ASA Style
Sociology courses at PLU may require students to use the American Sociological Association (ASA) style guide for research papers.
- ASA Formatting and Style Guide (OWL Purdue)Created by Purdue University Online Writing Lap.
Online Sociology Background Sources
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Credo Reference provides access to hundreds of background sources, such as encyclopedias and dictionaries, covering every major subject.
World of Sociology by Call Number: eBookISBN: 0787649651Publication Date: 2000-11-13"A comprehensive, subject-specific guide to the concepts, theories, discoveries, developments and pioneers related to the field of sociology."
Deviant BehaviorCall Number: HM1.D48 & eJournalDeviant Behavior covers all aspects of deviant behavior, including: crime, juvenile delinquency, alcohol abuse and narcotic addiction, sexual deviance, societal reaction to handicap and disfigurement, mental illness, and socially inappropriate behavior.
International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780415333436Publication Date: 2007-07-18"scholarship about men, masculinities, and gender around the world"
Cambridge Dictionary of SociologyCall Number: eBook"Provides authoritative and comprehensive overviews of the classical and contemporary topics in Sociology."
Encyclopedia of Social DevianceCall Number: eBookThis online encyclopedia "introduces readers to the lively field of rule-making and rebellion that strikes at the core of what it means to be an individual living in a social world."
Print Sociology Background Sources
Encyclopedia of SociologyCall Number: REF HM425 .E5 20005 volumes covering over 400 topics in Sociology.
Encyclopedia of Social TheoryCall Number: HM425 .E47 2005ISBN: 9780761926115Entries covering theories, theorists, schools of thought, key concepts, and topics in the field of social theory.
Encyclopedia of criminology and deviant behaviorCall Number: REF HV6017.E53 2001
