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     The Blackwell dictionary of sociology : a user's guide to sociological language                             
     Encyclopedia of Sociology                                                
     Critical Dictionary of Sociology                                       
     Encyclopedia of Social History                                           
     Statistical Abstract of the United States
     California Statistical Abstract
     The sociology student writer's manual

A Library Research Guide to Sociology by Cynthia Bruns

Mauvearrow.GIF (927 bytes)Books
    
     To locate books on sociology topics, use the following catalogs
     CSUF OPAC -- Books, journals, and other materials in the CSUF Library
     LINK+ -- Books, journals, and other materials in 7 CSU libraries and Claremont Colleges Libraries
     Melvyl -- Books, journals, etc. in UC and other libraries in the state of California
     WorldCat -- Books and other materials from libraries worldwide

Mauvearrow.GIF (927 bytes)Journal Articles
     To locate journal articles on sociology, use the following electronic journals and indexes/abstracts/full-text        
     databases.  Your professor may require you to use articles from popular or scholarly and/or both publications.
     Databases are available via the Library's home page under Finding Articles & More.  To learn about 
     these databases, see All Databases Described or go to the web sites of the databases.

    Electronic Journal Collections
     JSTOR  -- Back issues of electronic journals.  Not including the most recent five years.
     Project Muse -- 42 scholarly electronic journals in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics.  

    Full-text (or selected full-text) Databases
     Expanded Academic Index ASAP -- Selected full-text articles in all subject disciplines
     Factiva -- Select Publications Library
     Lexis/Nexis Academic -- Select News or Legal Research
     ProQuest Direct -- ABI Inform Global

    Indexes/Abstracts Databases
     Sociological Abstracts
     Social Sciences Abstracts
     CRIS: the Combined Retrospective Index Set to Journals in Sociology, 1895-1974 (Ref HM1.A1 C75)
     ERIC
     America: History and Life
     PsychInfo
     PAIS International
    

Mauvearrow.GIF (927 bytes)Government Information
     To access government information (including U.S. Government, California, Local & State, International, and etc.), 
     start from Government Publications.  

    International Sources
     Background Notes (US State Department)       
      Country Studies (Library of Congress)         
     World Factbook (CIA)

     United States Sources
     U.S. Census Bureau
     Historical Statistics of the United States (Reference Desk HA215 .D6 v. 1 & 2)
     Statistical Abstracts of the United States (Ref Desk; DOCS Desk)
     Demographic Yearbook  (DOCS DESK HA17 .D45 1996)
    
     California Sources
     California Statistical Abstracts

     City County Regional Sources (See Orange County Information)
     Focus Orange County             
     Orange County Official Home Page        
     Center for Demographic Research

     The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

Mauvearrow.GIF (927 bytes)Web Resources
    How to find information on the Web? 
  • Use web site reviews from various literature or learn from your professors, fellow students, etc.

    How can I tell the good, beautiful, and truthful from the bad, false, and ugly?
     Learn to evaluate Internet resources!   Consider the following criteria:

Authority
Content
Accuracy
Currency
Objectivity
Usability & Aesthetics

     To learn more about how to evaluate web resources, please visit Evaluating Web Resources.

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