[University of South Alabama]

SOCIOLOGY

Selected Resources

SOUTHcat Plus: http://library.southalabama.edu
February 2006
(251) 460-7025

The following is a basic list of library materials. Please consult a reference librarian for assistance in using these materials or in locating additional information or contact us at webref@southalabama.edu or 251/460-7025.

INDEXES TO ARTICLES

Use the indexes below to identify articles on specific topics as well as to locate full text electronic articles.  Current journal and microform titles are shelves alphabetically by title on Second Floor South of the University Library.  Bound journal volumes are shelved by call number on the Third Floor South.


Academic Search Premier.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO
Ageline. SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases
ArticleFirst.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: FirstSearch
Contemporary Women's Issues. SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: FirstSearch
C.R.I.S. Combined Retrospective Index Set to Journals in Sociology, 1895-1974.Reference Z 7164 .S68 C18
Dissertation Abstracts/Digital Dissertations. SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases
ERIC.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO.
Ethnic Newswatch Complete.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases
Expanded Academic ASAP.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: Gale/InfoTrac
Health Source (Consumer Ed. and Nursing/Academic Ed.).  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO
JSTOR..  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases
LexisNexis Academic.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases
LexisNexis Statistical.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases
MARCIVE.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases
Mobile Register (NewsBank).  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases  (11/92 to present)
Medline.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases
New York Times Index. Reference AI 21 .N45  (1851 to present)
PAIS.  Reference Z 7163 .P9
Periodicals Archive Online. SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases
Population Index.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases (1986-2000) and JSTOR (1935-1985)
Professional Development Collection.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO
PsycINFO.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO
PsycARTICLES. SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. Ref. AI 3 .R42 and SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases
ScienceDirect.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).  Reference Z 7161 .S65
Social Sciences Index.  Reference AI 3 .S85
SocINDEX with Full Text.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases: EBSCO
Social Work Abstracts. SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases
Wiley InterScience.  SOUTHcat Plus: Articles, Indexes, Databases

RESEARCH METHODS AND GUIDES

Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods. Bookstacks H 62 .H24534 1998
Critical Issues in Qualitative Research Methods. Bookstacks RT 81.5 .C75 1994
Evaluating Social Science Research. Bookstacks H 62 .S7545 1996
Guide to Writing Sociology Papers. Bookstacks HM 73 .G78 1998
Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social & Behavioral Research.  Bookstacks H 62 .T244 2003
Handbook of Qualitative Research. Bookstacks H 62 .H2455 1994
Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement.  Bookstacks H 62 .M44 2002
Handbook of Social Work Research Methods. Bookstacks HV 11 .H342 2001
Handbook of Sociological Theory.  Bookstacks HM 585 .H36 2001
Qualitative Data Analysis. Bookstacks H 62 .M437 1994
Sociology: A Guide to Reference & Information Sources. Reference HM 51 .S68 A24 1997

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought.  Reference H 41 .B53 2003
Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology. Reference HM 17 .J64 2000
Dictionary of Qualitative Inquiry.  Reference H 61 .S4435 2001
Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology. Reference HA 17 .V64 1999
Dictionary of the Social Sciences.   Reference H 41 .D53 2002
Encyclopedia of American Prisons.  Reference HV 9471 .S54 2003
Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change.  Reference GE 149 .E443 2002
Encyclopedia of Modern American Social Issues. Reference HN 57 .K73 1997
Encyclopedia of Religion and Society.  Reference BL 60 .E53 1998
Encyclopedia of Social Work.  Reference HV 35 .S6 (latest)
Encyclopedia of Sociology. Reference HM 425 .E5 2000
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Reference H 41 .D53 2002
Encyclopedia of Urban America. Bookstacks HT 123 .E5 1998
Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures.  Reference HT 108.5 .E53 2002
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender.  Bookstacks HQ 1115 .E43 2001
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. Reference E 184 .A1 G14 1995
International Encyclopedia of Statistics. Reference HA 17 .I63
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Reference H 41 .I58 2001
Social Work Dictionary.  Reference HV 12 .B37 2003

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

Biography and Genealogy Master Index. SOUTHcat Plus: Electronic Reference Books
American Men & Women of Science.  Reference Q 141 .A471

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review Digest.  Reference Z 1219 .C96  (1905-1997)
Book Review Index.  Reference Z 1035 .A1 B66  (1965-2000)
Social Sciences Index.  Reference AI 3 .S85  (1965/66-1998/99)
Gale/InfoTrac and EBSCO databases also include book reviews for current years.

INTERNET RESOURCES

For additional Web resources, go to SOUTHcat Plus: Topic Guides: Internet Sources By Topic Social Sciences.


Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration   [ http://www.state.gov/g/prm/  ]
Gallup Poll  [ http://poll.gallup.com ]
Social Science Information Gateway (UK)   [ http://www.sosig.ac.uk/ ]
Dead Sociologists’ Society   [ http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/DEADSOC.HTML ]
Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace  [ http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/index.html ]
Social Statistics Briefing Room  [  http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html ]
EServer [ http://eserver.org/ ]  (Resources for Cultural Studies, Gender and Sexuality, Race and more)
Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research  [ http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/ ]
SocioLog: Julian Dierkes’ Best of On-Line Sociology  [ http://www.sociolog.com/best ]
SocioWeb    [  http://www.sonic.net/~markbl/socioweb/  ]
Sociological Timeline From 1600  [ http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/timeline.html ]
US Census Bureau  [ http://www.census.gov/ ]

USA LIBRARIES' CATALOG (SOUTHcat)

TO LOCATE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS, TRY SUBJECT OR KEYWORD SEARCHES.

Keyword searches will allow you to combine terms and truncate words (?) to refine your search.

Subjects: Keywords:
educational sociology medical and sociology
ethnic relations "home care" and aged
public welfare gerontology and health
population (aged or elder?) and housing
social interaction social and research and methodology
family "affirmative action" and "united states"
nonverbal communication "public housing" and "community development"
urban renewal (elder? or aged) and abuse
womens studies "family violence" and prevention
sociology "single parent?" and family
social systems homeless? and women
social sciences--statistical methods social and reform?
urban policy "social science?" and poll?
social problems child? and abuse
race relations advocacy and elder?
social policy welfare and famil?
homelessness women and violence
civil rights "social work" and ethics
hate crimes sexual and abuse
terrorism "health care" and minorities
gender identity discrimination
poverty adoption

SELECTED FULL-TEXT JOURNALS

Dates of full text coverage may vary with each title and with different databases. One way to check availability is to check "Our Journal List"on the University Library homepage.


Administration and Society. (IngentaConnect)
Adolescence. (Academic Search Premier, Health Source, Expanded Academic, SocINDEX Full Text)
American Behavioral Scientist. (Expanded Academic, EBSCOhost EJS)
American Demographics  (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
American Journal of Family Therapy. (Academic Search Premier, Health Source)
American Journal of Sociology. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic, JSTOR, SocINDEX Full Text)
American Sociologist. (Academic Search Premier, SocINDEX Full Text)
Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy  (Ingenta Connect)
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. (Expanded Academic)
Annual Review of Sex Research. (Academic Search Premier)
Annual Review of Sociology. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic, JSTOR, SocINDEX Full Text)
British Journal of Sociology. (Academic Search Premier, Ingenta Connect, JSTOR)
Canadian Journal of Sociology  (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Child Abuse and Neglect  (ScienceDirect)
Child and Family Social Work  (Academic Search Premier)
Child Welfare. (Academic Search Premier, Health Source)
Children and Society  (Wiley InterScience)
Contemporary Sociology  (JSTOR, SocINDEX Full Text)
Conflict Resolution  (Wiley InterScience)
Critical Sociology. (Academic Search Premier)
Demography  (JSTOR)
Differences: A Journal of Feminism. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Economic Development and Cultural Change. (Expanded Academic)
Educational Gerontology. (Academic Search Premier, Ingenta Connect)
Environment and Behavior. (Expanded Academic)
Future of Children  (InfoTrac OneFile)
Gender and Society  (Expanded Academic, JSTOR, EBSCOhost EJS)
Generations. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Health and Social Care in the Community. (Academic Search Premier, Health Source)
Health and Social Work. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic, SocINDEX Full Text)
History of the Family. (Academic Search Premier)
International Journal of Comparative Sociology. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
International Migration Review  (Expanded Academic, JSTOR)
Journal of Aging Studies. (ScienceDirect)
Journal of Conflict Resolution. (Expanded Academic, JSTOR, EBSCOhost EJS)
Journal of Family History. (Expanded Academic, EBSCOhost EJS)
Journal of Family Issues. (Expanded Academic, EBSCOhost EJS)
Journal of Gender Studies  (Academic Search Premier)
Journal of Historical Sociology. (Academic Search Premier)
Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Expanded Academic, EBSCOhost EJS)
Journal of Marriage and the Family. (Academic Search Premier, JSTOR)
Journal of Rural Studies  (ScienceDirect)
Journal of Sex Research. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Journal of Social Behavior and Personality. (Academic Search Premier)
Journal of Social History. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Journal of Social Issues. (Expanded Academic, SocINDEX Full Text)
Journal of Social Psychology. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Journal of Social Work Education. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Journal of Sociology. (Expanded Academic)
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare  (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
New Directions for Youth Development  (Wiley Interscience)
Population and Development Review  (Expanded Academic, JSTOR)
Race, Gender and Class  (Ethnic NewsWatch Complete, SocINDEX Full Text)
Research on Aging. (Sage Online)
Review of Social Economy. (Expanded Academic, SocINDEX Full Text)
Signs  (Expanded Academic, Academic Search Premier)
Social Education. (Expanded Academic)
Social Forces.(Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic, JSTOR)
Social Identities. (Academic Search Premier, SocINDEX Full Text)
Social Networks  (ScienceDirect)
Social Policy. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic, SocINDEX Full Text)
Social Problems. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Social Research.  (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic, SocINDEX Full Text)
Social Science Journal. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Social Service Review. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Social Theory and Practice. (Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic)
Social Work  (Academic Search Premier, Health Source, Expanded Academic, SocINDEX Full Text)
Social Work in Education. (Academic Search Premier)
Society in Transition. (Academic Search Premier, SocINDEX Full Text)
Sociological Perspectives. (Academic Search Premier)
Sociological Quarterly. (Expanded Academic, Academic Search Premier)
Sociological Review. (Academic Search Premier, SocINDEX Full Text)
Sociological Theory  (JSTOR)
Sociology of Religion. (Academic Search Premier, SocINDEX Full Text)
Sociology. (Expanded Academic)
Studies in Family Planning  (Expanded Academic, JSTOR)
Sustainable Dynamics  (Wiley InterScience)
Youth and Society. (Expanded Academic, EBSCOhost EJS)

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