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Sociology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources (Reference Sources in the Social Sciences)

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The 3rd edition of this scholarly source contains 610 descriptions of leading reference sources in the field of sociology. Sources described in this edition were published from 1997 to early 2004. Any works published previous to 1997 are of historical significance. The 3rd edition is updated with 325 new reference titles and electronic sources. Each entry follows the Chicago Manual of Style bibliographic format. In addittion, each source is annotated and some contain evaluations.

This work is extremely valuable to anyone in an academia setting. With added electronic sources and websites to the 3rd edition, students and faculty are provided with a wider range of searching options.

In the 3rd Edition the reference contains revisions and updates of in the areas related to social sciences and sociology along. Further the sociological collection includes bibilographies such as author(s), indexes, abstracts, place of publication, publishing companies, ISBN or ISSN as well as the date of publication. Furthermore, electronic sources, journals and legititmate ULRs that are available in this editon

This reference book's target audience is mainly college for undergraduate to post-graduate students, faculty members and the general public who conduct research on the subject of race, ethnicity and gender studies.