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American Sociological Association Style Guides

American Sociological Association Style Guide by American Sociological Association Staff
Call Number: REF HM569 .A54 2014
ISBN: 091276421X
Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Purdue OWL's ASA Guide

Literature Review? What's That?

Literature Reviews
Guide to doing a Literature Review from UNC Writing Center
Forming a Research Question
Help on formulating your research question

Sociology Research

This LibGuide was designed to assist with upper level research in Sociology

You'll find peer-reviewed journal articles in a variety of databases as well as in the library's online catalog, where you'll also find ebooks and chapters.

Use the navigation tabs above to guide you to the following:

Scholarly journal articles
Books, E-Books, and DVDs
How to manage your academic sources

Senior Seminar Research Activity (Butler login required - switch or sign out of other account to access)

Sociology Dictionaries

All these articles keep talking about ___________, but what does _____________ mean within the field of Sociology?

Making Sense of Social Theory by Charles H. Powers
ISBN: 9781442201200
Publication Date: 2009-12-01
Making Sense of Social Theory clearly establishes the pertinence of sociology's great major theories and insights for all social science researchers and practitioners.
A Dictionary of Sociology by John Scott
ISBN: 9780199683581
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Link leads to ebook version available with Butler University credentials.

This wide-ranging and authoritative dictionary covers terminology, concepts, and thinkers in the field of sociology, as well as from the related fields of psychology, economics, anthropology, philosophy, and political science.
The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language by Allan G. Johnson
ISBN: 0631227660
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Link leads to ebook version available with Butler University credentials.

Defines often amorphous and fuzzy sociological concepts in a lively and sensible way, and provides an introduction to what it means to think sociologically.