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Subject specialist in sociology, social anthropology and organization studies
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Selected resources
Sociological Abstracts covers sociology, anthropology, education and other related subjects. Records include abstracts, reference lists and citations, dating back to 1953.
Web of Science Cross-disciplinary, international database with mainly articles. You can search for topics in articles, and citations in articles and books.
IBSS Interdisciplinary social science database with references to articles and books from 1951 to today. From UNESCO og LSE.
Emerald Insight Full text database of journals published by Emerald. Topics include management, library & information services, engineering, applied sciences, and technology.
Annual Review of Sociology Review chapters typically cover social processes, institutions and culture, organizations, political and economic sociology, stratification, demography, urban sociology, social policy, historical sociology, and major developments in sociology in other regions of the world.
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online This encyclopedia is updated yearly, and provides information about sociological topics, methods and theories.
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences contains a wide range of articles within the behavioral and social sciences. Contains references and highlights further reading.
SAGE Research Methods is a research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. SAGE Research Methods links over 100,000 pages of SAGE’s renowned book, journal and reference content with truly advanced search and discovery tools.
We advise all of you to use the specialist databases to avoid potential predatory scholarly open‑access publishers. You can also check if the journal is registered in the NORWEGIAN REGISTER FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, SERIES AND PUBLISHERS. Keep in mind that there are various online overviews of predatory scholarly channels
Other information resources
- List of level 2 journals, as approved by the Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions.
- E-journals in Sociology in Browzine Allows you to access and browse scholarly journals provided by the University of Oslo.
Statistics
- European Social Survey Data from different european countries. Updated biannually.
- Eurostat Statistics from the EUs official office for statistics. Contains data suitable for comparative studies.
- SSB Statbank Norway Statistics Norway is responsible for official statistics in Norway.
- OECD Library Online library for the Economic Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Contains statistics, books and articles.
- World Value Survey Data from a global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life.
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Library Courses
Search & Write (Søk & Skriv) is a well-built site with online resources for academic writing.
The writing centre at UiO is open for all students who wish to improve their own writing. Discuss ideas, drafts and questions with one of the writing mentors at the centre. Book an appointment.
PhD on Track - is an online resource for PhD students on sources and referencing for research purposes and on publishing research.
