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 and periodicals are located on the 6th floor
All items available on open access will display the location SOCIOLOGY, with the classmark prefix 3 eg SOCIOLOGY 6th floor (3) QOA Cri
Large books are shelved in a separate sequence - indicated by the prefix ‘f’ or ‘folio’, before the location code
Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Periodicals Room – 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 Information Centre, 4th floor

Classmarks for Sociology

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 3 eg SOCIOLOGY 6th floor (3) QOA Cri

Alcohol	QM	Marxism	QXP
Anarchism	QXY	Mass Media	KBM
Childhood	QV	Methodology	K4
Class	KCN	Penology	QP
Communism	QXU	Police – British	RPTe
Criminology	QO	Policing	RPP
Cultural studies	KEW	Race	KDJ
Disability	QBL	Race in Britain	KDJe
Drugs and drug abuse	QN	Research methods	K4
Ethnicity	KED	Sexuality	KCU
Ethnology	KO-	Slavery	QIS
Family	KCW	Socialism	QX
Fascism	QXW	Subcultures	KCGN
Feminism	QWE	Urban sociology	KC1
Gender	QVZ	Welfare State	QB3
Housing	QH	Witchcraft	KIE
Internet and Society	KDTI	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