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Sociology A Guide to Reference and Information Sources, Third Edition
Stephen H. Aby, James Nalen, Lori Fielding
ISBN: 1-56308-947-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-56308-947-3
288 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 4/30/2005
List Price: $80.00 (UK Sterling Price: £55.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This is an excellent selection tool for any academic library that supports a sociology curriculum. Librarians, researchers and undergraduate students should find the subject approach helpful. Since this is such a substantial revision, libraries that own the earlier editions will also want to have this one on their shelves.
    —Collection Management     6/27/1905
  • The third edition of this text reflects changes in organization and updated entries, making this revision an essential part of any sociology reference collection that aids students, faculty, and librarians in determining the major sources to consult for sociological information. Indexes, bibliographies, handbooks, databases, Web sites, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other print and electronic information sources fill the book with 610 entries....Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.
    —Choice     11/1/2005
Description: Now in its third edition, this critically acclaimed work provides undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and librarians with descriptions of approximately 610 major reference sources in sociology, its subdisciplines, and the related social sciences. Emphasis in this edition is on works in English published in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia from 1997 through early 2004. Coverage of earlier works is included if coverage is historically important or not historically bound. The third edition has been reorganized for ease of searching, and adds over 325 new titles and electronic sources, as well surveying new editions and updates of previously cited works, making this a substantial revision and complement to the previous edition.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    General Social Science: Reference Sciences
    Guides
    Bibliographies
    Indexes, Abstracts, and Databases
    Handbooks and Yearbooks
    Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
    Statistics
    Directories
    Biographies
    Sociology: General Reference Sources
    Guides
    Bibliographies
    Indexed, Abstracts, and Databases
    Handbooks and Yearbooks
    Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
    Journals
    World Wide Web Sites and Organizations
    Directories
    Sociological Fields
    Criminology, Law, and Deviance
    Gerontology and Aging
    Industrial Sociology/Sociology of Work
    Marriage and the Family
    Medical Sociology
    Population and Demography
    Race and Ethnic Relations
    Research Methods and Statistics
    Rural Sociology
    Social Change, Movements, and Colloective Behavior
    Social Indicators
    Social Networks and Social Support
    Social Problems
    Socialization, Gender Roles, and Social Psychology
    Sociological Practice
    Sociology of Education
    Sociology of Organizations and Groups
    Sociology of Religion
    Sociology of Sport and Leisure
    Stratification and Inequality
    Theory
    Urban Sociology and Community Studies
    Women's Studies
    Author/Title Index
    Subject Index
About the Author: Stephen H. Aby is a Professor of Bibliography and Education and Sociology Librarian at the University of Akron. He has a Ph.D. in Social Foundations of Education from the State University of New York, Buffalo, an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Houston, and an MLS from Kent State University. His previous books include Sociology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources with James Nalen and Lori Fielding (Libraries Unlimited, 2005) and Academic Freedom: A Guide to the Literature with James C. Kuhn (Greenwood Press, 2000). University of Akron.

James Nalen is an information analyst for the MITRE Corporation. Prior to MITRE, he served as an off-campus librarian for Central Michigan University in its Centreville, Virginia, location; as a social sciences librarian at the University of Akron; and as a librarian at the Boston Public Library. He earned his MS in library and information science from Simmons College in 1996 and his MS in public affairs from the University of Massachusetts Boston in 1999. He earned his BA in anthropology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Lori Fielding is Assistant Professor of Bibliography at the University of Akron, her subject areas include psychology, social work, and counseling. She has previously worked for EBSCO Information Services, the University of Wisconsin, and Keuka College. She received her MLS from the University at Buffalo in 1996.
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