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Sociology

Sage Research Methods

Sage Research Methods This link opens in a new window
Full text from SAGE's books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and selected journal articles and videos plus case studies and data sets. Can be used to help design research projects and learn about specific qualitative and quantitative methods.

Overviews

These electronic sources will give you basic overviews of concepts in the discipline:

Dictionary of Sociology This link opens in a new window
This dictionary of sociology provides over 2500 entries. It includes coverage of the major concepts from related disciplines and international coverage of terms, methods, and concepts, as well as biographical entries on major figures.

Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology
Short entries on important terms in the field, with references to source books for more information. Also covers methodological and statistical concepts, biographical sketches.
Sociology for Dummies
Don't laugh! These books are great as a starting point for understanding a topic.