Selected Resources ~ Sociology

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BOOKS

Books at SUNY Ulster and Other Libraries

Use Catalist, SUNY Ulster's Online Catalog to locate books in SUNY Ulster's library. Use the Library Catalogs of South Eastern New York State to access online catalogs for most academic libraries in the region or use the WorldCat database (on-campus access, off-campus access) to find book holdings in over 26,000 libraries.

To search these databases use Library of Congress subject headings, including:

acculturation	African Americans	Asian Americans
assimilation	discrimination	ethnicity
Hispanic Americans	homosexuality	Indians of North America
minorities	race relations	racism
research	sexism	social change
social movements	society	sociology
women

To request a needed book from another library, visit the Reference Desk in the Library and fill out an InterLibrary Loan Request form.

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JOURNALS & PERIODICALS

SUNY Ulster's collection includes many journals and periodicals. Search Catalist, SUNY Ulster's Online Catalog to find out if we own the publication you need.

JOURNALS

American Sociological Review
American Journal of Sociology
Annual Review of Sociology (online)
American Demographics
Gerontologist
Health and Social Work
Journal of Marriage and the Family
Social Forces
Social Problems

PERIODICALS
(General periodicals, non-sociological, emphasize social and political affairs.)

Atlantic Monthly	Business Week
Christian Science Monitor	CQ Researcher
Harper’s	New York Times
Newsweek	Psychology Today
Society	Time
US News and World Report

PERIODICAL DATABASES
Use these databases to find citations and full-text academic articles in sociology and professional journals.

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

American Psychological Association. (2001).Publication manual of the American psychological association. (5th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.	Ready REF 808.06615 P976 2001
Borgatta, E.F. & Montgomery, R.J.V. (Eds.). (2000). Encyclopedia of sociology.(2nd ed.). (4 vols.). New York: Macmillan Reference USA.	REF 301.03 E56 2000
Broude, G.W. (1994). Marriage, family, and relationships: A cross- cultural encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.	REF 306.803 B875 1994
Clark, R.E., & Clark, J.F. (1989). Encyclopedia of child abuse. New York: Facts On File.	REF 362.76 C595 1989
Dynes, W.R. (Ed.). (1990). Encyclopedia of homosexuality. (2 vols.). New York: Garland Publishing, Inc.	REF 306.766 E56 1900
Ekerdt, D.J. (Ed.). (2002). *Encyclopedia of aging*. New York: Macmillan.	REF 305.2603 E5637 2002
Everyday life: American social history. (1998). New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA.	REF 306.0973 E562s 1998
Kagan, J. & Gall,S.B. (Eds.). (1998). Gale encyclopedia of childhood & adolescence. Detroit, MI: Gale Research.	REF 305.231 G151 1998
Lerner, R.M., Petersen, A.C. & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1991). *Encyclopedia of adolescence*. (2 vols.). New York: Garland Publishing, Inc.	REF 305.235 E56 1991
Maddox, G.L. (Ed.). (1995). *Encyclopedia of aging*. (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Publishing Company.	REF 305.2603 E56 1995
Marshall, G. (1998). Dictionary of sociology. New York: Oxford.	REF 301.03 D5547 1998
Ramachandran, V.S. (Ed.). (1994). *Encyclopedia of human behavior*. (4 vols.). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.	REF 150.3 E56 1994
Roy, F.H. & Russell, C. (1992). Encyclopedia of aging and the elderly. New York: Facts On File.	REF 305.2603 R888 1992
Sills, D.L. (Ed.). (1968-1979). International encyclopedia of the social sciences. (18 vols.). New York: Macmillan.	REF 300.3 I61
Tierney, H. (Ed.). (1989). Women's studies encyclopedia. (3 vols.). New York: Greenwood Press.	REF 305.403 W8725 1989

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SOCIOLOGY RESOURCES ON THE WEB
(including statistical source)

Aging, U S Department of
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov

American Association of Retired Persons AARP
http://www.aarp.org

American Sociological Assosciation
http://www.asanet.org

American Sociological Association Resources for Students
http://www.asanet.org/student/student.html
This page lists many links. Of particular interest:
data resources for public use: http://www.asanet.org/student/data.html;
research and fellowship support: http://www.asanet.org/student/oppresrc.html.)

Americans with Disabilities Act Homepage
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

Annual Reviews of Sociology
http://soc.annualreviews.org/

Basic statistics on HIV and AIDS from Centers for Disease Control, division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats.htm

Center for Democracy & Technology
http://www.cdt.org/index.html

Child safety and child protection (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)
http://www.missingkids.org/

Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/

CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/indexgeo.html

FBI homepage
http://www.fbi.gov

Marriage and Family Processes (Trinity University)
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/family.html

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm

National Coalition for the Homeless
http://www.nationalhomeless.org

National Organization for Women (NOW)
http://www.now.org/issues/

Social Inequality and Classes
http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/TOPICS/Inequality.html

Sociology Tour Through Cyberspace (Trinity University)
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/index.html

SocioWeb
http://www.socioweb.com/~markbl/socioweb/

Statistical Resources on the Web: Sociology from University of Michigan
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stsoc.html

University of Michigan Documents Center: Statistical Resources on the Web:Sociology
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/stsoc.html

Urban Education from Columbia University
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/

US Bureau of Justice (Statistical information)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

US Census on income and poverty
http://www.census.gov/

Women’s Bureau at Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/wb/stats/main.htm

WWW Virtual Library: Sociology Electronic Journals and Newsletters
http://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/w3virtsoclib/journals.htm

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BOOK REVIEW SOURCES

American Sociological Review

New York Review of Books

New York Times Book Review

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WEB SITES FOR HELP IN WRITING A PAPER

Purdue University On-line Writing Lab (OWL)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu

Tricks of the Trade: How to think about your research
while you're doing it
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/041247.html

NOTE: Macdonald DeWitt Library has a copy of the book, Tricks of the Trade (300.72 B395 1998), in the permanent collection.

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