Sociology: Find Books and Videos

Using Google Books, you can search inside every page of the books in their database. You can then use the Find in a Library link to find out if we have the book you need in the Madigan Library.

The Library of Congress classifications for sociology are HM, HN, HS, and HX. More specifically, these ranges are broken down as follows:

• HM401-1281 Sociology (General)
• HM435-477 History of sociology.  History of sociological theory
• HM461-473 Schools of sociology.  Schools of social thought
• HM481-554 Theory.  Method.  Relations to other subjects
• HM621-656 Culture
• HM831-901 Social change
• HN1-995 Social history and conditions.  Social problems.  Social reform
• HS1-3371 Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.
• HX1-970.9 Socialism.  Communism.  Anarchism

Browsing in any of these areas may lead to the discovery of valuable material in addition to the specific items listed in this guide.