SOC 309: Nations in Global Intersectional Perspective: Find Books

Wellesley College uses the Library of Congress classification system to organize books on the shelves.

The Library of Congress Class that includes Sociology is H. Browsing the following call number range may produce helpful results.

For a more complete listing see:

www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html

HM:  Sociology (general)

HN:  Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform.

HQ:  The family. Marriage. Women.

HS:  Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.

HT:  Communities. Classes. Race.

HV:  Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology.

• Use a keyword search for simple topics
• To get really targeted information, use subject searching!  For example:
  • Nationalism -- [geographic location like Cuba, Sri Lanka, etc.]
  • Protest Movements -- [geographic location like Cuba, Sri Lanka, etc.]
• Explore subjects under your country or movement name
  • Arab Spring, 2010 -
  • Tunisia -- [browse the modifiers but consider: politics & government; social conditions; economic conditions; etc.]

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