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APA Basics
- Citation Style GuidesMaxwell Library provides handouts on various styles including APA and MLA
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Selected Online Journals
Key Sociology Journals:
Tips for Research Topic - Browse the issues of the key journals. You will get an interesting idea. Try!
- American Journal of Sociology12 month delay of access to full-text
- Social Forceshighlights sociological inquiry and also explores realms shared with social psychology, anthropology, political science, history, and economics
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Selected Databases
- SocIndex with Full Text This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive sociology research database. It contains full text for important Sociology journals, books, and conference papers.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowCovers a wide range of subject areas. You can narrow advanced searches and browsing by discipline.
- ScienceDirect College Edition This link opens in a new windowChoose Social Sciences in the "Browse Publications by Subject" section
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- Massachusetts Commonwealth CatalogLibrary users may use the Commonwealth Catalog to request books directly from participating Massachusetts libraries.
- Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery ServiceBSU faculty, librarians, administrators, students and staff may use Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services (ILL/DDS) to request materials not found in the Maxwell Library collections.