Welcome
On this page you find the most important sources of information in the field of Sociology.
Reference works
For an overview of, or introduction to, a topic or a person, use one or more of these sources.
News
Electronic theses BSS
Please note: these are electronic publications that can only be accessed from computers in the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences
Selected article databases for Sociology
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SocINDEX
Articles on sociology and related fields -
Web of Science
Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals, as well as international proceedings. With cited reference searching. -
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)Bibliographic database with references on sociology, political science, economics and anthropology
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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
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Information Literacy Skills
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