The following links go to book descriptions in Catalyst. These books have been added to Catalyst in the last three months. 

Library of Congress Call Numbers to browse in the print reference collection or in the general collection for Sociology:

• GN - Anthropology
• GN296-GN296.5 - Medical Anthropology
• GN301-GN674 - Social & Cultural Anthropology
• GN378-GN396 - Collected Ethnographies
• GN537-GN674 - Ethnic Groups & Races

This is only a partial list of the call numbers pertaining to Sociology. For a complete listing, go to the Library of Congress Classification Outline, provided by the Cataloging Policy and Support Office of the Library of Congress.

Search by keyword and then use the options in the left-hand menu of the result list to the "Collection" to "Carleton College Reference" or to limit the "Material Type" to "Reference Entries" to find reference articles in Carleton's online and print reference books.

Example: strauss
Example: bioethics

Take a look at the Gould Library general research guides for help on topics such as the following:

• Catalyst
• subject headings
• print reference collection
• indexes and electronic databases
• web searching
• citing

Encyclopedias and other general reference titles are used to get an overview of a topic written by a specialist, find related terms that will apply to your topic, or identify a selected bibliography.