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On this page you find the most important sources of information in the field of Sociology.
Selected article databases for Sociology
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Bibliographic database for the field of sociology and related fields
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Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals, as well as international proceedings. With cited reference searching.
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Bibliographic database for the field of psychology
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Bibliographic database for the field of education
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)Bibliographic database with references on sociology, political science, economics and anthropology
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Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
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Electronic databasesThe list of all available databases.
Reference works
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International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciencesEncyclopedia about behavioral and social sciences
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Gale Virtual Reference LibraryE-book versions of reference works in various fields
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Sage eReferencePortal to subject-specific reference works in the social & behavioral sciences
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Annual reviewsReview articles of the literature on specific topics, with extensive bibliographies
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WikipediaOnline free-content encyclopedia
E-books
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Ebook CentralEbook Central's 180.000+ e-books from various academic publishers
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Sage Research Methods Online (SRMO)Research methods database and tool
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Springer EbooksAll English e-books published this year and in the past two years.
Electronic theses BSS
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Student Theses Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences (from academic year 2021-22)These online theses are publicly accessible.
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Student Theses Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences (until academic year 2020-21)Note that these online theses are only accessible through Faculty computers at BSS.
News
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Nexis UniDutch and foreign newspapers and other sources for news and journalism
Selected journals for Sociology
The selection of journals below is limited to general sociology journals, and inevitably somewhat arbitrary. For a more complete, alphabetical list, see this list,
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