Print Collections for the Social and Political Sciences

Use this page to locate printed materials for the Social Sciences in the Library:

Books Journals Special Collections

Social and Political Sciences Books
 

Use the Library Catalogue to find the book you want to read. The classmark will help you find it on the shelf.Books on Standard and 3 Day Loan are on Floor 5.


Books for 1 Day Loan are in the Short Loan Collection on Floor 1.


Books in the Learning Grid are for reference use only (you cannot borrow them).


The table below outlines the main Social and Political Sciences subject classmarks:

Classmark Subject 
H Social Sciences (including methodology)
HB Sociology
HC Social Structure (for example Migration, Social Psychology, Gender)
HE Work and leisure
HD Social Change
HF Applied social studies (for example Health, Crime)
HG Population
HH Economic Theory
HJ Economic Thought
HM Labour economics and Industrial Relations
HP-HX Production, Money and Welfare
JA General works on politics
JB Ideologies
JC Government and Public Administration
JD Political Activities
JE International Relations

 

Social and Political Sciences Printed Journals

 

Use the Library Catalogue to find details of print journals

Journal issues for Social and Political Sciences are on Floor 5. Recent (current year) and older issues are shelved separately, arranged alphabetically by title.
All printed journals are reference use only (you cannot borrow them).

 

Special Collections

 

The Ethnicity and Migrations Collection is on Floor 5.
This is a major collection for researchers studying social elements related to race and ethnicity. Examples of material include:

  • UK pamphlets and grey literature
  • a United States collection focusing on black history, civil rights and black power
  • an African collection focusing on colonial history and liberation movements
  • historic journals such as Presence Africaine, Black Panther and Muhammad Speaks