UQ ERA rating in 2012: 4

UQ ERA rating in 2010: 5

Preamble

The University of Queensland (UQ) Library is committed to supporting the University's research, and teaching and learning agenda. UQ librarians maintain subject assessments based on the Commonwealth Government Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative's Field of Research codes. The assessments reflect current trends at UQ, and respond to changes in direction through regular updating.

Purpose of the collection

UQ Library's collection in this area supports the teaching and research activities of staff and students in the School of Social Science and the Institute of Social Science Research and the Queensland Centre for Social Science Innovation. The School and the Institutes/Centre are part of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

Description of the collection

The Library's collection may be searched via the Web.

The Library holds print and electronic book titles in the area. Experienced librarians develop the collection, and welcome input from academic staff. Relevant print collections are grouped under these classification numbers: H,HM,HN,HQ,HT,HV,RA. The following specialist book collections are available:

• Informit eLibrary
• Oxford Reference online
• Oxford Scholarship online
• Sage eReference
• Springer Ebook Collections

The Library subscribes to journals in the area. Many are available in electronic format. 80% of titles in the ERA journal list are held by UQ Library.

Key titles accessible at UQ are:

• Acta Sociologica
• American Journal of Sociology
• American Sociological Review
• Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
• Annual Review of Sociology
• Body and Society
• British Journal of Sociology
• Economy and Society
• Gender and Society
• Journal of Sociology
• Media Culture and Society
• Nations and Nationalism
• Rural Sociology: devoted to scientific study of rural and community life
• Science, Technology and Human Values
• Sociological Methods and Research
• The Sociological Review
• Sociological Theory
• Sociology of Health and Illness: a journal of medical sociology
• Sociology: the journal of the British Sociological Association
• Theory and Society: renewal and critique in social theory

UQ Library offers online databases in this subject area. These include:

• APA- FT
• Families and Society
• Sociological Abstracts
• Proquest Social Science Journals
• Scopus
• Web of Science (via the Web of Knowledge)

Additional formats relevant to the area:

• Informit Media Databases (TVnews)
• Multi media resources - extensive UQ Library holdings in DVD and streaming format

Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected or excluded

Primarily English language material is collected.

2. Geographical areas collected or excluded

No geographical areas excluded.

3. Chronological periods collected or excluded

No chronological periods are specifically excluded.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

Literature collected in print, multimedia and electronic formats.

5. Publication dates

The emphasis is on collecting recent publications (last 5 years), however older materials will be purchased to support teaching and research.

6. Special considerations

Nil.

Updated: Jan 2013