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ALA Guide to Sociology & Psychology Reference
American Library Association
Item Number: 978-0-8389-1025-2
 
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320 pages
6" x 9"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-1025-2
Year Published: 2011
AP Categories: A, C, I

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ALA Guides draw on the 16,000 best print and online reference sources in Guide to Reference, a selective database organized by academic discipline and voted Best Professional Resource Database by Library Journal readers in 2012. Find out more about Guide to Reference.

Including versions of traditional indexes, periodicals and scholarly journals, online statistical data sets, and websites maintained by a variety of institutions, associations, and advocacy groups, this reference resource thoroughly covers sociology and psychology reference options.
Table of Contents

series introduction xiii
contributors xv

PART ONE > SOCIOLOGY
Editors’ Guide 3

one GENERAL WORKS 9
Atlases and general overviews 9
Bibliography 9
Dictionaries and thesauruses 11
Directories 16
Encyclopedias 17
Guides 21
Handbooks 25
Indexes; Abstract journals 28
Quotations 29

two THEORY, METHODS, AND STATISTICS 31
Atlases and general overview 31
Dictionaries and thesauruses 31
Encyclopedias 32
Guides 33
Handbooks 35
Statistics 38

three SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND SOCIAL WELFARE 39
General works 39
Handbooks 39
Aging and the elderly 40
Atlases and general overview 40
Bibliography 40
Directories 41
Encyclopedias 42
Guides 44
Handbooks 45
Internet resources 50
Alcoholism and drug abuse 50
Bibliography 50
Dictionaries and thesauruses 54
Directories 55
Encyclopedias 56
Guides 57
Handbooks 59
Internet resources 61
Childhood and adolescence 61
Atlases and general overview 61
Bibliography 62
Directories 62
Encyclopedias 63
Guides 65
Handbooks 65
Statistics 67
Crime and deviance 68
Atlases and general overview 68
Bibliography 68
Dictionaries 70
Encyclopedias 71
Guides 74
Handbooks 74
Cyberspace and the Internet 77
Encyclopedias 77
Guides 78
Handbooks 79
Death and dying 80
Bibliography 80
Dictionaries and thesauruses 82
Encyclopedias 82
Guides 84
Handbooks 84
Quotations 88
Disabilities and the disabled 88
Atlases and general overview 88
Bibliography 89
Dictionaries and thesauruses 89
Encyclopedias 90
Guides 91
Handbooks 94
Internet resources 101
Homelessness and hunger 102
Atlases and general overview 102
Bibliography 102
Directories 104
Encyclopedias 105
Guides 105
Handbooks 106
Immigration and immigrants 107
Bibliography 107
Dictionaries and thesauruses 108
Encyclopedias 108
Guides 109
Handbooks 111
Marriage and the family 113
Artistic works 113
Bibliography 113
Encyclopedias 114
Guides 116
Handbooks 118
Population planning 124
Atlases and general overview 124
Bibliography 125
Encyclopedias 125
Handbooks 126
Periodicals and dissertations 126
Poverty and the poor 127
Atlases and general overview 127
Encyclopedias 127
Guides 128
Handbooks 129
Internet resources 129
Politics, economics, and organizations 130
Bibliography 130
Dictionaries 131
Directories 131
Encyclopedias 132
Guides 133
Handbooks 134
Statistics 136
Social psychology 136
Bibliography 136
Dictionaries and thesauruses 137
Encyclopedias 138
Handbooks 139
Social work 143
Bibliography 143
Dictionaries and thesauruses 144
Encyclopedias 144
Guides 145
Handbooks 146
Indexes; Abstract journals 149
Periodicals and dissertations 150
Internet resources 150
Urban and regional studies 151
Atlases and general overview 151
Bibliography 151
Encyclopedias 152
Guides 154
Handbooks 154
Indexes; Abstract journals 154
Violence 155
Bibliography 155
Chronologies 155
Dictionaries and thesauruses 156
Directories 157
Encyclopedias 157
Guides 159
Handbooks 159
Indexes; Abstract journals 163
Quotations 164
Statistics 164

four RACE AND ETHNICITY 164
General works 164
Artistic works 164
Bibliography 165
Dictionaries and thesauruses 165
Directories 165
Encyclopedias 166
Guides 169
Handbooks 170
Indexes; Abstract journals 171
Periodicals and dissertations 171
African Americans 172
Artistic works 172
Atlases and general overview 172
Bibliography 174
Chronologies 183
Dictionaries and thesauruses 185
Directories 186
Encyclopedias 186
Guides 191
Handbooks 194
Indexes; Abstract journals 197
Manuscripts and archives 199
Quotations 199
Statistics 202
Internet resources 203
Arab Americans 206
Bibliography 206
Chronologies 207
Directories 208
Encyclopedias 208
Guides 208
Handbooks 209
Periodicals and dissertations 209
Asian Americans 210
Bibliography 210
Encyclopedias 212
Handbooks 213
Hispanic Americans 214
Artistic works 214
Atlases and general overview 214
Bibliography 215
Chronologies 216
Dictionaries and thesauruses 217
Encyclopedias 217
Handbooks 219
Indexes; Abstract journals 219
Quotations 220
Native Americans 221
Bibliography 221
Chronologies 222
Encyclopedias 222
Guides 224
Handbooks 225

PART TWO > PSYCHOLOGY
Editors’ Guide 231

five GENERAL WORKS 235
Bibliography 235
Indexes; Abstract journals 236
Encyclopedias 237
Dictionaries 241
Thesauruses 244
Directories 244
Handbooks 245
Style manuals 247
Biography 247

six HISTORY AND THEORY 248
Guides 248
Bibliography 249

seven RESEARCH METHODOL0GY AND STATISTICS 250
Guides 250
Dictionaries 251
Handbooks 251
Standards 252

eight TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS 253
Guides 253
Bibliography 254
Dictionaries 255
Standards 255

nine DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 256
Indexes; Abstract journals 256
Encyclopedias 256
Dictionaries 257
Handbooks 257

ten EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 258
Encyclopedias 258

eleven SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 258
Encyclopedias 258
Dictionaries 259
Handbooks 259

twelve CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 259
Encyclopedias 259
Dictionaries 260
Handbooks 260

thirteen COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 261
Encyclopedias 261
Dictionaries 262
Handbooks 263

fourteen PHYSIOLOGICAL AND COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 264
Encyclopedias 264
Dictionaries 264

fifteen CONSUMER AND INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY 265
Encyclopedias 265
Handbooks 266

sixteen PARAPSYCHOLOGY 267
Indexes; Abstract journals 267
Encyclopedias 267

index 269
About the Editors

As the publisher of the essential Guide to Reference Books, first printed more than a century ago, as well as Reference Sources for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries and Fundamental Reference Sources, the American Library Association has long been a source for authoritative bibliographies of the reference literature for practicing librarians, library educators, and reference service trainers. The ALA Guide to Reference series continues that tradition with expertly compiled, discipline-specific, annotated bibliographies of reference works. Under the direction of general editors Robert Kieft (2000–2009) and Denise Bennett (2009–), many librarians have contributed their time and their knowledge of reference literature to this series.
Reviews

"The paragraph-length entries are quite detailed ... Few recent, comprehensive bibliographies cover both sociology and psychology, so this new guide will be a useful resource. Recommended."
--CHOICE Reviews

"Provides a strong foundation to sociology reference resources and a brief survey of psychology reference resources. Social science reference and collection librarians will find this resource helpful to develop reference and general collections."
--Against the Grain
 
 

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