Sociology Research Guide: Reference

Sociology
Pollak Library Research Guide

Reference Sources
Reference Sources are books and electronic databases which are designed to be used to access information quickly, often small bits of information. They can be a great time saver for students and researchers. Some of the types of information that can be accessed are definitions, facts, theories, statistics, formulas, citations, codes, addresses and other contact information. The Reference books are kept on the first floor of Pollak Library, North Wing. They consist of dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, almanacs, directories, and more. There are an increasing number of Reference sources which are available in an online format, both databases of information or ebooks. A small selection of the recent Reference materials, both in print and in online format, which might be of interest to the Sociology student are listed below.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Research Guides

Statistical Information

Vocational Guidance

Biographical Information

ť	Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
REF HM425 J64 2000	*The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology : a User's Guide to Sociological Language*, 2000 by Allan G. Johnson, Blackwell Publishers
REF HM 425 C65 2006	Collins Web-linked Dictionary of Sociology
Ref HV 411 C53	Dictionary of American Criminal Justice: Key Terms and Major Supreme Court Cases by Dean J. Champion, 1998 This dictionary defines words, phrases, and major people in the field. The second half of the book is an extensive alphabetic listing of major Supreme Court cases affecting Criminal Justice. These cases are indexed by subject.
REF HV 7411 R87 2000	The Dictionary of Criminal Justice by George E. Rush, 2000 This dictionary contains words, phrases, people, acts, and associations. included a few flow included a flowchart of the sequence of events through the court system. Also major Supreme Court Cases relating to Criminal Justice are listed by subject and indexed by title.
Ref HV 6017 E52	Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, ed. by Stanford H. Kadish, This four volume set includes extensive articles on broad topics in Criminal Justice. It would be especially helpful to a student who needed some theoretical background on a topic. A bibliography is included for each article.
ebook	Encyclopedia of crime and justice [electronic resource]. New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2002 Access on Internet. CSUF IP address required
REF HM 425 E5	Encyclopedia of Sociology 2000, Edgar F. Borgatta, editor-in-chief, Rhonda Montgomery, New York : Macmillan Reference USA, 5 volumes
REF HM 425 A23	The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology, 2000, Nicholas Abercrombie, Stephen Hill, Bryan S. Turner London : Penguin.
REF KF9223 A68 F35	Prentice Hall's Dictionary of American Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Criminal Law by David N. Falcone, 2005.
REF HV6017 S24	Sage Dictionary of Criminology, compiled and edited by Eugene McLaughlin and John Muncie, 2006
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ť	Research Guides
REF HV 6789 H25	Handbook of Crime and Punishment ed. Michael Tonry, 1998 This book contains theoretically-based articles on broad topics such as gangs, white collar crime, organized crime, family violence, deterrence, treatment of sex offenders, penal theories and much more. All articles have an extensive bibliography. This book is recommended as a starting point for the student who is researching a topic and needs to become quickly familiar with the subject.
Ref HV 6469 U5 K663	Hate Crimes: Contemporary World Issues by Donald Altschiller, 1999 This book acts as an introduction to the topic of hate crimes for the students who is doing research in this area. It contains an explanation of hate crimes, targeted groups, history of, chronology, laws and legislation, biographical sketches, statistics, bibliography of all types of sources, and a listing of World Wide Web sites.
REF HM 585 I57	The International Handbook of Sociology 2000 edited by Stella R. Quah and Arnaud Sales, London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2000
REF Z695.1 S63 B66	Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms, 1999, by Barbara Booth, Bethesda, Md.: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts,
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ť	*Statistical Information*
Ref HT123 A669	America's top rated cities : a statistical handbook , v.1-4
Ref HT123 A6692	America's top-rated smaller cities : a statistical profile.
Ref Desk HQ792 U52 A56	Annual report on the condition of children in Orange County / by Children's Services Coordination Committee. Access latest edition on Internet. Requires Adobe Acrobat reader
online	Census of the United States http://www.census.gov/ American Fact Finder (easy to use section of the Census that is a good place to start) http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
Ref HV6787 C58	City Crime Rankings : Crime in Metropolitan America
Ref HV 6787 C745	Crime in America's Top-Rated Cities: A Statistical Profile, This book includes 20 years of statistical crime information for 75 American cities. It contains information on types of crime, crime rates, hate crimes, illegal drugs, correctional facilities, curfews, inmates, law enforcement personnel, anti-crime programs and much more.
Doc/US J 1.14/7 Current year at DocDesk	*Crime in the United States: Uniform Crime Reports* Criminal Justice statistics of all types are published in this annual set of books. The library owns this set of books back to 1962. The statistics are based on the Uniform Crime Reports contributed by law enforcement agencies. This source is now also available on the Internet:
REF HV 6787 C77	*Crime State Ranking: Crime in the 50 United States* This source contains crime statistics such as murder, crime rates, change in crime rates, recidivism, prison and jail populations, executions, arrests by type and many others. All statistics are ranked by all fifty states.
ebook	Social Trends & Indicators USA Arsen J. Darnay, managing editor ; Helen S. Fisher, Access on Internet. CSUF IP address required
Doc/US J 29.9 /6 Current year at DocDesk	Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, Bureau of Justice This statistical book is a collection of statistics from a wide range of organizations, agencies and public opinion polls. Statistics cover topics such as characteristics of the criminal justice system, public attitudes, offences, persons arrested, the the correctional system. The library own back to 1973. This source is also available on the Internet: http:www.albany.edu/sourcebook
DocDesk Y3.SE5: 1	Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics This book contains descriptive statistics on the application of the federal sentencing guidelines and provides selected district, circuit, and national sentencing data.
Doc/US C 3.134: Current year at RefDesk	*Statistical Abstract of the United States* This is a statistical source which covers a very wide range of subjects. Because of this wide coverage, it is a good place to start looking for statistics. The sources are listed and can lead the user to further statistics. This book comes out annually and the library owns back to 1878. It is also available through the Internet. http:/www.census.gov/statab/www/
Ref HQ 767.9 K385	*Statistical Handbook of the World's Children* by Chandrika Kual This source offers statistics as they relate to children on demographics, education, health, nutrition, disease, hunger, malnutrition, AIDS. economics, social environments, family, crime violence and war.
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ť	*Vocational Guidance*
Ref JK 716 P58 1999	Careers in Government by Mary Elizabeth Pitz, 1999. This book offers advice and job hunting strategies. Included are job descriptions, salary ranges, working conditions, required qualifications and an academic major listing of agencies and departments who are interested in individuals with that academic background.
Ref HV9950 A54 2003	Criminal Justice and Criminology: a Career Guide to Local, State, Federal, and Academic Positions by James F. Anderson, Nancie J. Mangels, Laronistine Dyson
REF HF 5382.7 R557 1998	The Guide to Internet Job Searching, 1998. There are many opportunities for job searching on the Internet. This book gives advice on how to proceed with the job search and the web addresses for job sites, employers and other useful pages. The Criminal Justice major might be interested in the chapter on "Government, Public Policy and Public Service."
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ť	*Biographical Information*
Computer Database	Biography and Genealogy Master Index This is a database which will indicate which Reference sources contain biographical entries for the individual which the student is searching. This database is so extensive that it helps to know the individual's full name and birth/death dates.
Computer Database	*Biography Index* This is a database which provides citations on biographical information. It indexes both articles and books.
Computer Database	Marquis Who's Who Online A database of the contents of twenty Who's Who sets of books published by Marquis.

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Last Updated: 03 Apr 2008.