Sociology: Find Background Information

Sociology Reference Sources

These sources offer great background information on sociology in addition to definitions of sociology terms and background information on specific topics and events.

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
Online encyclopedia for information in the field of sociology.
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition)
Provides authoritative, foundational, interdisciplinary knowledge across the wide range of behavioral and social sciences fields including sociology.

Gale Ebooks
Full text encyclopedias in all subject areas
Oxford Bibliographies
Scholarly, annotated listing of the most important and significant sources on social sciences and humanities subjects.
Oxford Reference Online
Full text dictionaries, encyclopedias, and subject reference works from Oxford University Press.