Sciences Po's Library

The Sciences Po Library holds the largest collection of social science documentation in Europe.

Consult its catalogue to find books and journals.

The reading rooms on levels 3 and 4 of 27 rue Saint-Guillaume provide open-stack access to all the latest books and journals on sociology, social issues and education.

Many of the journals are accessible online, sometimes for long periods: to access them using Sciences Po’s subscriptions, visit the “Electronic Resources” webpage.

Example: La Revue française de sociologie is available on the database Persee, from 1960 à 2019

For an advanced search, check the databases in the social sciences, which provide references and often the full text of relevant documents.

For example

• SocIndex, sociology database (nearly 200,000) entries) including links to full-text versions of 398 academic journals, monographs and conference proceedings.
• IBSS, contains references for a selection of international publications: books, articles and over 2600 journals on economics, political science, sociology and anthropology since 1951.
• Sage Research Methods online, platform for advanced research, offering tools and a card of methods in social sciences that draws links between methods and theories. SRMO contains over 100,000 pages from books and SAGE reference works.
• Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online : sociology reference work. Access to 1800 encyclopaedia entries (from simple definition to analysis of concepts), a chronology and a lexicon.

Students Services

At Sciences Po, the academic success of students is at the heart of the concerns of all services dedicated to students.

• The Student Services Centre is at your disposal to support your for any administrative request you may have such as housing, health insurance, tuition fees, student card, financial aid or the renewal of your residence permit. Please contact them should you need any support.
• Sciences Po Carrières deals with internships, professional orientation and first employment. This service is the interface between Sciences Po students and the world of work.
• Ph.D. students at Sciences Po can access the services and support of the Doctoral School and the research centres to which they are attached.

The school of Research

The School of Research offers students various funding possibilities for their thesis: doctoral contracts, scholarships, etc. It also offers partial funding for certain expenses (such as transport, accommodation and registration) linked to participating in conferences, fieldwork, research travel, etc.

A call for candidacies for financial assistance is sent around during the first trimester of the year. The decision to attribute funding is made by the Executive Committee of the Doctoral School.

The research centres

Ph.D. students are fully integrated into the research centres in Sociology at Sciences Po with the status of “young researchers.”

To find out more about completing a Ph.D. at one of our research centres, visit the websites of the different research centres.

Useful Resources

Sociological associations

• Association française de sociologie (FR)
• International Sociological association

Journals

All the journals cited can be consulted at the Sciences Po Library

• Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales (FR)
• American Sociological Review
• British Journal of Sociology
• Revue française de sociologie
• Sociétés contemporaines
• Sociologie du travail