Welcome
On this page you find the most important sources of information in the field of Sociology.
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
News
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Nexis UniDutch and foreign newspapers and other sources for news and journalism
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.
Selected article databases for Sociology
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SocINDEX
Bibliographic database for the field of sociology and related fields -
Web of Science
Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals, as well as international proceedings. With cited reference searching. -
PsycINFO
Bibliographic database for the field of psychology
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ERIC
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
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.
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,
SmartCat
Google books
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.
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