Selected Resources for:
Sociology

Web of Science   

http://0-isiknowledge.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/wos

1980- .

Web of Science indexes and abstracts journals in the sciences and social sciences. Besides traditional author, title and keyword searches, it offers access to articles' cited references, making it possible to take a known, relevant paper and find other, more recent papers that cite it.

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Sociological Abstracts   

http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=socioabs-set-c&adv=1

1963- . Citations and abstracts. Earlier years have citations only.

A primary resource for accessing the latest research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Based on an international selection of over 2500 journals and other serials, conference papers, books, and dissertations. Includes book, film and software reviews. Major areas of coverage include anthropology, collective behavior, community development, disaster studies, education, environmental studies, gender studies, gerontology, law and penology, marriage and family studies, medicine and health, racial interactions, social psychology, social work, sociological theory, stratification, substance abuse, urban studies and violence.

Location: Ref. HM 1 .S67 1952-2000

Annual Review of Sociology  

http://0-arjournals.annualreviews.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/loi/soc

1975-

Contains frequently cited articles reviewing the recent literature on important topics in sociology.

Location: LAU Stacks HM 1 .A763

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online  

http://0-www.sociologyencyclopedia.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

Offers definitions and explanations of key concepts and extended explorations of major topics in sociology. Includes a timeline, a lexicon by subject area, a bibliography, and an index.

Encyclopedia of Sociology  

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/infomark.do?action=interpret&source=gale&eisbn=002865899X&prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=wash43584&type=aboutBook&version=1.0&authCount=1

This five-volume set contains signed articles on concepts, subfields, techniques, methodologies, and national sociologies. Alphabetically arranged, entries range from two pages to eighteen pages, are cross-referenced, and include bibliographies.

Ebrary  

http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/lib/georgetown

Online, full-text collection of over 20,000 books. Covers a wide range of topics including sociology, psychology, American and European history, political science, medicine, language and literature, philosophy and religion, education, business, the hard sciences and more.

Gallup Brain    temporarily unavailable

http://0-institution.gallup.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

The Gallup Brain is a searchable database of Gallup public opinion polls and articles about those polls. It covers over 136,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by Gallup since 1935. Also provides access to articles in the Gallup Management Journal.