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COMPASS: A Student's Guide to Houghton Library Collections

Sociology

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Described by the 49 Book as “the meeting place of the social sciences,” Sociology, as the study of human society, is interdisciplinary by definition. It is also not restricted to academic theory and large-scale studies; to quote Harvard’s concentration guide again, Sociology is the “study of social life at every…
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Compass: A Student’s Guide to Houghton Library

Welcome to Compass, an attempt to offer interesting inroads for every Harvard undergraduate student, no matter what concentration or disciplinary interest, into Houghton Library's collections. The guide takes all 48 Harvard undergraduate concentrations and makes suggestions for interesting and engaging collection materials for that area of study. Houghton is Harvard's primary rare books and manuscripts library and it welcomes undergraduates at Harvard and beyond to make use of its collections. Learn more here and feel free to ask us any questions at houghton_library@harvard.edu.

About this guide

  • About
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Undergraduate Fellowships
    • 2017 Projects
    • 2016 Projects
    • 2015 Projects
  • Fellows in the News

Harvard Concentrations

  • African and African American Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Astrophysics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Chemical and Physical Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Chemistry and Physics
  • Classics
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • East Asian Studies
  • Economics
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering Sciences
  • English
  • Environmental Science and Public Policy
  • Folklore and Mythology
  • Germanic Languages and Literatures
  • Government
  • History
  • History and Literature
  • History and Science
  • History of Art and Architecture
  • Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology
  • Human Evolutionary Biology
  • Integrative Biology
  • Linguistics
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • Music
  • Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
  • Neurobiology
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Religion
  • Romance Languages and Literatures
  • Slavic Languages and Literatures
  • Social Studies
  • Sociology
  • South Asian Studies
  • Statistics
  • Theater, Dance, and Media
  • Visual and Environmental Studies
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies