Sociology Research Guide: Books and eBooks

Browse the Library collection by call number:

• 300 Social Sciences
• 301 Sociology & anthropology
• 302 Social interaction 
  • 302.2 Communication
  • 302.3 Social interaction within groups
  • 302.4 Social interaction between groups
  • 302.5 Relation of the individual to society
• 303 Social processes 
  • 303.3 Coordination and control
  • 303.4 Social change
  • 303.6 Conflict
• 304 Factors affecting social behavior 
  • 304.2 Human ecology
  • 304.5 Genetic factors
  • 304.6 Population
  • 304.8 Movement of people
• 305 Social groups 
  • 305.2 Age groups
  • 305.3 Men and women
  • 305.4 Women
  • 305.5 Social classes
  • 305.6 Religious groups
  • 305.7 Language groups
  • 305.8 Racial, ethnic, national groups
  • 305.9 Occupational and miscellaneous groups
• 306 Culture & institutions 
  • 306.2 Political institutions
  • 306.3 Economic institutions
  • 306.4 Specific types of culture
  • 306.6 Religious institutions
  • 306.7 Institutions pertaining to relations of the sexes
  • 306.8 Marriage and family
  • 306.9 Institutions pertaining to death
• 307 Communities 
  • 307.1 Community planning and development
  • 307.2 Population
  • 307.3 Community structure
  • 307.7 Specific kinds of communities
  • 360 Social services; association
  • 361 General social problems & welfare 
    • 361.1 Social problems
    • 361.2 Social action
    • 361.3 Social work
    • 361.4 Group work
    • 361.6 Governmental action
    • 361.7 Private action
    • 361.8 Community action
    • 361.9 Historical, geographic, persons treatment
• 362 Social welfare problems & welfare 
  • 362.1 Physical illness
  • 362.2 Mental and emotional illnesses and disturbances
  • 362.3 Mental retardation
  • 362.4 Problems of and services to people with physical disabilities
  • 362.5 Problems of and services to the poor; poverty
  • 362.6 Problems of and services to persons in late adulthood
  • 362.7 Problems of and services to young people; child abuse
  • 362.8 Problems of and services to other groups; wife/spousal/aged abuse
  • 362.9 Historical, geographic, persons treatment of social welfare problems and services
• 363 Other social problems & services 
  • 363.1 Public safety programs
  • 363.2 Policy services
  • 363.3 Other aspects of public safety
  • 363.4 Controversies related to public morals and customs
  • 363.5 Housing
  • 363.6 Public utilities and related services
  • 363.7 Environmental problems and services; ecology; pollution
  • 363.8 Food supply
  • 363.9 Population problems
• 364 Criminology 
  • 364.1 Criminal offenses
  • 364.2 Causes of crime and delinquency
  • 364.3 Offenders
  • 364.4 Prevention of crime and delinquency
  • 364.6 Penology
  • 364.8 Discharged offenders
  • 364.9 Historical, geographic, persons treatment of crime and its alleviation
• 365 Penal & related institutions
• 366 Association
• 367 General clubs
• 368 Insurance
  • 368.1 Insurance against damage to and loss of property
  • 368.2 Insurance against damage to and loss of property in transit (Marine insuranc, Transportation insurance)
  • 368.3 Insurance against death, old age, illness, injury
  • 368.4 Government-sponsored insurance
  • 368.5 Liability insurance
  • 368.6 Glass insurance
  • 368.7 Insurance against industrial casualties
  • 368.8 Other casualty insurance
• 369 Miscellaneous kinds of associations
  • 369.4 Young people's societies
  • 369.5 Service clubs  

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