Sociology

This guide provides access to resources in Sociology, including but not limited to information on searching for books and articles and information on publishing.

Sociology Guide

This guide has been created to provide some access to resources in the field of Sociology,including but not limited to information on searching for books and articles and information on publishing. Please feel free to either contact me or refer to the Sociology department if you have any questions.

Sociology Databases

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Academic Search Complete
This multi-disciplinary database covers magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers and is a good place to start for any subject. (Formerly Academic Search Premier)
Sociological Abstracts (1952 to present)
Provides international coverage of the literature of sociology and related fields.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
World's largest archive of political and social research data.
Social Sciences Citation Index
Multidisciplinary section of the Web of Science covering scholarly literature in the social sciences.
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
Indexes a wide range of important journals in the humanities and social sciences from 1907 to 1984. Click "logout" to end your session. Limited to 2 simultaneous users.

Other Important Databases

Crime in the United States (1995-present)
Statistics on crime in the United States as contributed by state and local law enforcement agencies.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
The increasing globalization of criminology is reflected in this essential resources coverage of hundreds of journals from around the world.
Ethnic Newswatch (1990-present)
Full text national and international news articles from over 230 publications of special interest to the ethnic, minority and native populations of the United States. In English and Spanish. Limited to 2 simultaneous users.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (1970s-present)
Contains summaries of criminal justice articles and reports.
Women's Studies International (1972-present)
Covering feminist research from journals, newspapers, newsletters, books, proceedings, theses, dissertations, and grey literature.
Women and Social Movements in the United States (1600-2000)
Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000. Includes projects and archives with more than 3,600 documents and 150,000 pages of additional full-text documents. Also includes reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools.

Multidisciplinary Databases

CQ Researcher, 1991-
Presents current and controversial issues with summaries, pro/con arguments, bibliographies, etc. Not a literature index, but the reports offer extensive information on each topic and the bibliographies can be used to find other sources.

JSTOR
A collection of selected scholarly journals in humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Most titles do not include the most recent 3-5 years. For more current research, search one of our general or subject-specific databases.

Lexis Nexis Academic
Access over 6,000 news, business and legal sources. Includes national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcript, intenational news, and non-English sources

SAGE Journals Online
Collection of more than 500 Sage journals in business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine.
Web of Science (1900-present)
The major multidisciplinary index covering journal articles and conference proceedings in sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Provides cited reference searching and journal impact factors.

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