Sociology

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Reading Lists

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Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations?

Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations

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Identify different sources of information and link to ebooks and other top sources

Reliable sources of statistics and public opinion

• Gallup 

Surveys of American public opinion. There is also a section which covers countries across the world.


• Ipsos MORI 

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Go to the Political Monitor and Political Polling sections for UK public opinion data relevant to Politics courses.


• YouGov 

Public opinion from over 350,000 volunteers from across the UK.

 

Referencing

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Guidance and support for referencing in APA 7, including advice about reference generators

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