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Social Sciences Librarian

Nicole Carpenter

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Subjects: Anthropology, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Sociology

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Here you can find resources at UCI Libraries (and beyond!) to support your sociology research.

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Key Sociology Sites

American Sociological Association
The national professional organization for Sociologists dedicated to work in teaching, research and growing leadership nationally and internationally.
Annual Review of Sociology
Articles hold a unique place in the scholarly communication ecosystem because they synthesized expert knowledge covering the significant developments in the field of sociology.

ICPSR This link opens in a new window
Repository of curated data sets pertaining to many disciplines within the social sciences. Contains original codebooks and descriptions of methodology, offers multiple file format downloads, and links data to relevant scholarly research. Users can search at the variable level and trace datasets to their use in academic publications.

Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Current community newspapers, newsletters, blogs, podcasts, website & magazines; providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. Searchable in English and Spanish.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
Bibliographic references to articles, books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951; unique in its broad coverage of international material, over 100 languages and countries. Focus primarily in anthropology, economics, political science and sociology.
Sage Research Methods
Methodology tool explores concepts in designing research projects, understanding particular methods or identifying a new method, how to conduct research, and write up your findings with dictionaries, datasets, case studies and books.
Sociological Abstracts
Social and behavioral sciences journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers; includes culture and social structure; health and medicine and law; policy, planning; religion and science; women's studies.

Spotlight

Sociology Oxford Handbooks Online
Tour Oxford online resources, narrow down into content from over twenty subcategories.
Sociology of Sport
Original research, framed by social theory, on exercise, sport, physical culture, and the (physically active) body.
Nature Human Behaviour
A transformative journal on research into human behaviour from across the social and natural sciences.

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology by Ritzer (Editor)
ISBN: 9781405165518
Publication Date: Updated Articles
A reference source by international authors, in an searchable format, includes short definitions of key terms to extended explorations of major topics.

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Free Speech Policy at UCI
The Policy is designed to provide a context in which to understand and ensure free speech at UCI and to form the basis for applying other speech-related policies.

Literature Review Starter
Start at the beginning with these literature review steps and search strategies
Soc Sci Graduate Orientation Handout
Refresh your orientation to library resources and services, campus services of note and other tips.

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Off Campus Access

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