HUMAN, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES A guide to resources
St John’s College Library www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library
Resources for Human, Social and Political Sciences BOOKS Most of the books relating to HSPS are located on the Second Floor (Garden Wing), with classmarks beginning GN, H and J. The general arrangement is as follows:
Social Anthropology and Sociology (GN, H) GN 301-674
Social and cultural anthropology
H
Social sciences (general)
HA
Statistics
HB 849-3697
Demography, Population
HD 6664-8391
Industrial relations
HD 7165
Social Security
HD 8389-
Working classes
HM
Sociology (general)
HM 511-538
Research methods
HM 1001-1281
Social psychology
HN
Social history and conditions, Social problems, Social reform
HQ
The family, Marriage, Women
HT
Communities, Classes, Races
HX
Socialism, Communism, Anarchism
Political Science and International Relations (JA-JZ) JA
Political science (general)
JC
Political theory (includes political geography and democracy)
JF
Comparative government and public administration (general)
JK
American politics
JN
European politics (by country)
JN 101-1243
British politics (includes constitutional history, central government, Parliament, elections, political parties)
JS
Local government
JZ
International relations
Other subject classifications which may contain items relevant to HSPS students include:
BF (First Floor, Garden Wing)
Psychology
D-F (Second Floor, Penrose section)
Political history (within history of specific countries)
GN 281-296 (Second Floor, Garden Wing) Human evolution HV 51- (Third Floor)
Poverty and welfare
HV 6000 (Third Floor)
Criminology
KD 4080 (Third Floor)
Civil liberties
QH (Mezzanine)
Human biology
QM (Mezzanine)
Genetics
QP (Mezzanine)
Physiology
JOURNALS Details of the Library’s journal holdings, listed by subject, are available via the website: www.joh.cam.ac.uk/journals
The Library takes three journals that deal specifically with sociology and politics:
Relevant titles include:
Classmark:
Holdings:
British Journal of Sociology
HM 403.B7
Vol. 1-63 (1950-2012)
Comparative Studies in Society and History
HM 403.C6
Vol. 12-60 (1970-2018)
History of Political Thought
JA 8.H5
Vol. 1-35 (1980-2014)
The Library also subscribes to a large number of history and economics journals (with classmarks beginning D, DA, HB and HC in the journals sequence).
Recent, unbound issues are shelved in the Periodicals Area on the Ground Floor. Runs of bound journals are generally shelved in the Penrose section on the First and Second Floors (before the main sequences). Older volumes are shelved in Chapel Basement, arranged alphabetically by title or by name of issuing institution.
E-journals can be searched via Cambridge LibGuides (see overleaf for more information).
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Cambridge LibGuides provide a complete guide to all subjects and electronic resources, such as ejournals, e-books and databases available across the University: libguides.cam.ac.uk
Recommended resources include:
Digital National Security Archive
Factiva
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
Oxford Bibliographies: Sociology
Oxford Reference Online
(Note: a Raven password is required for online access off-campus.)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Other libraries you may find useful:
University Library
SPS Library
Haddon Library
Seeley Historical Library
Recommendations The College Library aims to provide all works necessary for Part One courses, and a selection of the most important works required for Part Two. We receive reading lists from the departmental libraries in advance of each academic year, and continually update the Library collections in response to requests from directors of studies, supervisors and students. You can recommend an item by using the online recommendation form (www.joh.cam.ac.uk/item-recommendations) or by filling in a recommendation form at the Issue Desk. All reasonable requests will be considered. If texts you require for your course are not available in the College Library, please talk to a member of Library staff.
Staff If you have any difficulty in tracing the material you need, whether in printed or electronic format, please ask a member of Library staff for assistance. The Issue Desk is staffed Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.