Sociology

The materials at the Golden Library are organized using the Library of Congress Classification system. The following call number ranges deal specifically with sociology. When you find a book on your topic, also take a moment to browse the nearby materials as they will be on the same/similar topics. 

HM: Sociology, General 

HM 621-656: Culture

HM 711-806: Groups and Organizations

HM 1001-1281: Social Psychology

HM 1106-1171: Interpersonal Relations

HN 1-995: Social History and Conditions

HQ 12-449: Sexuality

HQ 503-1064: Family, marriage, home

HQ  1088-1090.7: Men

HQ 1101-2030.7: Women

HS 1-3371: Societies: secret, benevolent, ect.

HT 51-1595: Communities. Classes. Races. 

HV 1-9960: Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology.

HX 1-970.7: Socialism. Communism. Anarchism. 

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Even though most of your research will happen online, there are still very good reasons to look at books for information when conducting research. They can provide:

• A much deeper dive into a topic than articles. 
• Background information. 
• Historical insight into a topic.
• The opinion or point of view of a single author

While many books on a given topic are straight forward, sometimes you will need to do a bit of digging to find out if a book is appropriate for your topic. 

Table of Content:

When looking at the detailed record of an item, the table of contents will generally be listed as a "Contents Note"

Index:

When a book covers more than just your topic, check and see if there is an index in the back. Look up your topic to see if it is specifically covered.