Sociology: Background Information
Online Reference Collections
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Selected Online Reference Books - General
21st Century Sociology: a Reference Handbook
Publication Date: 2006International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Publication Date: 2015
Selected Online Reference Books - Crime, Criminology, & Policing
21st Century Criminology: a Reference Handbook
Publication Date: 2009Encyclopedia of Community Corrections
Publication Date: 2012Encyclopedia of Community Policing and Problem Solving
Publication Date: 2013Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory
Publication Date: 2010The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Publication Date: 2014Encyclopedia of Race and Crime
Publication Date: 2009Encyclopedia of Race and Crime
Publication Date: 2009Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice
Publication Date: 2012Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention
Publication Date: 2010The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America
Publication Date: 2012
Selected Online Reference Books - Various Topics
Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World
Call Number: UI Main Reference Collection FOLIO HM756 .E53 2003Publication Date: 2003Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations
Call Number: UI Main Library Oversize FOLIO HM716 .E53 2010Publication Date: 2009Encyclopedia of Human Relationships
Publication Date: 2009Encyclopedia of Motherhood
Publication Date: 2010Encyclopedia of Social Deviance
Publication Date: 2014Encyclopedia of Social Networks
Publication Date: 2011Encyclopedia of Social Psychology
Call Number: UI Main Reference Collection FOLIO HM1007 .E53 2007Publication Date: 2007Encyclopedia of Urban Studies
Publication Date: 2009Sociology of Work
Publication Date: 2013
Selected Online Reference Books - Race and Ethnicity
Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society
Call Number: 2008Encyclopedia of Race and Racism by
Publication Date: 2016International Encyclopedia of Civil Society
Publication Date: 2020Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Racisms
Publication Date: 2020
Selected Online Reference Books - Social Justice & Social Movements
Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice
Call Number: Call Number: Main Reference Collection HM671 .E53 2007 (1st floor)Publication Date: 2007Encyclopedia of American Social Movements
Publication Date: 2015Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice
Publication Date: 2017Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media
Publication Date: 2010The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
Publication Date: 2014