Library Guides: Sociology 2950: Social Research: Home

Using ASA Citation Style

Here are two sites that can help you with formatting your paper in ASA style:

American Sociological Association’s site

Another useful site at Cal State

Finding Statistics/Opinion Polls

*American Factfinder a gold mine of socio-economic and demographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau

Opinion Polls click here for a list of wide-ranging public opinion and polling resources

Finding Background Information

Encyclopedia of Social Theory
It examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them, presenting them in the context needed to understand their strengths and weaknesses.

Here are three online encyclopedias/handbooks focused on sociological issues:

Encyclopedia of Sociology
Articles covering core issues such as race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy and abortion have been updated and expanded, and completely new articles have been written on topics such as the Internet, privacy and epidemiology.
21st Century Sociology
Focuses on the corpus of knowledge garnered in traditional areas of sociological inquiry, as well as document the general orientation of the newer and currently emerging areas of sociological inquiry.

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