Guides: Sociology Research Guide: Other Research Tools

Librarian

Benjamin Cushing

Subjects: Education, Social Sciences, Social Work

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica Online This link opens in a new window
Online version of Encyclopedia Britannica.
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice This link opens in a new window An interdisciplinary source that addresses not only law but also sociology, psychology, history and economics. Entries vary widely from abortion to rape and from family violence to wiretapping, offering a mirror of issues dominating toda.'s headlines. This edition is a complete update and revision of the previous edition that includes new essays on topics such as stalking, hate crimes, and HIV.
Encyclopedia of Human Rights This link opens in a new window Offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history in over 300 entries. Includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms. In addition to providing original analytical articles on standard subjects such as the right to health and health care, Amnesty International, and the Balkan wars, the encyclopedia offers coverage of such subjects as the Internet, intellectual property rights, the American Civil Rights Movement, globalization, and Brazil in historical context. It focuses primarily on developments since 1945.
Oxford Bibliographies: Criminology This link opens in a new window Guide to the core literature in criminology research and practice. Seamlessly links users to online journals, databases and books owned or licensed by Catholic University.
Oxford Bibliographies: Sociology This link opens in a new window Guide to the core literature in sociology research and practice. Seamlessly links users to online journals, databases and books owned or licensed by Catholic University.

Citation Guides

Purdue Online Writing Lab
Includes sections on General Writing, Research and Instruction, and subject specific searching

Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window Online access to the most recent edition of this highly regarded, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar. It is the preferred style guide for those in the following disciplines: history, the arts, and the social sciences.

Google Scholar

Many of the article databases CUA subscribes to are accessible through Google Scholar.

If you are off campus, please make sure to set the preferences so that Google will show you the resources that Catholic University provides:

go to http://scholar.google.com
click Settings at the top menu
select Library Links at the left side menu
input "Catholic Unviersity of America" in the search box
check the box in the front of our university name, then click Save in the lower right corner.

On the search result page, the link "ViewIt@CatholicU" will bring you the full text of the article from our subscribed databases.