Library Research Guides: SOC 308: Children in Society: Home

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This guide provides some useful starting places and strategies for doing research for this course.

We are happy to consult with you on any aspect of your research, from developing a research question to finding, evaluating, and citing sources. Email Daria Hafner or Sarah Moazeni with any questions.

Browse for Topic Ideas - Encyclopedias

SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies by Daniel Thomas Cook
Call Number: Electronic Resource

ISBN: 9781529721829

Publication Date: 2020

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies navigates our understanding of the historical, political, social and cultural dimensions of childhood.

Oxford Bibliographies Online

Annotated bibliographies for a variety of subject areas.

Find Scholarly Articles and Books

Sociological Abstracts
Articles on all aspects of sociology, 1952 to present.
Education Collection

Scholarly peer reviewed articles, books, government reports, policy documents, and working papers, and conference papers on education. Strong in theoretical and sociological aspects of education as well as pedagogy.
Dates: 1966 CE-Present

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U.S. Federal Government Information Sources
Resources for the Wellesley College community on locating government information for their research.
National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.
Child Trends
Child Trends is the nation’s leading nonprofit research organization focused exclusively on improving the lives and prospects of children, youth, and their families.
DoE Laws and Guidance
Legislation, regulations, guidance, and other policy documents can be found here for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and other topics.

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Contexts
A quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.

OpinionArchives

Full text archives of many U.S. magazines focused on commentary and reviews of news, politics, culture, and the arts. Magazines include The New Yorker, Harper's, Commentary, Commonweal, Dissent, Moment, and the New York Review of Books from their first issue to their most recent.
Dates: 1850 CE-Present
New York Times, 1980-present

Current news and editorial content from NY Times newspaper in text-only format.
Dates: 1980 CE-Present
Boston Globe, 1980-present

Full-text newspaper articles. Does not include images or ads.
Dates: 1980 CE - Present

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