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Senior Seminar (Environmental Sociology)
This guide is meant to get you started as you work on your research for your senior seminar. The resources on this page are not exhaustive, so please don't limit yourself to what you can find here. Also, I always encourage you to reach out to me for additional research assistance - my contact information is on the top right of this page.
Starting Points - Books
Although by no means a comprehensive list, these books (electronic and print) provide overviews of environmental sociology and introductions to some of the issues you might choose to explore in greater depth.
Environmental sociology: From analysis to action
International handbook of environmental sociology
Changing our environment, changing ourselves: Nature, labour, knowledge, and alienation
Climate change and society: Sociological perspectives
Consumption: A sociological analysis
Routledge handbook of climate change and society
Sustainable practices: Social theory and climate changeStarting Points - Journals
These journals specifically publish articles about the environment and society and may be good resources for you to browse through as you choose and narrow a research topic.
Environmental Sociology
(please note that Randall Library does not have full-text access to this journal, so you would need to request individual articles via Interlibrary Loan)
[More details]Article Databases
These are a few of the databases that are good to use for finding scholarly literature in sociology.
Sociological Abstracts
Citations to sociology journals and dissertations covering sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, criminology, economics, education, medicine, community development, communication studies, philosophy, demography, gerontology, political science, religion, and social psychology.
[More details]A standard database for sociological research.
Sage Journals Online
Communication Studies, Criminology, Computer Science, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Business, Humanities, Science and Technology, and Social Work. Includes Sage Journals Backfiles 1999-2009.
[More details]A multidisciplinary database that is particularly useful for research in the social sciences.
ScienceDirect
Elsevier Journal collection covering the sciences, business, child development, computer science, clinical research, economics, history, hospitality, industrial technology, library and information science, physical education and health, psychology, social work, sociology, and tourism.
[More details]Focuses on the sciences, broadly, including social sciences.
Additional Sources
Although not traditional scholarly literature, these resources contain incredibly useful information on the environment and society (several recommended by Dr. Ternes).
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Reports
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Reports
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American Sociological Association (ASA)'s Section on Environmental Sociology
American Sociological Association (ASA)'s Section on Environmental Sociology
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Think Tank Search
allows you to search across the websites hundreds of "think tanks" (organizations that produce research on a variety of issues).
[More details]Sociology Librarian
Kiana
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