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Department
of Sociology
Departmental Research Guide
This research guide relays some basic information on library
and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this
department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites
on the World Wide Web.
1.
LC Call Nos. - - - 2.
Finding Articles - - - 3.
Reference Collection - - - 4.
Sociology Faculty - - - 5.
Professional Societies - - - 6.
Web Sites
1.
To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library
of Congress Subject Divisions)
Books
on subjects associated with this field are shelved under
the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT
to search for specific items in the collection, or more
narrowly-defined subjects.
Social
Sciences (general), H1-H99 ------- Statistics, HA1-H4737
Sociology
(general), HM401-HM1281 ------- Culture, HM621-HM656
------- Social control, HM661-HM696 ------- Groups
and organizations, HM711-HM806 ------- Deviant behavior
& Social deviance, HM811-HM816 ------- Social stratification,
Social inequality & Equality, HM821 ------- Social
institutions, HM826 ------- Social change, HM831-HM901
------- Social psychology, HM1001-HM1281
Social
history & conditions, Social problems & Social reform,
HN1-HN991 ------- The church & social problems,
HN30-HN40 ------- Community centers & Social centers,
HN41-HN46 ------- By region or country, HN50-HN991
The
family, Marriage & Woman, HQ1-HQ2044
Societies:
secret, benevolent, etc., HS1-HS3371
Communities,
Classes & Races, HT51-HT1595
Social
pathology, Social & public welfare & Criminology,
HV1-HV9960 ------- Criminology, HV6001-HV7220.5
------- Criminal anthropology, including the criminal type,
criminal psychology, prison psychology, causes of crime, HV6035-HV6197
------- Criminal classes, HV6201-HV6249 ------- Victims
of crimes & Victimology, HV6250-HV6250.4 -------
Crimes & offenses, HV6251-HV6773 ------- Crimes
& criminal classes, HV6774-HV7220.5 ------- Criminal
justice administration, HV7231-HV9920.5 ------- Social
work with delinquents and criminals, HV7428 -------
Prevention of crime, methods, etc,. HV7431 -------
Gun control, HV7435-HV7439 ------- Police, Detectives
& Contabulary Administration & organization, HV7551-HV8380.7
------- Police duty & Methods of protection, HV8031-HV8080
------- Special classes of crimes, offenses & criminals,
HV8035-HV8069 ------- Investigation of crimes &
Examination and identification of prisoners, HV8073-HV8079.3
------- Police social work, HV8079.2-HV8079.3 -------
Traffic control & Traffic accident investigation, HV8079.5-HV8079.55
------- Private detectives & Detective bureaus, HV8081-HV8099
------- Police: By region or country, HV8130-HV8280.7
------- Private security services, HV8290 ------- Penology,
Prisons & Corrections, HV8301-HV9025 ------- The
juvenile offender, Juvenile delinquency & Reform schools,
etc., HV9051-HV9230.7 ------- Reformation and reclamation
of adult prisoners, HV9261-HV9430.7 ------- By region
or country, HV9441-HV9960
Socialism,
Communism & Anarchism, HX1-HX970.7
2.
To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text
services)
The
following services are recommended for use by first-year
students and non-majors:
The
following services are recommended for use by advanced students
and researchers:
- JSTOR:
Provides the full text/full image web access of the complete
archival collections of a large number of journals, up
to the most recent three to five years.
- Sociological
Abstracts: Provides abstracting of the sociological
and anthropological literature from 1963 onward. Requires
a user number and password obtainable from the Reference
Desk. The print version of this series (1953-) is available
in Reference (Ref.Per. HM1.S67).
- Project
Muse: "Provides online, worldwide,
institutional subscription access to the full text of
over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities,
social sciences and mathematics."
These three
FirstSearch-based
databases are available to graduate students and faculty,
and to undergraduates by special permission:
- Art &
Humanities Citation Index (AH Search): Indexes the
world's leading arts and humanities journals.
- PerAbs:
Periodical abstracts from general and academic journals,
with many articles in full-text.
- WilsonSelectPlus:
Full-text articles in science, humanities, education and
business.
Special
resource: TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries'
electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well
as some indexes and databases containing full-text articles;
includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]
3. Monographic Reference Works in Helm
Library
The following are recommended for use:
- Encyclopedia
of Sociology: HM17 E5 1992: Articles by noted sociologists
aimed at students, sociologists and other professionals
(in four volumes).
- International
Encyclopedia of Sociology: HM 17 I53 1984: Articles
on the essential topics in sociology aimed at the student
and non-specialist. Each article includes an overview,
applications, context, and bibliography (in two volumes).
- International
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences: H40 A2 I5: Includes
topical and biographical article aimed at social scientists,
students and professionals in other fields (in 19 volumes).
- Social
Science Encyclopedia: H41 S63 1996: Intended for the
sophisticated reader, but not necessarily the specialist.
Includes articles on contemporary academic thinking about
the individual in society.
4.
Department of Sociology Faculty
WKU
Sociology Department faculty www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/AHSS/Sociology/
5.
Related Professional Societies (for
professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)
6.
Web Sites Recommended by Department of Sociology Faculty
General
Gateways
Other
Sites
University
Libraries Liaison: Sean
Kinder (x6339 / sean.kinder@wku.edu)
Last updated 10/16/2007
page maintained by Charles H. Smith
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