LibGuides: SOC 499: Books and Newspapers

Newspapers and magazines

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
ProQuest Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Global Newsstream enables users to search the most recent global news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full- text format
MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for more than 2,050 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more.

Searching with Subject Headings

Standardized subject headings are used for subject searches in library catalogs. Some sample subject headings relating to sociology:

Sociology Call Numbers: Browse the book collection on the 2nd floor (top floor) by call numbers

The UM Library organizes books according to Library of Congress call numbers. The major sections for sociology are listed below:

HM	Sociology (general)
HN	Social history & conditions, Social problems, Social reform
HQ	The family, Marriage, Women
HS	Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.
HT	Communities, Classes, Races
HV	Social pathology, Social & public welfare, Criminology

For a more specific breakdown of the call numbers see the Library of Congress Classification Online: H subclasses.