SOCIOLOGY RESOURCES (9/07)  

Topic idea resource:  Hot Topics includes CQ Researcher and Opposing Viewpoints

1. Selected  Reference Sources
Contemporary Women’s issues      HQ1115 G74x 2003 
Contemporary Youth Culture  HQ796 C8154 2006   2 vols.
Encyclopedia of American Social Movements     HN 57 E594 2004    4 vols.
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in history & society  HQ 767.84 E53 2004 3 vols.
Encyclopedia of Community      HM756 E53 2003 
Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment       HV 6017 E524 2002 3 vols.   
Encyclopedia of Disability  HV 1568 E528 2006 5 vols
Encyclopedia of Homelessness    HV 4493 E53 2004   2 vols
Encyclopedia of Human Development   HM 626 E53 2006   3 vols
Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice    HV 9104 E58 2003 
Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement   HV 7921 E53 2005 3 vols.
Encyclopedia of Social Theory    HM 425 E47 2005 
Encyclopedia of Terrorism    HV 6431 K883 2003 
Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures     HT 108.5 E53 2002    4 vols.  
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues World Wide          HQ 1115 G74x 2003      
Handbook of Death and Dying        HQ 1073 H36 2003 
Oxford Dictionary of Sociology  HM 425 D5735 2005
Propaganda and Mass Persuasion     HM 1231 C85 2003
Reader's Guide to Social Sciences   H41 R417 2001  2 vols. 
Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods        H62 L456 2004 3 vols. 
Twenty-first Century Sociology    HM 585 A13 2007 2 vols.
 

2.  JOURNALS/MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS --- requires remote access
Select Infotrac Criminal Justice from the   InfoTrac Cross Database  option
Enter specific search terms electronic monitoring and rehabilitation
Select academic journals tab from search results if you need scholarly information.
Email and "how to cite" available.

ProQuest
Results sorted into scholarly journals (peer reviewed), trade publications, national newspapers
Enter specific search terms - names of people & organizations, key words
Email and citation formatting available.

JSTOR - Covers the full text of many professional and academic journals.   Search tips
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Loudoun campus subscriptions
American Journal of Sociology  - current 5 years    (paper)
Journal of Marriage and the Family  - 1957 -   (microfilm)
Check here to see if NVCC subscribes to a particular journal title.

3.  Web Sites
FSU Criminal Justice
Librarians' Internet Index- LII  
NVCC Sociology links
Open Directory Project - DMOZ  Sociology and Criminology

4. Library Catalogs
NVCC Library Catalog
George Mason University Library Catalog

5. American Sociological Association Quick Style Guide