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Sociology : Research Help & Writing
This guide presents resources useful for students in sociology classes. Examples of topics include: class and social stratification, communities and families, demography, race and ethnicity. There is also basic information about places to find statistics.
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Writing/Citation Assistance
- Citing References/Citation Manager Help Website (Using a citation manager is a good way to automate your collection of citations and can also help with creating a bibliography.)
- UW Madison Writing Center
The Writing Center "helps undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines become more effective, more confident writers. We believe that writing is a powerful tool not only for communicating existing ideas but also for discovering new ones."
Books/Guides for Writing and Research
Books can be located by using a number of different databases.
- Try the UW-Madison catalog to see what our libraries own.
- Try WorldCat to find books and other materials owned in libraries across the U.S. as well as many countries around the world.
Are you looking for book reviews? Try this library guide to Finding Book Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
ASA Style Guide by Call Number: HM569 .A54 2014 (Social Work Library Reserves)ISBN: 9780912764214Publication Date: 2014
Basics of social research : qualitative and quantitative approaches by Call Number: HM571 N48 2004 (College Library & Social Work Library)ISBN: 0205355781Publication Date: 2004
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences by Call Number: H61 G46 2005 (College Library & Memorial Library)ISBN: 0262072572Publication Date: 2005
Chicago manual of styleCall Number: Z253 U69 2017 (College Library & Law Library Reference)ISBN: 022628705XPublication Date: 2017
The Craft of Research by Call Number: Q180.55.M4 B66 2016 (College Library Reserves)ISBN: 9780226239569Publication Date: 2016Available online through ProQuest Ebook Central
Doing a literature review: releasing the social science research imagination by Call Number: H62 H2566 1998 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 0761959742Publication Date: 1998
Ethnographic Writing Research by Call Number: GN307.7 B57 1999 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 9780867094862Publication Date: 1999FieldWorking: reading and writing research by
Call Number: GN346 S86 2012 (College Library)ISBN: 9780312622756Publication Date: 2011
Foundations of social research : meaning and perspective in the research process by Call Number: HM511 C76 2003 (MERIT Library Professional)ISBN: 9780761961055Publication Date: 2003
Good Essay Writing by Call Number: PE1471 .R43 2011 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 0857023713Publication Date: 2011A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers by
Call Number: HM585 G78 2013 (College Library)ISBN: 9781429234795Publication Date: 2013
Handbook for Social Science Field Research by Call Number: H62 H24528 2006 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 1412916801Publication Date: 2006Available online through ProQuest Ebook Central & SAGE Research Methods
Handbook of Interview Research by Call Number: H61.28 H36 2002 (iSchool Library, Memorial Library, & Social Work Library)ISBN: 0761919511Publication Date: 2001Available online through SAGE Research MethodsAn Invitation to Social Research: How it's done by
Call Number: HM571 A35 2003 (College Library and Steenbock Library)ISBN: 9781285746425Publication Date: 2014Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods by
Call Number: Available online through Proquest Ebook Central eBooksISBN: 1118767306Publication Date: 2015The Literature Review: six steps to success by
Call Number: LB1047.3 M33 2016 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 1506336248Publication Date: 2016
Manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers by Call Number: LB2369 .T8 2018 (College Library & Music Library)ISBN: 9780226494425Publication Date: 2018
SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods by Call Number: 300.72 Sa184 (iSchool Library)ISBN: 9781412950312Publication Date: 2009Available online through ProQuest Ebook Central & SAGE Research Methods
The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research by Call Number: H62 H2455 2017 (Business Library)ISBN: 1483349802Publication Date: 2017
Sociology student writer’s manual by Call Number: HM585 S638 2006 (Memorial Library Reference)ISBN: 0131928511Publication Date: 2006
Tales of the field : on writing ethnography by Call Number: GN307.7 V36 2011 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 0226849643Publication Date: 2011
Theses and dissertations : a guide to planning, research, and writing by Call Number: LB2369 T458 2008 (MERIT Library Professional & Memorial Library)ISBN: 1412951151Publication Date: 2008
Using documents in social research by Call Number: HM571 P74 2003 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 0761957464Publication Date: 2003Available online through ProQuest Ebook Central & SAGE Research Methods
Writing culture : the poetics and politics of ethnography : a School of American Research advanced seminar by Call Number: GN307.7 W75 1986 (Art Library, College Library, & Memorial Library)ISBN: 0520057295Publication Date: 1986
Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes by Call Number: GN307.7 E44 2011 (Business Library and Memorial Library)ISBN: 9780226206837Publication Date: 2011
Writing for Social Scientists: how to start and finish your thesis, book, or article by Call Number: H61.8 B43 2020 (Memorial Library)ISBN: 9780226683638Publication Date: 2020Writing Literature Reviews-6th Ed by
Call Number: H61.8 .G34 2017 (Merit Library)ISBN: 9781936523375Publication Date: 2017Also available as an eBook through ProQuest Ebook Central
https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9912314737702121Writing up qualitative research by
ISBN: 1412970113Publication Date: 2009Available online through SAGE Research Methods
