LibGuides: SOC 400: Sociology Senior Seminar: Getting Started

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Hello and welcome to the course guide for SOC 400: Sociology Senior Seminar! Here you will find many resources to help you on your journey through this course (perhaps even throughout the rest of your time here at Drew). If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out!

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Databases and Other Resources

SocINDEX This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive index of journals, books, conference papers, and other content related to sociology and all sub-disciplines
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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“Indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.”

Ethnic Newswatch This link opens in a new window
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Research and articles related to African American, Caribbean/African, Arab/Middle Eastern/Persian and Islamic, Asian/Pacific Island, European/Eastern European, Hispanic, Jewish, Multi-ethnic and Native Peoples. Contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
FirstSearch This link opens in a new window
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A database of all the books and other items cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Click “borrow this item from another library” to request an item via Interlibrary Loan. See also: worldcat.org
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
This free, interdisciplinary resource indexes the available text of scholarly journal sites and scholarly website collections on the Internet, and allows citation searching. May include general interest books, student writing, or other education-related materials that are not scholarly. Check journal web pages to determine whether material is peer reviewed.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
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Indexes and abstracts the international journal, and book literature in psychology and related disciplines since 1887. Lots of full text is available. Click on the "find article" icon if the pdf or html link to the article is not visible.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus uniquely combines a comprehensive, curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines.
Scopus finds relevant and authoritative research, identifies experts and provides access to reliable data, metrics and analytical tools.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
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A full text database of a mix of publications, primarily popular, that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.

Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language
Publication Date: 2012
Defines terms as used in sociology.
A Dictionary of Sociology by John Scott
ISBN: 9780199683581
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Encyclopedia of Social Theory by George Ritzer (Editor)
ISBN: 9781452265469
Publication Date: 2004
Articles on social phenomena, major figures and movements, with bibliographies of recommended sources.
Key Concepts in Critical Social Theory by Nick Crossley
ISBN: 9781446265130
Publication Date: 2012
Definitions and overviews of ideas and theories.

Library Guides

SOC 400: Sociology Senior Seminar

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Databases and Other Resources