Sociology Librarian
Tracy Ruppman
she/her
Contact:
Research and Learning Librarian
Liaison for the School of Education and the departments of Psychology and Sociology
Interim liaison for the School of Social Work and the Department of English
University Libraries
Loyola University Chicago
truppman@luc.edu
Liaison for the School of Education and the departments of Psychology and Sociology
Interim liaison for the School of Social Work and the Department of English
University Libraries
Loyola University Chicago
truppman@luc.edu
General Reference Sources
- ABC CLIO Electronic Reference Library This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary collection of full-text reference ebooks exploring history, political science, and culture.
- American National Biography This link opens in a new window Full-text biographical entries on deceased Americans who have shaped the nation. Updated quarterly and limited to ten simultaneous users.
- Brill Online Reference Works This link opens in a new window Full-text reference sources related to history, law, and religious studies.
- CQ Almanac This link opens in a new window Full-text articles on the coverage and analysis of US congressional legislation, includes how bills are changed, derailed, or ultimately passed during an annual session of Congress. Coverage: 1945 - present.
- ECO -- Electronic Collection Online This link opens in a new window ECO indexes more than 5,000 academic and professional journals in the fields of agriculture, anthropology, business, economics, education, fine arts, geography, history, language, law, political science, literature, medicine, philosophy, and others.
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary encyclopedia that includes full text entries, images, and brief biographies.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary collection of full-text reference ebooks.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window Full-text multidisciplinary encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference titles. Limited to five simultaneous users.
- Sage Knowledge (Sage Reference Online) This link opens in a new window Full-text encyclopedic entries covering topics in social sciences.
Online Reference Sources
- CQ ResearcherComprehensive reports about current events; including social, economic, political, and environmental issues
- Gale Virtual Reference LibraryMultidisciplinary collection of full-text reference ebooks.
- Gale Virtual Reference - Social Science EncyclopediasA collection of social science encyclopedias from the Gale Virtual Reference Collection
- International Encyclopedia of the Social SciencesComprehensive social science reference source.
- Encyclopedia of Activism and Social JusticePart of the Gale Virtual Reference Collection. Designed for readers to understand the topics, concepts, and ideas which motivate and shape the fields of activism, civil engagement, and social justice. Included are short biographies of the major thinkers and leaders who have influenced and continue to influence the study of activism.
- Encyclopedia of Race and RacismPart of the Gale Virtual Reference Collection. Examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era. Delves into the historic origins of ideas of race and racism and explores their social and scientific consequences. Includes biographies of significant theorists, as well as political and social leaders and notorious racists.
- Encyclopedia of Sex & GenderPart of the Gale Virtual Reference Collection.
Addresses issues of sex and gender at the personal and the social level; examines issues of identity, status, class, ethnicity, race, and nation; of sexuality and the body; of social institutions and the structures of representation. Topics include changing conceptions of "the feminine," the family and masculinity, religion, morality, cultural images, medical practice, public health, economy and society and many more. - The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ StudiesPart of the Gale Virtual Reference Collection. This encyclopedia focuses on LGBTQ issues and identity primarily through the lenses of psychology, human development and sociology, emphasizing queer, feminist and ecological perspectives on the topic.
- Women and Social Movements Scholar's Edition This link opens in a new windowFull-text primary sources related to the history of women in American social movements. Coverage: 1600 - 2000.
Print Reference sources
Cambridge dictionary of sociologyCall Number: HM425 .C36 2006ISBN: 052183290XThis dictionary provides a comprehensive, alphabetical listing of major sociological terms, concepts, and people. Entries provide a good amount of information on the topics.
Sociology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources by Call Number: Cudahy Ref. HM585 .S633 2005ISBN: 1563089475
Sage handbook of sociologyCall Number: HM 586 .S24 2005ISBN: 0761968210The essays are organized into three parts--theory and method, the axial processes of sociology, and primary debates--a modification of the four parts of the first Handbook.
Blackwell dictionary of modern social thoughtCall Number: H41 .B53 2003ISBN: 0631221646Provides users with detailed definitions for a variety of concepts related to sociology and social theory. Entries included fall and are arranged into three overarching themes: the major concepts in social thought, the principal schools and movements of thought, and those institutions and organizations which have either been important objects of social analysis, or have themselves engendered significant doctrines and ideas.