Selected Sociology & Community Development Reference Resources
This should be your first point of reference to find relevant dictionaries and encyclopedias. This databases contains full-text content from over 720 books, dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks, and the entire "Little Green Book" and "Little Blue Book" series.
The following non-Sage titles on social research methods are also held in the Library.
Dictionaries
Encyclopaedias
General Reference
Briefing Papers
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Parliamentary Library PublicationsIncludes examples of E-Briefs, Background Papers and Research Papers on Australian social policy.
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Writing Guidelines for Business StudentsHas a chapter on writing briefing papers.
Books on Social Research Methods
Locating Sociology & Community Development Books
Here is a select list of Dewey numbers relating to Sociology & Community Development:
| Dewey number | Description |
| 300.1 | Sociological theory |
| 301 | Sociology |
| 302 | Social interaction |
| 304.28 | Environmental sociology |
| 305 | Social groups |
| 305.26 | Sociology of aging |
| 305.3 | Sociology of gender |
| 305.42 | Women |
| 306 | Cultural sociology |
| 306.2 | Political sociology |
| 306.36 | Sociology of work |
| 306.42 | Sociology of knowledge |
| 306.461 | Medical sociology |
| 306.85 | Sociology of the family |
| 307 | Communities |
| 307.12 | Community planning |
| 307.14 | Community development |
| 307.7 | Specific kinds of communities |
| 307.76 | Urban sociology |
| 320.6 | Public policy |
| 323.042 | Citizen participation |
| 324 | Political process |
| 325 | Immigration & emigration |
| 340.115 | Law and society |
| 361.1 | Sociology of social problems |
| 364.6 | Sociology of punishment |
Useful Keywords
Some useful keywords for Community and Social Policy include the following (*if looking at a particular state substitute Australia for that state e.g. Western Australia):
Aboriginal Australians Government Policy
Gambling Government Policy Australia
Health Government Policy Australia
Homelessness Government Policy Australia
Housing Government Policy Australia
Immigration Government Policy Australia
Mental Health Government Policy Australia
Poverty Government Policy Australia