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Sociology Resources: Finding Books

Sociology Books

Books from the catalog

Searching for Books

Use these options to search for print and electronic books:

OneSearch - Search everything in the library catalog at once, including print books, electronic books, articles, and audio/visual materials.  You can also expand your search to all of CUNY's libraries.

CLICS - CUNY  Libraries Intra Campus Delivery Services (CLICS) allows CUNY students, faculty and staff to request circulating books from the collections of other CUNY libraries to be delivered to the QCC library for borrowing. 

Interlibrary Loan - Interlibrary loan (ILL) allows QCC students, faculty, and staff to request library materials that are not owned by the QCC Library or any other CUNY library.  These books are delivered to QCC for borrowing, following the loan rules of the library sending the material.

 WorldCat:- World catalog (Worldcat) is an international catalog that QCC students, faculty, and staff to search for any book and identify its location in any library in the world.

 

Sociology Books

Sociology books can be found in the HM 401 - HM 1281 section of the library.

HM: Sociology (General)

HN: Social History, Social Problems and Social Reform

HQ: The Family, Marriage and Women

HS: Societies: Secret, Benevolent, etc.

HT: Communities, Classes and Races

HV: Social Pathology, Social and Public Welfare and Criminology

HX: Socialism, Communism and Anarchism

Online Encyclopedias

Books such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, and directories that are often used to answer quick questions or provide background information about a topic before pursuing more detailed research. These are all available online, and can be accessed remotely with an activated CUNY ID card from Queensborough Community College.

 Oxford Reference Online

 Gale Virtual Reference Library

Subject Guide

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Vikki Terrile
Contact:
718-281-5711
Subjects: Economics, Sociology