Sociology
Research guide to library resources in Sociology.
Welcome
This Research Guide is designed to aid students in using the Iona University Libraries' resources to complete project and assignments in Sociology.
Go to the Criminal Justice and Sociology Department's home page to find information about course offerings, program requirements, faculty, and more.
Search for Background Information
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
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Ebook versions of encyclopedias and reference works covering most subjects, as well as a collection of classic literature and criticisms.
Or, try searching one of these specific encyclopedias directly.
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Databases
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Sociology Database covers the international literature of sociology and social work, including relevant titles from related fields such as social policy, social care, social services, social anthropology, gender studies, gerontology, social psychology and population studies. It includes hundreds of full-text scholarly journals, as well as dissertations and other sources. - Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
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Social Science Database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology. - ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
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Articles from journals and newspapers covering all subject areas. Includes dissertations, working papers from OECD, company reports, and country profiles. - EBSCO (all collections) This link opens in a new window
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Articles and ebooks covering multidisciplinary subjects from all Ebsco databases. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Journal coverage generally ends 3-5 years before the current year. - PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
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Users can access thousands of U.S. data indicators to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group up to a national level, or create custom regions, for research and studies. - Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
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Social Explorer provides demographic information through thousands of interactive data maps going back to 1790. Set up an account with your Iona email address to create interactive maps and reports down to the street level. - eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new window
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eHRAF World Cultures is an online cross-cultural and ethnographic database that contains descriptive information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing eHRAF database is organized by cultures and ethnic groups, and every document is subject-indexed at the paragraph level, facilitating precise retrieval within documents. - HaPI This link opens in a new window
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Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) collects bibliographic information for peer-reviewed scholarly journals, books, technical reports, and test publishers' catalogs. HaPI is an essential resource that helps researchers, students, and clinicians locate questionnaires, interviews, and other tests most relevant to their research purposes. - SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
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SAGE Journals Online contains 600+ journals covering business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine. The full text of every issue is available from Volume 1, Issue 1 to the present. - Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Articles from sources in criminology; criminal justice; criminal law; forensic sciences; history of crime; probation and parole; etc. - ProQuest Criminal Justice This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive database focuses on U.S. and international criminal justice journals, providing research support for students interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law and industrial security. - LGBTQ+ Rights This link opens in a new window
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This collection charts the gay rights movement in America, showing the civil rights codified into law in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as the inequalities that still exist today. All titles in this collection have been assigned one or more title-level subjects relating to their scope, and are further divided into six subcollections, whose areas of focus constitute Marriage and Family, Employment Discrimination, Military Service, AIDS and Health Care, and Public Spaces and Accommodations. - Diversity Studies (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
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Articles exploring cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community. - Gender Studies (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
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Articles from journals providing coverage of such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more. - PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
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The PsycINFO database, produced by the American Psychological Association’s (APA), contains 3 million+ records and summaries dating as far back as the 1600's. Journal coverage spans from the 1800's to the present and includes material from 2,500+ international periodicals in all fields relating to psychology. - Social Sciences in Video This link opens in a new window
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This collection uses raw field recordings, documentaries, newsreels, counseling transcripts, etc. to cover a broad range of subjects concerned with humanity’s efforts to understand itself and the world. - Diversity in Video This link opens in a new window
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Documentaries, interviews, biographies, performances, and lectures which cover issues facing underrepresented, indigenous, and immigrant communities around the world. - Kanopy This link opens in a new window
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Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video platform that provides access to 26,000 films from 800 production companies. Its focus is on high-quality, educational content. Award-winning documentaries and feature films from producers to include the Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation, Strand New Day Films, PBS, The Great Courses, California Newsreel and Shout Factory are all included in the library.
Where are the Sociology Books Located?
Most books on sociology have call numbers beginning with 300 through 319 and 360 through 369. At Iona, most books with call numbers beginning 300-319 are located on the third floor, south wing of Ryan Library. Books with call numbers beginning 360 through 369 are located on the third floor, west wing. Other sociology books may be located in special locations such as the Irish Collection or the reference room. Consult this complete list of library collection locations for more information.
List of Dewey Call Number Ranges for Sociology
- 301 - Sociology and Anthropology
- 302 - Social Interaction
- 303 - Social Processes
- 304 - Factors Affecting Social Behavior
- 305 - Groups of People
- 306 - Culture and Institutions
- 307 - Communities
- 310-319 - Statistics; Demographics
- 360-369 - Social Problems and Services