Sociology

Collection overview

All aspects of Sociology are covered.

Collection strengths include cultural studies and interdisciplinary material.

Geographical focus is on British and European sociology.

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Collection location

Most books are located on the 7th floor
All items available on open access will display the location SOCIOLOGY, with the classmark prefix 3 eg SOCIOLOGY 7th Floor (3) QOA Cri
Large books are shelved in a separate sequence - indicated by the prefix ‘f’ or ‘folio’ before the location code
All periodicals except for the most recent issues are shelved in the Tower and display the location Stack Service. Click on the 'Request' icon on the right side of the Classic Catalogue for a specific title to be fetched. Most recent unbound issues are held in the Periodicals Reading Room on the 4th floor. For more information on finding journals, see our journals resources page
Some items are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service. Please request at the Stack Service desk on the 4th floor.
To locate individual titles use the online catalogue

Related collections

Area collections of Latin American Studies and United States Studies
Economics collection
Geography collection
Health studies collection – abortion
History collection – social history
Politics collection
Special Collections: especially the John Burns Collection, the Family Welfare Association Library, the Harry Price Library of Magical Literature and the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature
Dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference works in the Periodicals Library, 4th floor.

Classmarks for Sociology

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 3 eg SOCIOLOGY 7th Floor (3) QOA Cri

Alcohol: QM

Anarchism: QXY

Childhood: QV

Class: KCN

Communism: QXU

Criminology: QO

Cultural studies: KEW

Disability: QBL

Drugs and drug abuse: QN

Ethnicity: KED

Ethnology: KO-

Family: KCW

Fascism: QXW

Feminism: QWE

Gender: QVZ

Housing: QH

Internet and Society: KDTI

Marxism: QXP

Mass Media: KBM

Methodology: K4

Penology: QP

Police - British: RPTe

Policing: RPP

Race: KDJ

Race in Britain: KDJe

Research methods: K4

Sexuality: KCU

Slavery: QIS

Socialism: QX

Subcultures: KCGN

Urban sociology: KC1

Welfare State: QB3

Witchcraft: KIE

Women: QW

For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme'.

Other libraries

For more information about Sociology holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk