Working with a tiny IC
I presume you got the SOT23-6.  Could be worse, they do make chips in even smaller leaded packages, and extremely small leadless packages.  They don't make sockets for chips this small, possibly aside from expensive and very bulky ZIF sockets.  These chips are just meant to be soldered down onto a board.  I would recommend getting a breakout board that will convert this chip to a DIP form factor for breadboarding.  Just search on ebay for sot23 adapter and you'll find a bunch of breakout boards, make sure you get one with the correct pin pitch.  You'll have to solder the chip to the breakout board yourself, but once it's on there you should be good to go.