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University of Gloucestershire Library Services

Sociology: Books

Library resources for students studying sociology

Finding books in the library

UoG Library book collections

Search Library Discovery for our print and eBooks. Results show the book location, organised on shelves by topic.

Remember to limit your search results to University of Gloucestershire to just display our own holdings.

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Using our eBooks

eBook collections at UoG

UoG eBooks are available in Library Discovery. They can also be accessed via our eBook provider platforms.

The main eBook providers for sociology are 

ProQuest eBook Central Videos

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New Books

New books list

Inter-Library Loan service for Books

Book not in the library?

Use the Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service to obtain print books and chapters from print or electronic books not held by the university. The service is primarily for final year undergrad students, postgrads, researchers and academics. Staff and students have an initial allocation of free requests. More information is available in the Guide to Inter-Library Loans

Sage Catalyst now on VitalSource

Access to over 700 eBooks from the Sage Catalyst Core Collection, covering Criminology, Education, Policing, Psychology, Social Work  and Sociology, as well as Research Methods and Study Skills.

Main subject areas in the Library

Topic Shelf number
Criminology 364
Families 306.85
Feminist theory 305.4201
Gender 305.3
Human rights 323
International relations 327
Politics 320
Poverty 362.5
Sociology  (general) 301
Social class 305.5
Social policy 361
Social research 300.72
Sociology of race 305.8
Sociology of health 306.461
Statistics 519.5

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