Library

Here is a sample of different types of reference resources.  You can find more in the catalogue by following these and other subject headings:

• Social Sciences -- Dictionaries
• Sociology -- Bibliography
• Sociology -- Dictionaries
• Sociology -- Encyclopedias
• Sociology -- Terminology

Also try a keyword search, restricting the Location to Reference Collection.

Bibliographies and Guides to the Literature

• Advanced research methodology : an annotated guide to sources
  H62 .B353 1991
• Bibliography of Native North Americans
• Bridging the gap : examining polarity in America
  HN57 BIBL .B76
• Canadian social attitudes and beliefs 1972-1997 : a select bibliography
  HN103 BIBL .R34
• Contemporary Social Issues; A Bibliographic Series
  [Individually catalogued bibliographies on timely social issues such as human rights, the environment, minorities and women.  Check the Library's catalogue under the series title to find individual bibliographies.]
• Reader's guide to the social sciences
• Social science reference sources: a practical guide
  H61 BIBL .L5 2000
• Social Theory; A Bibliographic Series
  [Individually catalogued bibliographies on social theorists or traditions.  Check the Library's catalogue under the series title to find individual bibliographies.]
• Sociology : a guide to reference and information sources
  REF HM585.S68 A269 2005
• Survey research methodology, 1990-1999 : an annotated bibliography
  HM538 BIBL .W35 2002

Biographical Dictionaries

• Biographical dictionary of Marxism
  HX23.B568
• Biographical dictionary of modern European radicals and socialists
  REF HN380.Z9R32
• The disobedient generation : social theorists in the sixties
  HM478 .D58 2005
• Mappers of society : the lives, times, and legacies of great sociologists
  HM478 .F47 2003
• Sociologists in a global age : biographical perspectives
  HM478 .S66 2007
• Women in sociology: a bio-bibliographical sourcebook
  HM19.W59

Try the subject heading:

Sociologists -- Biography

Book Reviews

Many Sociology journals publish book reviews.  Search for book reviews in Sociological Abstracts by selecting the publication type book reviews and in Social Sciences Full Text by selecting the document type book review.

• Contemporary Sociology (1972-)

Current Research

• Annual Review of Sociology (1975-)
• Current Sociology (1952-)
• Dissertations & theses full text (1861-)

Dictionaries

• Blackwell dictionary of sociology: a user's guide to sociological language, 2nd ed.
  REF HM425.J64 2000 [previous edition on 4th floor]
• Blackwell dictionary of modern social thought, 2nd ed.
  H41.B53 2003
• Cambridge dictionary of sociology
• Collins dictionary of sociology
  HM17.C65
• A critical dictionary of sociology
  HM17.B6813 [also available online]
• Dictionary of alternatives: utopianism and organization
  REF HX806.P36 2007
• Dictionary of critical social sciences
  H41.Y68
• Dictionary of demography
  HB849.2.P47 [2v.]
• Dictionary of Marxist thought, 2nd ed.
  HX17.D5 1991 [previous edition on floor 4]
• Dictionary of quotations in sociology
  REF HM17.B37
• Dictionary of sociology, rev. 3rd ed.
  REF HM425.D529 2009 [previous edition available online]
• Dictionary of the social sciences
  REF H41.D52 2002 [also available online]
• Historical dictionary of socialism, 2nd ed.
  REF HX17.D63 2006 [previous edition on 4th floor]
• Key contemporary concepts: from abjection to Zeno's paradox
  REF HM425.L42 2003
• Marx dictionary
  REF HX17.C37 [additional copy on 4th floor]
• The Max Weber dictionary: key words and central concepts
  HM425.S94 2005
• Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences (Athabasca University)
• The Penguin dictionary of sociology, 5th ed.
  REF HM17.A23 2006 [previous editions on 4th floor]
• Sage dictionary of sociology

Directories

• Combating commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth in Asia : directory of organizations
  DDV UN5 EB 2003.C51 .ENG
• Directory of Members -- American Sociological Association
  REF HM9.A7252

Encyclopedias

• Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology
  REF HM425 .B53 2007 [10v.]
• Class in America: an encyclopedia
• The encyclopedia of aging; a comprehensive resource in gerontology and geriatrics, 4th ed.
• Encyclopedia of community : from the village to the virtual world
  REF HM756.E53 2003 [4v.]
• Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000
  REF HN373.E63 2001 [6v.]
• Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories
  REF HQ1190.E63 [also online]
• Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America
  REF HQ76.3.U5E53 2004 [3v.; also online]
• Encyclopedia of modern American extremists and extremist groups
  REF HN90.R3 A75 2002
• Encyclopedia of postmodernism
  REF B831.2.E63 [also available online]
• Encyclopedia of the city
  REF HT108.5.E525 2005 [also online]
• Encyclopedia of social history
  REF HN28.E53 [also online]
• Encyclopedia of social theory
  REF HM425.E49 2006 [also online]
• Encyclopedia of sociology
  REF HM425.E5 2000 [5v.] [also available online; previous edition available on 4th floor]
• Encyclopedia of urban cultures : cities and cultures around the world
  REF HT108.5.E53 2002 [4v.]
• International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences
• International encyclopedia of the sociology of education
  LC191.I49 1997
• Propaganda and mass persuasion: A historical encyclopedia, 1500 to the present
  REF HM1231.C85 2003
• Social science encyclopedia, 3rd ed.
• Sports culture: an A-Z guide
  GV706.5.C383 [also available online]

Indexes and Abstracts

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