Library

Reference

The Library contains a broad range of useful printed resources such as encyclopaedias, dictionaries, directories, indexes and guides.

NOTE: to find dictionaries, directories or encyclopedias relevant to this area do a Keyword search in the catalogue for sociology and the term dictionaries (or encyclopedias)
eg sociology encyclopedias, sociology dictionaries.

Finding Books

The catalogue is the key to the collection, use it to find primary resources such as books, exam papers, journals and audiovisual items. Finding items in the library catalogue will help you refine your searching

A keyword search can help you find items on a specific topic, and can be achieved by using a combination of terms. It searches the whole record, for example, the search famil* “social change” australia will retrieve results containing the phrase “social change” with the word family or families and Australia. Tips on using the keyword search are available under Help.

Alternatively, you can use the subject heading approach. For example:

Subjects
Social institutions Social movements Social theory	Research methodology Family - Australia Social policy	Social conflict Religion and sociology Social capital (Sociology)

NOTE: Use the limit search button to sort by date.

Journals

The library has a wide variety of print and online journals and newspapers. Check the catalogue for print and or electronic holdings. Some examples of online journals which may be useful to you are:

• American journal of sociology
• Annual review of Sociology
• British journal of sociology
• Contemporary sociology
• Journal of sociology : the journal of the Australian Sociological Association
• Sociology : Journal of the British Sociological Association

NOTE: To find more titles try a catalogue subject search for sociology periodicals

Online journal sites

• Project Muse Sociology journals – full text searchable database. Choose the journals option then sort by subject list.
• JSTOR Sociology journals – archive of full text journals. Choose the Browse Journals option to view the list of subjects (check the catalogue for recent issues).
• DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals: Social Sciences.