Subject Guides: Sociology and Social Work: Reference materials

Reference works in sociology

Encyclopaedia Britannica Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
One of the world's largest English-language encyclopaedias. Also contains Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Cross-searchable database of reference books from Oxford University Press covering all subject areas. Also contains more than 20 000 quotations from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.