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Referencing Guide

As a Social Science or Joints student, you will be following AU Harvard. You can access the referencing guides here:

AU Complete Guide to Harvard Referencing

AU Quick Guide to Harvard Referencing

Need help with referencing or plagiarism? You will find information about all the referencing systems e.g. Harvard as well as the relevant guides and information about some

Academic Integrity

Resources to help you with referencing, avoiding plagiarism and maintaining academic integrity.

Professional Bodies and Associations

Professional bodies and associations are organisations you will engage with throughout your career. Becoming familiar with them during your studies is a great way to keep up to date with developments in your field and build your professional network.

British Sociological Association

The British Sociological Association is a scholarly and professional society for sociologists in the United Kingdom, and was founded in 1951. It publishes the academic journals Sociology, Work, Employment and Society and Cultural Sociology as well as its membership newsletter Network and a monthly eNewsletter.

International Sociological Association

The International Sociological Association (ISA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to scientific purposes in the field of sociology and social sciences. It is an international sociological body, gathering both individuals and national sociological organizations.

The Society for Social Research

The membership organisation for social researchers in the UK, Ireland and beyond.

Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology

Provides educational, programmatic, mentoring, networking, and policy resources in a supportive professional community.

American Sociological Association

The national professional membership association for sociologists and others who are interested in sociology.

Podcasts

SAGE podcasts

Podcasts and vodcasts to find out more about the ideas, research and aims of some of the papers published in Sociology.

Thinking Allowed

Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works and discusses current ideas on how we live today.

Social Science Bites

A series of illuminating podcasts, where leading social scientists present their perspectives on how our social world is created, and how social science can help us understand people and how they behave.

New Books in Sociology

Interviews with sociologists about their new books.

Sage Sociology

The official free Podcast site from SAGE for Sociology.

The Sociological Review

The Sociological Review podcast provides the latest contributions from The Sociological Review, a journal known for publishing critical and creative works about society and social relations.

Useful Websites

British Sociological Association - Careers

Prospects - Careers

Discover Sociology

Resources for Social Science Students

NVivo

NVivo is a qualitative data analysis program, supporting data organisation, analysis and visualisation. You may find this useful when working with qualitative or mixed methods research where coding multiple data sources is required.

To install NVivo, please follow these instructions:

AU Guide to NVivo Installation

SPSS

Statistical package for social sciences and it is used by researchers to perform statistical analysis.

To install SPSS, please follow these instructions:

AU Guide to SPSS Installation [Windows]

AU Guide to SPSS Installation [Mac]

If you need support or experience any issues with SPSS, please contact Kieron Rooney

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Referencing Guide

Professional Bodies and Associations

Podcasts

Useful Websites

Resources for Social Science Students

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