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Sociology

Guide for Sociology research topics to support the UNT community. Maintained by Lilly Ramin, Sociology Subject Librarian

About this page on the Sociology guide:

  • This page will include some basic tips and concepts to keep in mind when selecting and researching a topic
  • This page will include any assignment-specific tips, in communication/collaboration with Sociology professor when a course guide does not exist. This may include challenging to research or use of unique materials to ease your search process.

Sociology Handout

Sociology Handout: Attached in Word and PDF

 

  • Created for September 24th class -  SOCI 3220: Quantitative Methods | Seckin
  • Research terms that sometimes work for keywords or subject headings : research, survey, questionnaires, social sciences--research, sociology--research, statistics, qualitative, quantitative...

Quick research tips and selecting your paper topic:

  • Keep in mind even great topics may be too broad and too narrow
  • Do not get discouraged - research is a process.
  • Unless you are doing field research you have to rely on already existing published research available to you, and not all items are available online. So again, you might have an awesome topic, but you are ahead of the enough existing research to complete your undergraduate research paper assignment.
  • Give yourself time for the research process, because you may need to change up your search terms based on the databases keyword preferences (Subject headings) or do multiple searches.
     
  • You can search for peer reviewed full text articles through UNT Libraries through:
    • Subject Specific Databases (one or more at a time - Like SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
      • OR Databases aggregator (like EBSCO or ProQuest - check boxes of times
    • Online Articles (which searches multiple sources. Might be great for unique topics or super quick search across disciplines /majors for  supplementing research
      • Sociology Librarian recommended you also, or instead, start with the subject specific databases because you may get too many results and miss out on the quickest way to search discipline specific content