S100: Introduction to Sociology

Selected Reference Works

Europa World Plus
Economic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of 250+ countries and global regions. Includes contact information for officials and features information on over 1,700 international organizations. Online library database.

Globalization: Encyclopedia of Trade, Labor, and Politics. Santa Barbara, CA:.2006.
Research Collections Stacks HF1359 .G5854 2006

Human Development Report. New York : Oxford University Press, 1990-
URL: http://hdr.undp.org/
Wells, GIMSS, Gov't Info, Ref Desk, and Wells Research Collection Stacks: HD75 .H85 2005

World Development Indicators
The World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. The 2007 WDI includes more than 900 indicators in over 80 tables organized in 6 sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links.

Finding Books

Search IUCAT to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns.
Hint: Limit your search to: "Blmgtn - All Bloomington Libraries" to only find items that are on this campus.
Hint: Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT), and Truncation Symbols ($) to construct your searches.
Hint: When you find a really good title, look at the Subject Headings for that book. Use these in a new search.

Finding Articles on Globalization: Databases

More relevant databases can be found at the Sociology Collections page: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=5420&subjectId=106
The online path to these databases is: Library Homepage -› Collections by Subject -› Sociology

General & Interdisciplinary Databases

*** Academic Search (EBSCO)
Provides fulltext coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journals for almost every academic discipline.

JSTOR
Provides searchable full-text of historical runs of important scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, sciences, ecology, and business. Coverage: from the first issue of each journal up to 3-5 years ago.

Specializes Sociology and Globalization Databases

***Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts to journal articles and citations to book reviews in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Coverage: 1952-

Columbia International Affairs Online
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs, offering fulltext of working papers from research organizations, abstracts of foreign policy journal articles, etc. Coverage: 1991-

PAIS International
Index to articles, books, studies, selected official documents and other resources on public policy issues, public administration, law, politics and government. Coverage: 1972-present

Social Theory
Contains searchable, indexed full text of books and articles by many important thinkers in sociology and related fields. Coverage: 1787--2004

EIU (The Economist's Intelligence Unit's Country & Business Intelligence Reports)
Analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment in more than 180 countries. Coverage: 1996-

Citing Your Sources

No matter where your information comes from, you always need to cite your sources. The most frequently used citations have been compiled by the reference librarians on a webpage and handout (APA, MLA and Chicago). These can be found by visiting: http://www.indiana.edu/~libinstr/cite/.

APA: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. Washington, DC: APA, 2001.
BF76.7 .P83 2001 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference

MLA: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003
LB2369 .G53 2003 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference

Chicago: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003
Z253 .U69 2003 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference
Chicago Manual of Style Online: The electronic version of the classic guide to documentary style.

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Last modified on 8 January 2008