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Contemporary Social Issues

The Reference sources listed here deal with contemporary social issues that have relevance to the study of Sociology. See the other guides linked in the menu for more related materials.

 

Reference Books

  • Encyclopedia of activism and social justice. 3 volumes. 2007. Ref 303.484 En19AS
  • Encyclopedia of women social reformers. 2 volumes. 2001. Ref 303.484 R221e
  • Encyclopedia of conflict resolution. 1997. Ref 303.6 B95e
  • The encyclopedia of violence: Origins, attitudes, consequences. 1993. Ref 303.6 D54e
  • Aggression and conflict: A Cross-cultural encyclopedia. 1994. Ref 303.6 L66a
  • Encyclopedia of modern American social issues. 1997. Ref 306.089 K93e
  • Violence in America: An Encyclopedia. 3 volumes. 1999. Ref 303.6 V795v
  • Encyclopedia of women and gender: Sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender. 2 volumes. 2001. Ref 305.4 E56e
  • Women's issues. 3 volumes. 1997. Ref 305.42 W84M
  • Women in the Third World: An Encyclopedia of contemporary issues. 1998. Ref 305.42 W872w
  • American masculinities: A Historical encyclopedia. 2003. Ref 305.31 A512a
  • Wimmin, wimps and wallflowers: An Encyclopaedic dictionary of gender and sexual orientation bias in the United States. 2001. Ref 306.766 H41w
  • Encyclopedia of gay and lesbian popular culture. 2008. Reference 306.776 En19P
  • Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America. 3 volumes. Ref 305.8 G13V
  • Racial and ethnic relations in America. 3 volumes. 2000. Ref 305.8 R12r
  • Encyclopedia of American race riots. 2 volumes. 2007. Ref 305.8 En19R
  • The Historical encyclopedia of world slavery. 2 volumes. 1997. Ref 306.362 H62
  • International encyclopedia of human rights: Freedoms, abuses, and remedies. 2000. Ref 323 M26i
  • American icons: An Encyclopedia of the people, places and things that have shaped our culture. 3 volumes. 2000. Ref 306.1 Am35H
  • Encyclopedia of millennialism and millennial movements. 2000. Ref 306.1 E56e

 



Other Research Tools

  • Credo Reference
    A conglomeration of specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias that allows you to search for definitions and encyclopedia articles, as well as develop ideas for expanding or refining a research strategy.
  • Oxford Reference Premium Online  
    Oxford University Press produces a number of extremely useful reference materials, many of which they have made available here. You can search by keyword, but you can also choose particular subjects and from there, particular books within which to search. This willl provide you with all sorts of background and broad spectrum information on a particular topic.
  • Biography Resource Center  
    Find background information about people, authors, famous personalities, and others. Search by first or last name. 


Citation Help

One of the least favorite aspects of research papers are the citations, documenting the sources where you gleaned your information. To make that a little easier, the Library offers a few resources.

  • The Citation Style Guide is a place where you can find call numbers for print Style Manuals and Handbooks, as well as online help from several different universities around the States. Check it out and see if it helps!
  • RefWorks
    is a Citation Management program. Fully available online, and linked from the Library's home page, it allows you to keep it all ELECTRONIC. Download your citations from the various databases you're using into RefWorks. This program will create the Works Cited page for you with little effort. In a database, look for the option to EXPORT - that is where you'll find this gem of a program.
  • Automatically Generated Citations can be found in our Library Catalog (to the right of the item on the Results page), as well as in most EBSCO databases (like Academic Search Premier, PsycINFO, Communications and Mass Media Complete, etc.). Most databases either provide an instant citation in a couple of different styles, or they allow Exporting to RefWorks (see above). Ask a Librarian for more help in managing your citations and creating your bibliographies and works cited pages faster.
  • WorldCat.org
    "Cite this item" within individual item record lists the citation in APA, MLA, Chicago and more.
  • The Writing Center is also a solid resource. Available in the Library, this is run by the English department. If you'd like face-to-face help individually with citing or any aspect of writing and editing your paper, the Writing Center is the place to go. For more information, see their page on the Portal, or you can contact them at writingctr@taylor.edu.

 

Created by Lana Wilson, Reference Librarian

Last revised October 26, 2009 - 09:53 AM