Sociology

Online Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

Key encyclopedia for understanding group behavior and interactions. Covers small groups and large scale corporate or international relations. Strong coverage of theories, leadership, techniques, anxiety, discrimination, and group pressures.

GVRL Social Sciences Collection

This subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library contains 45 reference publications covering a wide range of topics in the social sciences. Search the whole collection via the link above, or browse an individual title:

• 21st Century Sociology Handbook: A Reference Guide
• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drugs
• Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
• Crime, Prisons, and Jails
• Growing Old in America
• Growing Up: Issues Affecting America's Youth
• Immigration and Illegal Aliens: Burden or Blessing?
• Women in American Society

Other Reference Sources

• Points of View Reference Center
  Covers current social issues with opposing position papers, research guides and additional sources from newspapers, radio and TV transcripts, and scholarly journals.

Key Databases

• ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection
  A collection of fourteen separate databases covering various aspects of sociology and related fields.
• Sociological Collection
  This database covers a broad range of subjects including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, social and cultural structure and more.

Streaming Video

• Films on Demand: Sociology Video Collection
  Over 2,500 videos on social environments, institutions, inequality, social structure, social work, women's & gender studies, research methods in sociology, African American studies, Asian American Studies, Latino Studies, and Native American studies.

Other Resources

• Google Scholar
  Search scholarly content across the web, including books and journal articles. Full text may not be included – if not, you can request full text via our Interlibrary Loan form.
• GPO (Government Printing Office)
  Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and documents issued by executive departments, many pertaining to sociological issues.
• Science Direct
  Our largest database for the sciences and social sciences, including sociology, providing full text access to scholarly journals often unavailable on other databases.