Recommended Reading 
Recommended books in the Short Loan Collection can be found in the Course Materials list.
Reference Books
Reference books are an excellent place to start your research. You should then go on to read more in-depth journal articles and books.
Ritzer, George, ed. 2007. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Malden: Blackwell.
General Library Arts Reference 301.03 R61
Scott, John, and Gordon Marshall, eds. 2005. Oxford Dictionary of Sociology. 3rd ed, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
General Library Arts Reference 301.03 C74 2005
Smelser, Neil J., and Paul B. Baltes, eds. 2001. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Oxford: Elsevier Science.
General Library Arts Reference 300.3 S63
Databases & Articles
To find more information on a topic, look in a database that indexes journal articles.
- Index New Zealand An index with abstracts from 300 New Zealand journals, magazines and newspapers.
- Newztext The full-text of articles from 40 New Zealand newspapers and magazines.
- Sociological Abstracts An index with abstracts from almost 2000 social science journals.
More databases are listed on the Sociology resource pages.
To find articles about conservatism, liberalism and the French Revolution, try a search like this in Sociological Abstracts:
- Search for these keywords:
french revolution
conservatism or conservativ* or liberal*
- The * at the end of a word will find variant word endings eg liberal, liberals, liberalism
- Tick the boxes to limit the search to English language journal articles.
Referencing and Plagiarism
The Chicago Manual of Style Online
ReferenŠite Academic referencing resource.
Honesty and integrity are valued in all academic activities at The University of Auckland. This website provides information about the key principles and practices underlying academic honesty, and advice and resources: Academic Honesty and Plagiarism.
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