The Lloyd Sealy Library has a good collection of books on sociology topics. Many of them are shelved around call numbers starting with an H.
Useful to know Library of Congress classifications:
H = social sciences
HA = statistics
HB = demography
HM = general sociology
HN = Social history and conditions, Social problems, Social reform
HQ = family, marriage, women
HT = Communities, classes, races.
HV = social pathology. Welfare. Criminology.
For a full breakdown of the call numbers see the Library of Congress Classification Online: H subclasses.
Of course, it is more efficient if you are researching a particular topic to get the call numbers for books by seraching the catalog, CUNY+.
When searching the catalog OneSearch, for print format books, please note both call number and the location. We have more books in electronic format that in print.
Stacks: the main circulating collection of the library. On the north side of the library: call numbers A–H are on the upper level; call numbers J–Z are on the lower level. Stacks books can be borrowed for 4 weeks by undergraduates and staff, 6 weeks by masters students, and 8 weeks by doctoral students and faculty. They can be renewed through My Account / Sign In in OneSearch.
Reserve: books kept behind the Reserve Desk on the lower floor. Most can be used only within the library. More info »
Reference: upper level of the library, towards 11th avenue. Not circulating (can't borrow outside of the library).
Law Reference: upper level of the library, towards 58th street. Not circulating.
Special Collections: upper level of the library. Ask at the Reference Desk. Not circulating.
Searching using the vocabulary of subject headings can improve search results. Here are some words and phrases used in Library of Congress sociology related subject headings:
Anomy
Crime Sociological aspects
Deviant behavior
Discrimination
Equality
Emigration and immigration
Ethnic relations
Ethnicity
Family violence
Genocide Sociological aspects
Immigrants
Mass media
Methodology
Minorities
Moral panics
Population
Prostitution
Public opinion
Race relations
Research methods
Sex customs
Sex discrimination
Sex differences
Sex role
Social conditions
Social conflict
Social control
Social mobility
Social problems
Sociology
Suicide Sociological aspects
United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects
Violence
Violent crimes