Sociology

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Reference Sources for Reading Minds topics:

Databases for Reading Minds topics:

  • Annual Reviews Social Sciences: Annual Reviews in Psychology and Sociology. Articles provide overviews of current scholarship on key topics.
  • PsycINFO: Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law
  • ProQuest Social Science Module: Citations and full text to journal articles in the social sciences.
  • Sociological Abstracts: Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Full text available through Find it @ Stanford link.
  • Sociology: Full text of articles on such subjects as Childhood, Contemporary Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Consumer Culture, Classical Sociology, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Leisure Studies, Social Theory, Sociology of Sport, and Sociology of Work and Employment (Labor Studies).
  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
  • ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Medline
  • RILM Music Literature Abstracts

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM)

Only a few days remain in DVAM, a month set aside to bring awareness to this societal issue for which everyone shares responsibility. The Department of Justice joined in the observance DVAM to help the public recognize that domestic violence is a crime. Read also President Obama's Proclamation.

For books about domestic violence, including abused men, try Searchworks. For other information, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline.


Q&A: Who was the first woman to earn a Stanford Ph.D.?

Question: Who was the first woman to receive a PhD from Stanford?

Answer: 

Two women shared this distinction in 1896: Mary Roberts Smith (who went on to join the Sociology faculty at Stanford) and Kathryne Janette Wilson

This information was located in Stanford’s Annual Commencement Order of Exercises, which lists the names of graduates and the degrees they earned. Print copies are available in the University Archives. The Orders of Exercises for 1948-2001 are available online via Stanford University Publications.

Answer provided by Aimee Morgan, Assistant University Archivist


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