Sociology 424 - Spring 2005

Sociological Theory

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Links to library resources listed below may not work when this page is accessed from off-campus. To use these resources, please go to the Library Web Page, where you can connect to Articles and Databases, Reference Sources, and Electronic Journals and Newspapers after providing your Elmhurst College email login and password. If you do not know your E.C. account login and password, please see Computer Services, Room 107 CSTC. Here is more information on accessing databases from off-campus.

Finding Information in A.C. Buehler Library Resources

Article Databases and Electronic Journals and Newspapers

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

Academic Search Elite
- 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 Social Forces, Annual Review of Sociology, and American Journal of Sociology are available.
Annual Review of Sociology
- Patrons can link to the index of this respected source of sociology research for free.
- The library does not subscribe to this resource in full-text.
- However, full text articles from this resource can be found in a number of online databases, such as Academic Search Elite, Wilson Select Plus, ProQuest Psychology, JSTOR, and Periodical Abstracts.
Electronic Newspapers
- Click here to see assorted electronic newspaper sources available through the library's Web site.
- The library subscribes to several individual newspapers online, as well as collections of newspapers from around the world.
JSTOR
- An electronic archives of titles, often going back to the first issue of a journal's existence.
- JSTOR does not include current issues of journals.
- Journal issues available are all full text.
- Articles are available from Social Forces (to 2001), American Journal of Sociology (to 2000), Annual Review of Sociology (to 1999), and American Sociological Review (to 2002).
- Current articles from these jounals can be found in other databases.
ProQuest Education Journals and ProQuest Psychology Journals
- Sibling databases focusing on scholarly education and psychology resources, respectively.

Each boast nearly 300 full text journals, include sociology periodicals.
Current articles from American Journal of Sociology and Social Forces are available through both databases.
in addition, ProQuest Psychology has current articles from American Sociological Review and Annual Review of Sociology.

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)

Does Elmhurst Own This Article?

Use Illinet Online to determine if the library owns the journal in print or microfilm
Check the Fulltext Electronic Journal List for electronic access to journals.
- If the article you seek is unavailable from these sources, please request it through our online Interlibrary Loan article request form.

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Circulating and Reference Books

Use Illinet Online to find books on your topic. Examples of Subject headings:

Divorce
Feminist theory
Acquaintance rape
Hate crimes
Women--Crimes against
Deviant behavior
Corporations--Corrupt practices
Family--United States
Boys--sexual behavior
Child abuse--History--Cross-cultural studies
Sociology -- methodology
Cocaine industry--Latin America
Inner cities--United States--Case studies
Sex discrimination in employment--United States
Sociology, urban -- Illinois -- Chicago
Culture
Education, Urban--Social aspects--United States
Children of minorities--Education--United States
Mental illness--Etiology--Social aspects
Rational choice theory
Industrial sociology
Durkheim, Emile, 1858-1917
Men--Health and hygiene--Sociological aspects

Some helpful reference books include:

Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd ed. R 301.03 E56 2000; also available through Gale Virtual Referece Library
The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory [netLibrary electronic book]
Gale World of Sociology [through xreferplus]
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice [through Gale Virtual Referece Library]
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society [through Gale Virtual Referece Library]

Books at Other Libraries

Use Illinet Online to find books at 64 other libraries in the states
If a library is close by, you can use your Jaypass to check out materials
Use Illinet to order books from other libraries
Or request non-Illinet books it through our online Interlibrary Loan article request form

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Sociology Information on the Internet

Research Resources for the Social Sciences: Sociology
A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace: Matters of Theory
SocioSite ~ the Topics area has information on Sociologists, and the Subject Areas section covers many theories
The SocioWeb
American Sociological Association

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Research and Citation Resources

Research Skills

Citing Information

Writing and Citing: Sociology ~ sites showing the use of American Sociological Review format

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Web Pages for Courses: Sociology

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Created 5 February 2001by Elaine Fetyko Page, Assistant Librarian
Last updated 19 February, 2005 by Ayanna Gaines, Assistant Reference Librarian
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College Library