Sociology: Reference Materials
Annual Review
Annual reviews summarize research on topics in the discipline. They are excellent for reviewing the background of a topic and for collecting a list of references.
Encyclopedias
- Oxford bibliographies. Sociology. byISBN: 9780199756384Publication Date: 2011-Read overviews and annotated bibliographies for over 200 topics and major figures in Sociology. These are very useful introductions to the significant literature in a wide variety of subject areas, and part of a larger collection covering many disciplines.
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History byISBN: 9780199743360Publication Date: 2012-04-13The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History brings together in a single authoritative reference work an extraordinary wealth of information about the history of everyday life in America.
- 21st Century Sociology Handbook byPublication Date: 2007
Dictionaries
Call Number: HM425 .J64 2000 REFERENCE
Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth Century Social Thought
Call Number: H41 .B53 1993 REFERENCE
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