SOCI 3930: Advanced Topics in Race and Ethnicity

Welcome!  This page highlights key resources for conducting effective research for Prof. Gillian Gualtieri's course, Advanced Topics in Race and Ethnicity.

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

• Library research session slides, worksheets, and feedback form
• Reference sources to find background information on your topic
• Catalogs to search for books in print and online
• Databases for locating scholarly journal articles
• Databases for locating news articles, transcripts, and videos
• Reliable sources of data and statistics
• 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. 

Image: Soul Sister, March-April 1992, page 12, via Barnard College Archives Digital Collections

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