SOCI 3925: Advanced Topics in Law and Society

This guide highlights key resources for conducting effective information research in sociology, including the following: 

• Reference sources to find background information on your topic
• Catalogs to search for books in print and online
• Databases for locating scholarly journal articles
• Primary sources including case law resources and documentation of the legal services profession
• Reliable sources of data and statistics
• Database for locating news articles, transcripts, and videos
• Resources for citing your sources and writing in sociology
• Tips to to help keep textbook costs down

If you need assistance identifying additional resources, search terms or strategies, please schedule a research consultation. 

If you need assistance organizing, analyzing, or visualizing data sets, please visit the Empirical Reasoning Center (ERC).

Image: Police presence during protests, 1972, Barnard College Archives

Consult scholarly reference sources to get an overview of a topic, an introduction to a theory, definitions to discipline-specific terms, and more.