Sociology Project: Theorists and Perspectives

Ms. Peters-‐Roberts/Mrs. Despines/Mrs. Rentschler Sept. 2014

Sociology Project: Theorists and Perspectives

Print Resources:

Use DESTINY, the online resource catalog for books if needed. Go to STUDENT LINKS and click

DESTINY or click this link: https://uscsd.follettdestiny.com/

Online Databases—credible information!

Encyclopedia Britannica

From STUDENT LINKS, click the Encyclopedia Britannica link (left side of page at the bottom).

• If needed, login: user I.D.: uschs password: panther

• Choose the HIGH (for high school level).

• Type in your search at the top of the page (EX. Ohio)

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On the results page, if needed, limit your search by content type on the left sidebar.

• On the article page, use the tabs and tools icons as needed. The CITE icon will give you the MLA citation to copy and paste.

World Book Online

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From STUDENT LINKS, click World Book Online

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Username: uschs Password: panther

MLA citation is at the bottom of the article.

Points of View

Articles show both sides of an issue; good for articles/documents, statistics, arguments, and some case studies

• To access this database from school and home: From STUDENT

LINKS, click onto Points of View.

• User Id: uschs Password: panther

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On the left sidebar, expand your search to include ALL RESULTS or narrow to just MAGAZINES if needed.

POWER Library’s MASTERFILE MAIN EDITION

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Go to STUDENT LINKS and chose POWER LIBRARY.

• Click LIST ALL on the upper right side of the screen.

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Scroll down for

MASTERFILE MAIN EDITION.

narrow/broaden your search.

Use the right and left sidebars to

• To cite a resource, click on the CITE button on the right sidebar and choose MLA. Just copy and paste!

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Home access directions for

POWER Library’s MASTERFILE MAIN EDITION:

ü GO to the Township Library’s web page http://www.twpusc.org/library/library-home o You will need the barcode number from your TOWNSHIP LIBRARY CARD! o Scroll down a bit and and click on eInfo: The 24/7 Library on the left sidebar. o Scroll down and click ACCESS PA POWER LIBRARY. o Follow the directions and enter the barcode number on your Township Library card. If you need to use your password, it is the last 4 digits of your phone number. o Then click onto the database that you want to use.

Gale Discovering Collection

General reference database

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From STUDENT LINKS, click onto the Gale’s Discovering Collection.

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If prompted, type in the password panther and click PROCEED.

Once you get your results list, look at the left side bar for additional subject headings

that can narrow or broaden your search.

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The SOURCE CTITATION at the bottom of the article is NOT in MLA format! Use the MLA

GREEN SHEET #17 to format a database article.

JSTOR

• From STUDENT LINKS, click the JSTOR link.

• Enter the Username: uschs a nd Password: panther

Websites

RESEARCH TIP: The following web sites have been evaluated for credibility. When you are searching your favorite search engine and looking through the results, make sure to use this list to ensure that you are getting quality information: q Is this page a BLOG?

If so, the information could be biased. q Is the author/producer of the site listed on the page? q Is there any reference to the author’s authority in the subject matter presented in the website? q Is there a way to contact the author on the page (e-mail, address, phone number)? q Is the site linked to a government, educational, or commercial establishment? If so, probably a good sign. q Does the site list sources used in the information presented? q Is the purpose of the site obvious? q To the best of your knowledge, does the site use correct spelling and grammar? q Does the site have a copyright and/or last revision date? q Do the links on the page work? q Are the links relevant and appropriate?

University of Northern Colorado: Useful Sociology Sites on the Web

http://www.unco.edu/sociology/student_services/links.html

Zeepedia Introduction To Sociology http://www.zeepedia.com/read.php?the_sociological_perspective_society_affects_what_we_d

o_introductio n_to_sociology&b=99&c=2

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Great Social Theorists

http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/users/f/felwell/www/Theorists/Four/index.html

Glossary of Social Sciences http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/users/f/felwell/www/glossary/Index.htm

Karl Marx

http://www.biography.com/people/karl-‐marx-‐9401219

http://www.egs.edu/library/karl-‐marx/biography/ http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/k/karl_marx.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/04/the-‐revenge-‐of-‐karl-‐marx/307317/

http://www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/undergraduate/introsoc/marx8.html

http://sociology.about.com/od/Profiles/p/Karl-‐Marx.htm

Auguste Comte

http://www.biography.com/people/auguste-‐comte-‐9254680

http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072824301/student_view0/chapter3/chapter_summary.html

http://www.sagepub.com/upm-‐data/44173_3.pdf

http://www.egs.edu/library/auguste-‐comte/biography/

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-‐sociology-‐textbook/sociology-‐1/the-‐ development-‐of-‐sociology-‐23/early-‐thinkers-‐and-‐comte-‐147-‐10193/


Herbert Spencer

http://sociology.about.com/od/Profiles/p/Herbert-‐Spencer.htm

http://www.iep.utm.edu/spencer/

http://www.victorianweb.org/philosophy/spencer/spencer.html

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spencer/


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Emile Durkheim

http://www.emiledurkheim.org/ http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/users/f/felwell/www/Theorists/Durkheim/index2.htm#Printable%20Versio n


http://www.iep.utm.edu/durkheim/

http://durkheim.uchicago.edu/Biography.html

http://www.biography.com/people/emile-‐durkheim-‐9282252

http://sociology.about.com/od/Profiles/p/Emile-‐Durkheim.htm

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/jhamlin/4111/Durkheim%20-‐

%20Division%20of%20Labor_files/durkheim.html

http://www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/undergraduate/introsoc/durkheim5.html

Max Weber

http://sociology.about.com/od/Profiles/p/Max-‐Weber.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/max-‐weber-‐9526066

http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/weber/index.htm


https://archive.org/details/frommaxweberessa00webe

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/social_action_theory.htm

http://www.umsl.edu/~keelr/3210/3210_lectures/weber.html

Functionalism http://sociology.about.com/od/Sociological-‐Theory/a/Functionalist-‐Theory.htm

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/functionalism.htm

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-‐sociology-‐textbook/sociology-‐1/the-‐

theoretical-‐perspectives-‐in-‐sociology-‐24/the-‐functionalist-‐perspective-‐155-‐3284/ https://laulima.hawaii.edu/access/content/user/kfrench/sociology/The%20Three%20Main%20Sociologi cal%20Perspectives.pdf

http://web.grinnell.edu/courses/soc/s00/soc111-‐01/IntroTheories/Functionalism.html


Interactionism (sometimes called symbolic interactionism)

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https://sites.google.com/site/sssinteraction/ https://laulima.hawaii.edu/access/content/user/kfrench/sociology/The%20Three%20Main%20Sociologi

cal%20Perspectives.pdf

http://web.grinnell.edu/courses/soc/s00/soc111-‐01/IntroTheories/Symbolic.html

http://sociology.about.com/od/Sociological-‐Theory/a/Symbolic-‐Interaction-‐Theory.htm

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-‐sociology-‐textbook/sociology-‐1/the-‐ theoretical-‐perspectives-‐in-‐sociology-‐24/the-‐symbolic-‐interactionist-‐perspective-‐157-‐3185/

Conflict Theory https://laulima.hawaii.edu/access/content/user/kfrench/sociology/The%20Three%20Main%20Sociologi cal%20Perspectives.pdf


http://sociology.about.com/od/Sociological-‐Theory/a/Conflict-‐Theory.htm

https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-‐sociology-‐textbook/sociology-‐1/the-‐

theoretical-‐perspectives-‐in-‐sociology-‐24/the-‐conflict-‐perspective-‐156-‐974/

http://web.grinnell.edu/courses/soc/s00/soc111-‐01/IntroTheories/Conflict.html

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Sociology Project: Theorists and Perspectives

Sociology Project: Theorists and Perspectives

Print Resources:

Online Databases—credible information!

Encyclopedia Britannica

World Book Online

Points of View

POWER Library’s MASTERFILE MAIN EDITION

MASTERFILE MAIN EDITION.

POWER Library’s MASTERFILE MAIN EDITION:

Gale Discovering Collection

JSTOR

Websites

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