This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of social problems.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| Work in America (2 volumes) |
REF HD 8066 .W637 2003 |
| Encyclopedia of Sociology (5 volumes) |
REF HM 425 .E5 2000 |
| Encyclopedia of American Social History (Social Problems, v.3, pt.XII) |
REF HN 57 .E58 1993 v.3 |
| Social Issues in America (7 volumes) |
REF HN 57 .S624 2006 |
| Issues for Debate in American Public Policy |
REF HN 65 .I848 1999 |
| Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior (4 volumes) |
REF HV 5804 .E53 2001 |
| Clashing Views of Drugs in Society |
REF HV 5825 .T37 2006 |
| Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (4 volumes) |
REF HV 6017 .E52 2002 |
| Domestic Violence Sourcebook |
REF HV 6626.2 .D685 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of Child Abuse |
REF HV 6626.5 .C57 2001 |
| Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook |
REF HV 6773.52 .A47 2005 |
| Crime in the United States 2004 |
REF HV 6787 .A3 2004 |
| Prisons in America |
REF HV 9471 .R36 1999 |
| Immigration and Illegal Aliens |
REF JF 6465 .I4736 2005 |
| Social Medicine Reader (3 volumes) |
REF RA 418 .S6424 2005 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers HN (Social History and Conditions; Social Problems), HT (Communities, Classes, Races), and HV (Social Pathology, Social and Public Welfare)
- social problems
- racism
- drug abuse
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- poverty
- homelessness
- domestic violence
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- juvenile crime
- sexism
- alcoholism
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Sociology.