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- Contact info
- Selected dictionaries and encyclopedias
- Selected handbooks and encyclopedias
- Aging, aged
- Class, culture, de-colonial, ethnicity, Islamophobia, race, racism
- Death, Dying, Burial, Bereavement
- Dis/ability
- Disease and society (epidemics / pandemics)
- Environment
- Feminism, women
- Gender, sexuality, identity
- Globalization, capitalism, imperialism, neoliberalism
- Health
- Human rights, human trafficking
- Indigenous
- Latin America, Chicana, Latin/x
- Marriage, children and family
- Media or popular culture
- Memory, memorialization
- Middle East
- Migration, displacement and refugees
- Policy
- Religion
- Research methods
- Social movements
- Sports, fitness
- Technology and society (Information, data, social media)
- Terrorism
- Tourism
- Other topics
- Selected biographical
Contact info
For Library research help, please contact Moninder Lalli, Liaison Librarian for Sociology / Anthropology by email or Ask a librarian.
This guide provides selected reference sources for Sociology. See also, anthropological reference sources.
Selected dictionaries and encyclopedias
- A dictionary of geography
- A dictionary of sociology
- Anti-capitalist dictionary : movements, histories & motivations
- Elgar encyclopedia of political sociology
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
- Oxford Reference Online
- Postcolonial studies dictionary
- Sage eReference
- Sage handbook of applied social research methods
- Sage dictionary of cultural studies
Selected handbooks and encyclopedias
Aging, aged
- Aging social policies : an international perspective [print]
- Encyclopedia of aging
- Encyclopedia of gerontology
- Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences
- Handbook of LGBT Elders: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Principles, Practices, and Policies
- Handbook of minority aging
- International handbook on ageing and public policy
- SAGE handbook of social gerontology
Class, culture, de-colonial, ethnicity, Islamophobia, race, racism
- Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Communication
- Encyclopedia of race and racism
- Encyclopedia of world cultures supplement
- Handbook of African Philosophy of Difference
- Handbook of Racism, Xenophobia, and Populism: All Forms of Discrimination in the United States and Around the Globe
- Handbook of the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations
- Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China
- Handbook on ethnic minorities in China
- Inequality studies from the global South
- Native peoples of the world: an encyclopedia of groups, cultures and contemporary issues
- Palgrave Handbook of Critical Race and Gender
- Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity
- Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Islamophobia
- Routledge encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology
- Routledge companion to digital ethnography
- Routledge handbook of cultural sociology
- Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies
- Routledge handbook of gender, culture, and development in India
- Routledge handbook of global cultural policy
- Routledge handbook of minorities in the Middle East
- Routledge handbook of social and cultural theory
- Routledge handbook of refugee narratives
- Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Diaspora
- Routledge handbook of the ethics of discrimination
- Routledge handbook of the history of colonialism in South Asia
- Routledge international handbook of colorism
- Routledge international handbook of contemporary racisms
- Routledge International Handbook of Diversity Studies
- Routledge international handbook of Islamophobia
- Routledge International Handbook of Race, Class and Gender
- Routledge international handbook on decolonizing justice
- Theory in social and cultural anthropology: an encyclopedia
- Wiley Blackwell Companion to Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
Death, Dying, Burial, Bereavement
- Dealing with death a handbook of practices, procedures and law
- Death and bereavement across cultures
- Handbook of the sociology of death, grief, and bereavement : a guide to theory and practice
- Helping grieving people : when tears are not enough : a handbook for care providers
- Oxford handbook of the philosophy of death
- Palgrave Handbook of Dark Tourism Studies
- Routledge handbook of death and the afterlife
- Routledge handbook of museums, heritage, and death
Dis/ability
- Encyclopedia of disability
- Handbook of Disability Sport and Exercise Psychology
- Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice
- Oxford handbook of the sociology of disability
- Palgrave Handbook of Paralympic Studies
- Routledge companion to disability and media
- Routledge handbook of disability and sexuality
- Routledge handbook of disability activism
- Routledge handbook of disability arts, culture, and media
- Routledge handbook of disability studies
- Routledge history of disability
- Routledge International Handbook of Disability and Global Health
- Sage deaf studies encyclopedia
Disease and society (epidemics / pandemics)
- Encyclopedia of AIDS: A Social, Political, Cultural, and Scientific Record of the HIV Epidemic
- Handbook of research on challenges for human resource management in the COVID-19 era
- Handbook of research on the impact of COVID-19 on marginalized populations and support for the future
- Oxford handbook of global health politics
- Routledge companion to gender and COVID-19
- Routledge handbook of law and the COVID-19 pandemic
- Routledge handbook of sport and Covid-19
Environment
- Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage
- Gale encyclopedia of environmental health
- Handbook of global environmental politics
- Research handbook on law, environment and the global south
- Routledge handbook of climate justice
- Handbook of anti-environmentalism
- Routledge handbook of environment and society in Asia
- Routledge Handbook of Environmental Displacement and Migration
- Routledge handbook of environmental justice
- Routledge handbook of environmental policy
- Routledge handbook of gender and environment
- Routledge handbook of human rights and climate governance
- Routledge handbook of human rights and disasters
- Routledge handbook of the climate change movement
- Routledge handbook of the environment in Southeast Asia
- Routledge handbook of tourism and the environment
- Routledge handbook of urbanization and global environmental change
- Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of urban and regional studies [print]
Feminism, women
- Bloomsbury handbook of 21st-century feminist theory
- Encyclopedia of women and gender sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender [print]
- Oxford handbook of transnational feminist movements
- Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Feminism
- Routledge International Handbook of Transdisciplinary Feminist Research and Methodological Praxis
- Routledge international handbook of women's sexual and reproductive health
for more, try "GSWS Library Information - Background information"
Gender, sexuality, identity
- 200 words : to help you talk about sexuality & gender [print]
- American masculinities: a historical encyclopedia [print]
- Ashgate research companion to queer theory
- Cambridge handbook of identity
- Documents of the LGBT movement
- Encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender & queer culture
- Global encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) history
- Greenwood encyclopedia of LGBT issues worldwide
- Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality
- Handbook of self and identity
- Handbook of the Sociology of Gender
- Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities
- Handbook on gender, diversity and federalism
- International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication
- International encyclopedia of men and masculinities
- Oxford handbook of identity development
- Palgrave Handbook of Critical Race and Gender
- Routledge Companion To Gender, Sex And Latin American Culture
- Routledge companion to intersectionalities
- Routledge Handbook of East Asia Gender Studies
- Routledge Handbook of Gender and Feminist Geographies
- Routledge handbook of gender and security
- Routledge Handbook of Gender in South Asia
- Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies
- Routledge Handbook of LGBTQIA Administration and Policy
- Routledge handbook of queer African studies
- Routledge handbook of queer development studies
- Routledge handbook of sexuality, health and rights
- Routledge Handbook of Sexuality Studies in East Asia
- Routledge History of American Sexuality
- Routledge history of queer America
- Routledge history of sex and the body : 1500 to the present
- Routledge international encyclopedia of queer culture
- Routledge international handbook of heterosexualities studies
- Routledge research companion to geographies of sex and sexualities
- Rowman & Littlefield handbook of transgender studies
- Sage encyclopedia of LGBTQ studies
Globalization, capitalism, imperialism, neoliberalism
- Encyclopedia of global studies
- Globalization and Social Movements
- Handbook of Globalisation
- Handbook on Global Social Justice
- Histories of Global Inequality New Perspectives
- Oxford handbook of global studies
- Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism
- Routledge handbook of transformative global studies
- Routledge international handbook of globalization studies
- Sage handbook of neoliberalism
- Thinking globally : a global studies reader
- Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of globalization
Health
- Handbook of medical sociology
- Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness, and Healing: A Blueprint for the 21st Century
- Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health
- Oxford handbook of public health ethics
- Praeger handbook of mental health and the aging community
- Routledge handbook of health tourism
- Routledge handbook of indigenous wellbeing
- Routledge handbook of medical anthropology
- Routledge international handbook of critical mental health
- Sage handbook of mental health and illness
Human rights, human trafficking
- Handbook on Gender and War
- Handbook on human rights in China
- Modern Slavery: A Reference Handbook
- Routledge handbook of human trafficking
- Routledge handbook of the history of settler colonialism
- Routledge handbook on human rights and the Middle East and North Africa
- Palgrave International Handbook of Human Trafficking
- Routledge international handbook of human trafficking : a multi-disciplinary and applied approach
- Routledge international handbook of restorative justice
Indigenous
- Handbook of indigenous peoples rights
- Handbook of indigenous religion(s)
- Handbook of Research on Indigenous Knowledge and Bi-Culturalism in a Global Context
- Handbook of research on theoretical perspectives on indigenous knowledge systems in developing countries
- Oxford Handbook of Indigenous Sociology
- Research Handbook on the International Law of Indigenous Rights
- Routledge Companion to Global Indigenous History
- Routledge Handbook of Critical Indigenous Studies
- Routledge handbook of indigenous development
- Routledge handbook of indigenous environmental knowledge
- Routledge handbook of indigenous peoples in the Arctic
- Routledge handbook of indigenous wellbeing
- Routledge handbook of the history of settler colonialism
- Routledge international handbook of Indigenous resilience
- Routledge handbook of indigenous wellbeing
- Routledge Handbook on Native American Justice Issues
Latin America, Chicana, Latin/x
- Routledge Handbook of Chicana/o Studies
- Routledge Companion To Gender, Sex And Latin American Culture
- Routledge handbook of Latin America in the world
- Routledge Handbook of Latin American Development
Marriage, children and family
- Cambridge handbook of parenting : interdisciplinary research and application
- Encyclopedia of motherhood
- Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources
- Handbook on the Family and Marriage in China
- Handbook of Family Policies Across the Globe
- Handbook of Family Policy
- Handbook of transnational families around the world
- Handbook on migration and the family
- International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
- International handbook on the demography of marriage and the family
- Palgrave Handbook of Family Sociology in Europe
- Research Handbook of global families: implications for theory and practice
- Research Handbook on the Sociology of the Family
- Routledge companion to romantic love
- Routledge Handbook of Childhood Studies and Global Development
- Routledge handbook of families in Asia
- Sage handbook of global childhoods
- Same-sex marriage : a reference handbook
Media or popular culture
- Encyclopedia of racism in American films
- Handbook of gender, sex, and media
- Handbook of global media research
- Handbook of research on global Impact of media on migration issues
- International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication
- Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality
- Routledge handbook of cultural sociology
- Routledge handbook of disability arts, culture, and media
- Routledge handbook of East Asian popular culture
- Routledge handbook of emotions and mass media
- Routledge handbook of global cultural policy
- Sage international encyclopedia of mass media and society
- Social media : a reference handbook
Memory, memorialization
- Ashgate research companion to memory studies
- Handbook of Culture and Memory
- Routledge handbook of memory and place
- Routledge international handbook of memory studies
Middle East
- I.B. Tauris handbook of sociology and the Middle East
- Routledge handbook of minorities in the Middle East
- Routledge handbook on human rights and the Middle East and North Africa
Migration, displacement and refugees
- Handbook of culture and migration
- Handbook of Displacement
- Handbook of Migration and Globalisation
- Handbook on forced migration
- Handbook on human security, borders and migration
- Oxford handbook of migration crises
- Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
- Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Development: Critical Engagements in Feminist Theory and Practice
- Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Migration
- Research handbook on the law and politics of migration
- Routledge Handbook of Asian Migrations
- Routledge Handbook of Asian Borderlands
- Routledge handbook of Asian transnationalism
- Routledge handbook of gender and development
- Routledge handbook of immigration and refugee studies
- Routledge handbook of Indian transnationalism
- Routledge handbook of migration and development
- Routledge handbook of queer development studies
- Routledge handbook of South Asian migrations
- Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Diaspora
- Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora
- Routledge Handbook of the South Asian Diaspora
- Routledge handbook of Southeast Asian development
- Palgrave Handbook of International Labour Migration Law and Policy Perspectives
- Routledge International Handbook of Migration Studies
Policy
- Handbook of Family Policy
- International handbook on ageing and public policy
- Palgrave Handbook of Intersectionality in Public Policy
- Routledge Handbook of LGBTQIA Administration and Policy
- Routledge handbook of public policy
- Research handbook on leave policy : parenting and social inequalities in a global perspective
Religion
- Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Migration
- Handbook of indigenous religion(s)
- Oxford handbook of the study of religion
- Religions of the world: a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices
- State responses to minority religions
Research methods
- Encyclopedia of social measurement
- Field Researcher’s Handbook: A Guide to the Art and Science of Professional Fieldwork
- Sage encyclopedia of qualitative research methods
- Sage encyclopedia of social science research methods [print]
- Sage handbook of qualitative data analysis
For more, see guide: Research methods for Anthropology and Sociology
Social movements
- Blackwell companion to social movements
- Encyclopedia of American social movements
- Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media
- Encyclopedia of the Mexican American civil rights movement
- Globalization and Social Movements
- Oxford handbook of social movements
- Oxford handbook of transnational feminist movements
- Palgrave Handbook of Social Movements, Revolution, and Social Transformation
- Separatist movements a global reference
- Social movements reader : cases and concepts
- Wiley Blackwell companion to social movements
- Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of social and political movements
Sports, fitness
- Gale encyclopedia of fitness
- Handbook of Disability Sport and Exercise Psychology
- Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society
- Oxford handbook of sports history
- Palgrave Handbook of Feminism and Sport, Leisure and Physical Education
- Palgrave Handbook of Paralympic Studies
- Routledge handbook of elite sport performance
- Routledge handbook of global sport
- Palgrave handbook of masculinity and sport
- Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality
- Routledge Handbook of Sport and New Media
- Routledge handbook of sport in Asia
- Routledge handbook of sport, leisure, and social justice
- Routledge handbook of sport, race and ethnicity
- Routledge handbook of sports development
- Routledge handbook of the business of women's sport
- Routledge handbook of the sociology of sport
- Routledge handbook of well-being
- Women in sports : a reference handbook
- World sports: a reference handbook
Technology and society (Information, data, social media)
- Computer Games and New Media Cultures A Handbook of Digital Games Studies
- Data journalism handbook : towards a critical data practice
- Encyclopedia of video games : the culture, technology, and art of gaming
- Handbook of Digital Games
- Handbook of Digital Games and Entertainment Technologies
- Handbook of research on the evolution of IT and the rise of E-society [single-user access]
- Handbook on interactive storytelling
- Oxford handbook of cyberpsychology
- Oxford handbook of digital technology and society
- Routledge companion to video game studies
- SAGE handbook of social media
- SAGE handbook of web history [access limited to 3 simultaneous users]
- Social media : a reference handbook [print]
- Virtual lives a reference handbook
Terrorism
- Global Jihad movement : [a handbook]
- Handbook of terrorism and counter terrorism post 9/11
- Handbook on the political economy of war
- International Handbook of War, Torture, and Terrorism
- Oxford handbook of terrorism
- Palgrave Handbook of Global Counterterrorism Policy
- Routledge handbook of critical terrorism studies
- Routledge handbook of terrorism and counterterrorism
- Routledge Handbook of U.S. Counterterrorism and Irregular Warfare Operations (Edition 1)
- Routledge handbook of war and society : Iraq and Afghanistan
- World terrorism : an encyclopedia of political violence from ancient times to the post-9/11 era
Tourism
- Handbook on the Tourist Experience: Design, Marketing and Management
- Palgrave Handbook of Dark Tourism Studies
- Routledge handbook of borders and tourism
- Routledge handbook of health tourism
- Routledge handbook of tourism and the environment
- Sage International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism
Other topics
- Encyclopedia of Social Theory
- Income inequality in America : a reference handbook
- International handbook on diversity management at work : country perspectives on diversity and equal treatment
- Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures
- Research handbook on digital sociology
- Routledge handbook of critical discourse studies
- Routledge Handbook of Gender and Agriculture
- Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing (Edition 1)
- Routledge handbook of human security
- Routledge handbook of surveillance studies
- Routledge international handbook of crime and gender studies
- Routledge International Handbook of Poverty
- Routledge International Handbook of Veils and Veiling Practices
- Routledge International Handbook of Violence Studies
Selected biographical
- Biographical dictionary of social and cultural anthropology [print]
- Cultural theory: the key thinkers
- Fifty key anthropologists [print]
- Fifty key sociologists: the contemporary theorists
- New black sociologists : historical and contemporary perspectives
- Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists
- Women in anthropology autobiographical narratives and social history