Social Sciences

Guides for Social Sciences research

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Library Essentials

This short, self-paced MyUni course will take you through the essentials of finding and evaluating information to use in your assignments. You'll learn how to reference and manage information, as well as explore how to successfully present the information you've found.

Library Essentials
A short MyUni course that steps you through the basics of finding and using information. Select your subject area from the home page to access discipline specific information.

Introduction to Advanced Searching MyUni course

Our Introduction to Advanced Searching MyUni course teaches you how to develop and refine advanced search techniques and includes step-by-step guidance for creating search strategies and logic grids for databases including Informit and ProQuest. We strongly recommend you enrol in this course and refer back to it throughout your studies.

Introduction to Advanced Searching MyUni course

Key Resources

Library Search
Use Library Search to find books (print and electronic), journal articles, newspapers and other items available via the library.
Databases
Discover the most relevant databases by selecting your subject area from this comprehensive list. Subject areas include Anthropology, Politics, Geography and more...

Background reading

These resources are great for background reading, learning about new concepts, and exploring theories:

International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed by N. J. Smelser (Editor-In-Chief); P. B. Baltes (Editor-In-Chief)
ISBN: 9780080430768
Publication Date: 2001-11-22
Comprehensive reference work covering social and behavioural sciences. Subject coverage ranges from geography to gender studies to political science.
The New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory by Bryan S. Turner (Editor)
ISBN: 1405184965
Publication Date: 2008-02-27
Comprehensive reference work covering areas from classical sociology to actor network theory, and from structuralism to the sociology of the body.
Introducing Social Theory by Liz Bradbury; Pip Jones; Shaun LeBoutillier
ISBN: 9780745635224
Publication Date: 2011-05-31
Traces the development of social theorizing from the classical ideas about modernity of Durkheim, Marx and Weber, right up to a uniquely accessible review of contemporary theoretical controversies in sociology surrounding post-modernity and reflexive sociology.