Preliminary Criminal Justice and Criminology Toolkit
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A Quick List of Collection Development Tools and Practices for Sociology Librarians
Originally Compiled for Sociology by Stephen Fowlkes, 2007
Revised April 2012 by and Pauline Manaka, Christina Smith, Bonnie Crarey Ryan, and Miriam
Rigby, and then posted to Connect for crowd-sourcing
I. Best Practices in Networking to Enhance Presence with Department Liaison Work
Faculty Meetings: Make an effort to be invited; attend at least one each semester
Ask to be added to the department’s listserv; website, social media in all forms.
Ask to be included in research communication with graduate students
Participate in all welcoming services to new graduate students and new faculty
Send a limited number of e-mails:
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At the start of each semester/quarter:
(a) Reminders about instruction and Information literacy teaching sessions
(b) Book requests/book order process
(c) Availability for research consultations with students, etc.
(d) New web tools/ tutorials to guide their library research, and more
Announce whenever new databases or major reference tools are acquiree
Maintain Faculty Research/teaching-interest profiles/vitae
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Solicit info from faculty
Find info on departmental Web Site bios
Do literature searches to identify previous publications, etc.
Know the Administrative Assistant(s) in the Sociology Dept.
Hold office hours in the department
Attend campus or departmental lectures, special events or symposia to help stay abreast of
research interests and trends.
Be aware of course syllabi for the department's classes (Check out the "required readings" in
course syllabi)
Be aware of new courses introduced to the department.
Sit in on classes in your department, if possible, after asking permission of the faculty member,
of course. (Or better yet, be an Embedded Librarian in a class)
Offer to include a library tour for faculty/grad student candidates when they interview
Find out about new faculty arriving in the dept. and be sure and give them a library orientation
tour.
Invite the dept. chair or library liaison to have coffee/lunch/cocktails regularly
Stay in touch with librarian-colleagues at similar institutions for ideas, suggestions, etc.
(participation in ANSS, especially conference attendance, is great for this!!)
II. Collection Building Tools
Book Review Sources.
These items are listed in no order of importance.
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Choice
Library Journal
Acta Sociologica
American Sociologist
American Journal of Sociology
British Journal of Sociology
Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie
Canadian Journal of Sociology
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews
European Sociological Review
International Sociology
Social Forces
Sociological Inquiry
The Sociological Review
Sociology: a Journal of the British Sociological Association
Qualitative Sociology Review (OA!)
Rural Sociology
Also, Magazines for Libraries (LaGuardia, 2012) lists many, many more
Major Publishers
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English Language - http://www.britsoc.co.uk/publications/sociology-publishers.aspx
International - http://www.sociosite.net/publishers.php
Journal Selection Sources:
Magazines for libraries, 21st ed. LaGuardia, Cheryl, and William A. Katz., 2012
“Sociology & Social Work” chapter (pgs. 764-777) lists over 120 journals, each with full
publication and feature information, as well as a descriptive annotation.
ALA Guide to Sociology & Psychology Reference (ALA, 2011)
Sociology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources, 3rd ed. (Stephen Aby, 2005)
Lists 64 sociology journals with annotations.
Ulrich’s
ISI Journal Citation Reports
CSA Sociological Abstracts (Journals Lists 2005)
http://www.csa.com/factsheets/supplements/sociossl.php
American Sociological Association Publications - http://www.asanet.org/journals/journals.cfm
Reference Tools Selection Sources:
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Sociology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources, 3rd ed. (Stephen Aby, 2005)
An annotated list of over 600 general social science and sociology reference sources, as
well as a list of sources for 23 different specialized sociological sub-disciplines.
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Resources for College Libraries (Bowker, continuously updated,
http://www.bowker.com/en-US/products/rcl/
ANSS-Web Subject Resources pages Go to: http://anssacrl.wordpress.com/
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Tools for finding Data, Statistics, etc.
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ICPSR
GSS
Sociological Abstracts (Chart/Data feature)
ProQuest Statistical Insight
Data.gov (US) - OA!
Eurostat - OA!
Kids Count (kidscount.org)
Polling
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Gallup
Roper (iPoll)
Polling the Nations
Tools for Selecting Videos
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Films for the Humanities and Sciences http://ffh.films.com/ (streaming content = Films
on Demand)
Women Make Movies http://www.wmm.com/
Bullfrog Films http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/
Video Project http://www.videoproject.com/
New Day Films
Sociological Cinema ? (thesociologicalcinema.com)
Hulu Documentaries
Moving Image Archive (Internet Archive)
The Cinema Guild
fora.tv
fedflix
Key Databases
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Sociological Abstracts
Ethnic Newswatch
Soc Index
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
Social Services Abstracts
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
Annual Review of Sociology
Family and Society Studies Worldwide
insert links to reviews (bibliography committee)
Social Media
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The Society Pages (Sociology Blogroll)
Everyday Sociology Blog
Sociology.com
ANSS Facebook
ASA Facebook, etc etc
Sociology Listserves?
Teaching Materials
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TRAILS (ASA)
Videolectures.net (OA!)
Key Associations
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American Sociological Association (& Regional Associations)
ANSS Website
European Sociological Association
International Sociological Association
Rural Sociological Society
Archives or Primary Sources
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American Memory Project (consolidating with LoC site?)
Institutional Repositories
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