Resources for Pacific Seminar II

Reference Books

The library has a number of reference books of potential use for research in this area. For example:

• International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences:
  REF H41.I58
• Encyclopedia of Sociology:
  REF HM425.E5
• International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration:
  REF H97.I574

Books

In PacifiCat, search under keywords such as “social stratification”, “quality and work life”, “social mobility” or “digital divide”.

• For example, look at: Reich, Robert. The Future of Success. HD8072.5 .R45 2000

Articles

In addition to Academic Search Complete, try the following:

• Blackwell Synergy: a collection of scholarly journals, many sociological titles included
• EconLit: citations and abstracts to articles about economics and government policy
• JSTOR: full-text of the backfiles of hundreds of scholarly journals
• Scopus: full text and citations to scholarly publications
• Sociological Abstracts: Literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Reliable Websites

Web sources you can trust!

• Explorations in Social Inequality:
  Content and additional links about various aspects, such as gender, ethnicity, race, and poverty
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
  Full-text of reports and statistical data on topics such as poverty, social services, welfare and work
• U.S. Bureau of the Census Report on Poverty:
  Reports and data on income and social inequality
• Russell Sage Foundation Social Inequality Working Papers:
  Scholarly papers that address a variety of topics within the broader topic of inequality
• Social Inequality and Class:
  List of sociological resources on stratification, class, income, and society