Sociology
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Top Databases
- EBSCO
- wide subject coverage so can be a quick starting point for up-to-date articles
- IBSS
- a key social science database which is useful for many areas of Sociology
- JSTOR
- a journal archive containing lots of articles for Sociology as well as other areas
- Mass Observation
- archival material about daily life in Britain from 1937-1972
- SocINDEX
- A key source for tracking down articles across the social sciences, including public administration - very strong on sociology and criminology topics
- Sociological Abstracts
- one of the world’s leading sources of articles on Sociology
Top Journals
Dictionaries & Encylopaedias
- Credo Reference
- much better than Wikipedia and it even tells you how to set out a reference to what you find. Credo contains Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology.
Websites & Sources of Data
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- ESRC Review of Government Social Classifications
- Gallup
- Surveys of public opinion
- Intute: Sociology
- high quality websites gathered together by subject specialists
- Ipsos Mori
- Surveys of public opinion
- SSHLS Website: Sociology
- Important web links, and the latest research and news relevant to SSHLS students.
Statistics
- Family Spending
- comprehensive overview of UK household income and expenditure
- GenderStats
- produced by the World Bank
- General Household Survey
- regular snapshots of life in the UK
- Immigration and Asylum Statistics: UK Home Office
- Marriage, Divorce and Adoption Statistics – for the UK
- Neighbourhood Statistics
- find stats for local areas in the UK on a wide range of subjects including population, crime, health and housing
- Office for National Statistics
- official statistics from the UK government
Theses / Dissertations
Newspapers
- Nexis UK
- Regional and national UK and international newspapers from the 1980s onwards
- The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
- every story printed, together with photos
- International Times (IT)
- a British countercultural underground newspaper 1966-1986
SSHLS Students
- SSHLS Website: Sociology
- Important web links, and the latest research and news relevant to SSHLS students.
Internet Tutorials
Meet the Subject Team
Anne Worden
Faculty Librarian
anne.worden@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3243
Sharon Bittner
Assistant Faculty Librarian
sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3243
Welcome to the subject page for Sociology
We've got together the resources that we think you'll find most useful for your subject.
Click the 
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Guides
- Guides to Special Collections within the University Library
- Parliamentary Papers
- Statistics
- Using the Library Catalogue: Basic Search. (pdf)
Where is my Subject in the Library?
- Most Sociology books are on the First Floor in the University Library. Useful classmarks include:
- Ageing 305.26
- Crime (causes) 364.2
- Consumption/consumer culture 306.3
- Ethics 170
- Family 306.85, 362.82
- Gender 305.3
- Mass media 302.234
- Modernity/post-modernism 306
- Race 305.8
- Risk 302.13, 304.2
- Social change 303.4
- Social theory 301.01
- Youth culture 306.1
Manage the references for your dissertation using EndNote Web
You can use EndNote Web to gather all the references for books, journal articles etc which you want to use for your dissertation. The references can be accessed anywhere you have Internet access and you can get EndNote Web to create an instant bibliography for you - references to books and journal articles come out perfectly formatted for Harvard APA as used in Portsmouth (just make sure you select APA 5th within EndNote).
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Locating Articles to Support Your Work: Key Sources for Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology [Acrobat (.pdf) - 59kb - 12.01.2005] |
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MSc Social Research Methods Library Resources [Acrobat (.pdf) - 47kb - 12.01.2005] |
Databases
Databases can help you find information for your assignments as they let you search for journal articles by subject.
The workbooks below describe how you can access and search some useful databases
Year 2 and 3 students looking for information for their dissertations will find it helpful to read the following guide
For general help with preparing a search see
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