{"id":350,"date":"2017-05-16T20:56:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/?page_id=350"},"modified":"2026-02-10T21:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:36:23","slug":"sociology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/sociology\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources in Sociology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shortcode sh-grid sh-grid-cols-1 md:sh-grid-cols-12 sh-gap-3\"><div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-6 sh-pb-3\"><\/p>\n<h2>Find Articles in Databases &amp; Journals<\/h2>\n<p>Use databases to search multiple online journals at the same time. Find articles about a specific topic by using keywords, subject headings, authors, and more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/proxy\/go.php?url=https:\/\/search.proquest.com\/socabs\/advanced?accountid=14553\">Sociological Abstracts\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/proxy\/go.php?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=sih\">SocINDEX with Full Text\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/jsearch?query=any,contains,1545-2115&amp;tab=jsearch_slot&amp;vid=01CARLI_UIU:CARLI_UIU&amp;offset=0\">Annual Review of Sociology\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/sociology\/sociodb\/\">Sociology Related Databases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>More:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/az.php\">Databases by Subject<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\"> <strong>More:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/search.grainger.uiuc.edu\/linker\/\">Journal &amp; Article Locator<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Find Background Information<\/h2>\n<p>Reference sources, online or in print, include encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and directories and are great starting points for background information about a specific topic.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Annual Review of Sociology\" href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma99954670715505899&amp;context=L&amp;vid=01CARLI_UIU:CARLI_UIU&amp;search_scope=MyInstitution&amp;tab=LibraryCatalog&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Annual Review of Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99460077012205899\">The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology\" href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma99526497712205899&amp;context=L&amp;vid=01CARLI_UIU:CARLI_UIU&amp;search_scope=MyInstitution&amp;tab=LibraryCatalog&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma99730208012205899&amp;context=L&amp;vid=01CARLI_UIU:CARLI_UIU&amp;search_scope=MyInstitution&amp;tab=LibraryCatalog&amp;lang=en\">The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99429172512205899\">Encyclopedia of Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99955067262305899\">Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma99578496212205899&amp;context=L&amp;vid=01CARLI_UIU:CARLI_UIU&amp;search_scope=MyInstitution&amp;tab=LibraryCatalog&amp;lang=en\">Immigration in America Today: An Encyclopedia\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99549195712205899\">International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/01CARLI_UIU\/gpjosq\/alma99955108497705899\">The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?docid=alma99796598212205899&amp;context=L&amp;vid=01CARLI_UIU:CARLI_UIU&amp;search_scope=MyInstitution&amp;tab=LibraryCatalog&amp;lang=en\">World of Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Browse Useful Websites<\/h2>\n<p>Websites can provide statistics, data, articles, documents, and other information about a specific field of study.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asanet.org\/\">American Sociological Association<\/a>\u00a0(ASA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asc41.org\/\">American Society of Criminology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aacsnet.net\">Association for Applied &amp; Clinical Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isa-sociology.org\/en\/\">International Sociological Association<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/sociology\/socioweb\/\">Additional Selected Sociology Websites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-6 sh-pb-3\"><\/p>\n<h2>Develop Research Skills<\/h2>\n<h3>Sociology Research Guides<\/h3>\n<p>Research guides provide suggestions for finding and using information about a specific subject.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/sociology\/sociogui\/\">Guide to Sources in Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Class Guides<\/h3>\n<p>Class guides are created by librarians to provide guides to helpful sources for a particular class.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/subjectguides\/classguides\/#sociology\">Current and Past Semester Class Guides<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Use Additional Library Resources<\/h2>\n<h3>Sociology Related Libraries and Library Services<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/ias\/\">International and Area Studies Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/sc\/\">Media Commons<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/c.php?g=348425&amp;p=2341023\">Geographic Information Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Learn About Other Resources on Campus<\/h2>\n<p>Learn about sociology resources, research, and services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.illinois.edu\/\">Department of Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlas.illinois.edu\/\">ATLAS, College of LAS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>About the Sociology Collection<\/h2>\n<p>The sociology collection in the University of Illinois Library supports the teaching and research programs in sociology and its subdisciplines, such as demography and social ecology, social psychology, and urban and community studies. Current areas of focus within the department include: Social Dynamics and Structure, Race, Class, &amp; Gender, and Transnational Studies. Current English-language books, as well as the core journals in sociology, social science methodology, and social theory are housed in the the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL), but the majority of the estimated 100,000 volumes held in the field of sociology are located in the Main Stacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please direct all comments or requests for information to <a href=\"mailto:jhagman@illinois.edu\">Jessica Hagman<\/a>, 217-333-3005.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find Articles in Databases &amp; Journals Use databases to search multiple online journals at the same time. Find articles about a specific topic by using keywords, subject headings, authors, and more. Sociological Abstracts\u00a0 SocINDEX with Full Text\u00a0 Annual Review of Sociology\u00a0 More: Sociology Related Databases More: Databases by Subject\u00a0 More: Journal &amp; Article Locator &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-350","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12416,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/350\/revisions\/12416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sshel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}