visiting the library. Distance students may also request books via Document Delivery.

Title	Author	Location
Classical sociological theory	Bert N. Adams, R.A. Sydie	HM435.A33 2002
Classical horizons: the origins of sociology in ancient Greece	George E. McCarthy	HM435 .M33 2003
Classical social theory: a contemporary approach	Kenneth H. Tucker, Jr.	HM435.T83 2002
Contested knowledge : social theory today	Steven Seidman	HM585 .S44 2008
Culture: critical concepts in sociology	Edited by Chris Jenks	HM621. C858 2003 v.1-4
Explorations in classical sociological theory : seeing the social world	Kenneth Allan	HM445 .A45 2005
Founders, classics, canons: modern disputes over sociology's heritage	Peter Baehr	HM445 .B34 2002
Interpretative origins of classical sociology : Weber, Husserl, Schutz, Durkheim, Simmel	Jules J. Wanderer	HM585 .W36 2005
Key ideas in sociology	Peter Kivisto	HM435 .K58 2004
The new evolutionary social science : human nature, social behavior, and social change	Edited by Heinz-Jürgen Niedenzu, Tamás Meleghy & Peter Meyer	HM626 .N49 2008
The promise of poststructuralist sociology : marginalized peoples and the problem of knowledge	Clayton W. Dumont, Jr.	HM651 .D86 2008
Rethinking Durkheim and his tradition	Warren Schmaus	HM465 .S36 2004
Rights : sociological perspectives	Edited by Lydia Morris	K258 .R544 2006
The social psychology of gender : how power and intimacy shape gender relations	Laurie A. Rudman, Peter Glick	HM1106 .R83 2008
Sociology and mass culture: Durkheim, Mills, and Baudrillard	Patricia Cormack	HM511.C67 2002
Toward a sociological theory of information	Harold Garfinkel	HM651 .G37 2008

Periodicals

Periodicals include journals, magazines, newspapers and other serial publications. Search NovaCat for individual titles and holdings information. Periodicals do not circulate, but may be viewed at the library location listed. NSU distance students may request copies of specific articles via Document Delivery.

Many periodicals are available with full-text (or full image) online in the databases. Search the Journal Finder for specific titles.

Title	Location
The American journal of economics and sociology	Available online through Journal Finder
American Sociological Review	Available online through Journal Finder and in print
Annual Review of Sociology	Available online through Journal Finder
Contemporary Sociology	Available online through Journal Finder
Current Research in Social Psychology	Available online through Journal Finder
The International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy	Available online through Journal Finder
Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology	Available online through Journal Finder and in print
Journal of Health and Social Behavior	Available online through Journal Finder
The Journal of Social Psychology	Available online through Journal Finder and in print
Journal of Sociology	Available online through Journal Finder
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare	Available online through Journal Finder and in print
Social Psychology Quarterly	Available online through Journal Finder
Sociological methodology	Available online through Journal Finder
Sociological theory	Available online through Journal Finder
Sociology of Education	Available online through Journal Finder
Teaching sociology	Available online through Journal Finder
Qualitative Sociology	Available online through Journal Finder and in print

Databases

The online and CD-ROM databases serve as indexes to the literature, primarily periodicals. They include citations, abstracts and sometimes full-text. Click on the Info icon for a complete description of the database. To access the databases, see Electronic Resources.

Title of Database	Type
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)	Citations and abstracts only.
Social Sciences Full Text	Select full text.
Sociological Abstracts	Citations and abstracts only.
JSTOR	Select full text.
Periodicals Index Online	Select full text (linking out)
Project Muse	Select full text.
ProQuest Social Science Journals	Select full text.
PsycInfo	Citations and abstracts only.

Web Sites

Many useful information resources are available on the Internet. But, remember to evaluate any Web site before using it for research.

MERLOT Sociology Resources
http://www.merlot.org/artifact/BrowseArtifacts.po?catcode=317&browsecat=293
The Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) offers a directory of Internet resources related to the study and teaching of sociology. The majority of the materials are intended for use with college or high school students. A description of each entry is available. The entry may feature peer reviews, user comments, or related assignments.

SocioSite
http://www.sociosite.net
Searchable collection of Web sites organized into over 150 subject areas. Also includes links to journals, data archives, and publishers.

The SocioLog
http://www.sociolog.com/
Searchable site that includes listings of university Sociology Departments, professional associations, research institutes, and links to international and multilingual sites in a wide range of sociology-related subjects.

WWW Virtual Library of Sociology
http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/w3virtsoclib/
Searchable online directory that includes institutions/departments, associations and organizations, discussion groups, research centers, databases and archives, courses and curricula resources, journals and newsletters, and software.

Style Guides

APA style is generally the standard for papers and publications in Sociology. See Style Guides.

The APA style manual is available at several NSU Libraries.

Title	Location
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th edition.	Sherman Library Reference Sherman Library Ready Reference BF76.7 .P83 2001 North Miami Beach Reference BF76.7 .P83 2001 Health Reference BF76.7 .P83 2001 Law Reference BF76.7 .P83 2001

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