SOC SCI 101

• For physical books located at City College Libraries, search the online catalog. 

• For ebooks, search the EBSCO eBook Collection. 

• For information from subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference books, search Gale eBooks and Sage Social Science eReference.

• For articles from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers search Academic Search Complete, ProQuest, and JSTOR. Examples of relevant articles include:

  • Abrutyn, S., & Lizardo, O. (2024). Wanting, liking, and the sociology of motivation. Sociological Forum, 39(2), 173–188. https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12996
  • Atkinson, R., & Jacobs, K. (2022). Housing, Inequality and Sociology: A Comment on Pragmatic Socioeconomics. Housing, Theory & Society, 39(2), 147–150. https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2021.2022748
  • Luxton, M. (2015). Feminist Scholarship and Family Sociology: New Ways of Thinking, Outstanding Questions. Canadian Review of Sociology, 52(2), 212–221. https://doi.org/10.1111/cars.12073

• For social issues, contemporary and controversial topics, search Opposing Viewpoints or CQ Researcher. 

• Academic Video Online (AVON) from Alexander Street offers a variety of documentaries and academic videos covering a wide range of subjects including Sociology. Suggested search terms include "social science" and "social behavior." Choose "All videos" or "All channels" in the search box. Examples of relevant channels include:

  • Crash Course Sociology
  • Social Sciences 
  • General Sociology and Anthropology 

• Swank and Kanopy are additional video databases.

If you would like to see a full list of the library's subscription databases, check out the alphabetized Full List of Library Databases. 

Please note that Library textbooks are reserve items for in-library use only.

• Online Textbooks: 

  • Introduction to Sociology by Ron J. Hammond and Paul Cheney
  • Introductory Sociology 3e (OpenStax) 
• Print Textbook:
  • Sociology by John J. Macionis, 2024
  • Olive-Harvey Reserve Books ; HM586 .M33 2024

Du Bois, W. E. B. The Souls of Black Folk. January 1996.

• eBook: Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903)

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet from The Folger Shakespeare. Ed. Barbara Mowat, Paul Werstine, Michael Poston, and Rebecca Niles. Folger Shakespeare Library.

• eBook: Shakespeare As You Like It (1623)

Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, vol. 1. London: Dent; New York: Dutton, 1950

• eBook: Smith, The Wealth of Nations (1776)

Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. First Perennial Classics edition. New York: Perennial Classics, 1998. Print.

• Print book: Kennedy-King Stacks ; PR6015.U9 B65 1998

• American Journal of Sociology: "Established in 1895 as the first US scholarly journal in its field, the American Journal of Sociology (AJS) presents pathbreaking work from all areas of sociology, with an emphasis on theory building and innovative methods." 
• Annual Review of Sociology: "The Annual Review of Sociology covers the significant developments in the field of sociology. Topics covered in the journal include major theoretical and methodological developments as well as current research in the major subfields." 

American Sociological Association 

International Sociological Association 

Sociologist for Women in Society 

Society for Applied Sociology