Sociology 305: Sex and Gender in Society

Selected Resources, Spring 2006

 

    To access our databases from off-campus, click on this link on the library's main page (enter your ID and password when prompted):

    Note: there is no printing capability for off-campus users. You must e-mail articles to your email account in order to print them.
 

Finding Information Using Library Resources

Some of the databases below contain both popular and research information. Be sure to evaluate the sources in these databases before using them.

Journal Articles

    • A general database that contains both scholarly and popular journal sources.
    • Many articles are available in full text.
    • Full text current articles from such sociological journals as Annual Review of Sociology and American Journal of Sociology are available.

    • A specialized database indexing articles pertaining to women's issues from a number popular and scholarly sources.
    • Includes links to some full text.
    • Does not need to be accessed from the Articles and Databases page.
    • Ask a librarian for the username and password.
    • Nearly 300 full text journals, include sociology periodicals.

  • Sociological Abstracts (1962-present) 
    • The key print index for sociology.
    • Contains citations from journals in sociology and related disciplines.
    • Shelved alphabetically behind the Bound Periodicals section of the library (downstairs)

     

    Electronic Newspapers

  • Proquest Newspapers
    • This collection allows you to search The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, and The New York Times Magazine. Full text.

     

  • Lexis- Nexis
    • A wide range of contemporary news, business, legal, and reference information.
    • Perform a "Guided News Search" to select certain geographical areas, i.e. North America, the Midwest, Illinois or overseas. Full text.

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Books, Videos, and Other Material at the Library

The I-Share Online Catalog can also be used to find books and videos on your topic. Examples of Subject searches:

  • Sex differences
  • Sex differences in education--United States
  • Sex role--Cross-cultural studies
  • Sex differences
  • Sex crimes in literature
  • Interpersonal communication--sex differences
  • Sex discrimination against men
  • Women authors, American
  • Men
  • Masculinity
  • Men's Studies
  • Women--Africa--Social conditions
  • Femininity
  • Femininism and art
  • Women's studies--methodology
  • Man-woman relationships--United States

Examples of some reference books that may be useful:

  • Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-century America. R 306.0973 B787
  • Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World. R 307.03 E56
  • Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd ed. R 301.03 E56 2000; also available through Gale Virtual Reference Library
  • Gale World of Sociology [through xreferplus]
  • Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide. R 305.4203 G816
  • Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family. R 306.803 E56
  • Encyclopedia of Adolescence. R 305.235 E56
  • St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. R 973.9 S143; also available through Gale Virtual Reference Library

Items at Other Libraries

  • You can use the Online I-Share Catalog to find and order books at 64 other libraries in the state.
  • If a library is close by, you can go there with your Jaypass to check out materials, or...
  • If you can't find find a book anywhere in the catalog, you can request it using our Interlibrary Loan article request form

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Sociology Information on the Internet

 

Research and Citation Resources

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Page created by Ayanna Gaines, Last updated by J. Hill, Feb. 20, 2006