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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.
The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology by 
Handbook of the Sociology of Health, Illness, and Healing by 
Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on specific topics in a growing range of subject areas. There are at least 50 specific topical bibliographies in each subject area. Each of these features an introduction to the topic. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable.
The Palgrave Handbook of Social Theory in Health, Illness and Medicine by 
