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Welcome! This page highlights key resources for conducting effective research for Prof. Debbie Becher's course, Law and Society.
This guide highlights key resources for conducting effective information research in sociology, including the following:
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Consult scholarly reference sources to get an overview of a topic, an introduction to a theory, definitions to discipline-specific terms, and more.
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences by 
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements by 
