Sociology: Articles

• Less is more! Keep the searches down to fewer words.
• Use a variety of words or phrases to describe what you're looking for, and don't be afraid to do multiple searches.
• Find a few articles that work, and look for new words/phrases to describe what you're looking for (and write them down for later reference!!), and search again using those new phrases or words.
• Watch out for the number of results in your searches, it’s important! Less is more -- try to get less than 60 results per search so you can look over your results over quickly. Note that the first page of results may not be the best picks for your topic, so look them all over!

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Encyclopedias & Reference Sources

Reference sources like encyclopedias (and dictionaries) are books that provide small bits of information when you're trying to get a deep understanding of an idea/person/place/thing/event. A reference resources contains reliable information that can be verified, cited, and included in your research.