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Specialized encyclopedias and handbooks are often the best place to begin your research for several reasons. The brief overview articles they contain can help you organize your thoughts, narrow your topic, and determine keywords for a database search. The bibliography at the end of most articles points you to influential thinkers and writers on that topic, which you can also search in a database.

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Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa
Call Number: R 306.09 C968
ISBN: 9781412981767
Publication Date: 2012-01-05
This four-volume set presents concise information on what daily life is like for people in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
Education and Sociology
Call Number: R 306.43 E24
ISBN: 0815316151
Publication Date: 2001-11-02
Encyclopedia of American Social Movements
ISBN: 9780765680457
Publication Date: 2004-08-31
This four-volume set examines every social movement in American history - from the great struggles for abolition, civil rights, and women's equality to the more specific quests for prohibition, consumer safety, unemployment insurance, and global justice.
Encyclopedia of Research Design by Neil J. Salkind (Editor)
ISBN: 1452265828
Publication Date: 2010-12-09
Comprising more than 500 entries, the Encyclopedia of Research Design explains how to make decisions about research design, undertake research projects in an ethical manner, interpret and draw valid inferences from data, and evaluate experiment design strategies and results.
Encyclopedia of Social Measurement
Call Number: R 300.72 E56, v.1-3
ISBN: 0124438903
Publication Date: 2005-03-31
Covering all core social science disciplines, the 300+ articles of the Encyclopedia of Social Measurement not only present a comprehensive summary of observational frameworks and mathematical models, but also offer tools, background information, qualitative methods, and guidelines for structuring the research process.
Encyclopedia of Social Theory
Call Number: R 301 E56, v.1-2
ISBN: 0761926119
Publication Date: 2004-08-19
The Encyclopedia of Social Theory draws together a team of more than 200 international scholars covering the developments, achievements, and prospects of social theory from its inception in the 18th century to the present.
Encyclopedia of Sociology
Call Number: R 301.03 E56, v.1-5
ISBN: 0028648536
Publication Date: 2000-11-16
Winner of the 1993 Dartmouth Medal, this classic reference has been updated to reflect many changes in society and in the field of sociology in recent years. Articles on core issues such as race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy, and abortion have been expanded, and completely new articles have been written on topics such as the Internet, privacy, and epidemiology.
Handbook of the Sociology of Education
Call Number: R 306.43 H236
ISBN: 9780387325170
Publication Date: 2006-06-02
This wide-ranging handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field of education as viewed from a sociological perspective. Experts in the area present theoretical and empirical research on major educational issues and analyze the social processes that govern schooling, and the role of schools in and their impact on contemporary society.
International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences
Call Number: R 300.3 I61, v.1-9
ISBN: 9780028659657
Publication Date: 2007-11-09
With 2,990 articles contributed by a team of international scholars, this set provides important background on the social sciences. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: achievement testing, censorship, personality measurement, aging, income distribution, foreign aid, food, healthcare systems, terrorism, political correctness, legislation of morality, the influence of economics and statistics in social science research, and biographical profiles of major contributors to the study of the social sciences, both past and present.
The Max Weber Dictionary
Call Number: 301 W375z75
ISBN: 0804750947
Publication Date: 2005-01-24
Max Weber is one of the world's most important social scientists, and one of the most notoriously difficult to understand. This dictionary will aid the reader in understanding Weber's work. Every entry contains a basic definition, examples of and references to the word in Weber's writing, and references to important secondary literature.
The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education by Michael W. Apple (Editor); Stephen J. Ball (Editor); Luis Armando Gandin (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415486637
Publication Date: 2010-01-28
This collection brings together many of the world's leading sociologists of education to explore and address key issues and concerns within the discipline. Thirty-seven newly commissioned chapters draw upon theory and research to provide new accounts of contemporary educational processes, global trends, and changing and enduring forms of social conflict and social inequality.
The SAGE Dictionary of Statistics by Duncan Cramer; Dennis Laurence Howitt
ISBN: 9780761941385
Publication Date: 2004-06-09
Designed specifically for students and those new to research, and written in a lively and engaging manner, The SAGE Dictionary of Statistics provides students and researchers with an accessible and definitive resource to use when studying statistics in the social sciences, reading research reports, and undertaking data analysis.
Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: R 306.36 S678
ISBN: 9781452205069
Publication Date: 2013-06-12
How did it come about that work dominates so many parts of our lives and our psyche? This multi-disciplinary encyclopedia covers curricular subjects that seek to address that question, ranging from business and management to anthropology, sociology, social history, psychology, politics, economics, and health. .

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