Sociology
Recommended Databases
- Sociological Abstracts
Description: The Sociological Abstracts database is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts (SOPODA) is also included as part of this database, providing additional literature on policy issues addressing violence, abuse, neglect, aging, health, energy, environment, housing, education, women and development, disaster preparedness and risk assessment.
Coverage: 1963 -
- Social Sciences Full Text
Description: Indexes and abstracts over 400 English language periodicals. Topics include anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, criminal justice and criminology, economics, family studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, social work and public welfare, sociology, urban studies, women's studies, and related subjects.
Coverage: 1983 -
- JSTOR
Description: JSTOR database is unique because the complete backfiles of core scholarly journals have been digitized, starting with the very first issues, many of which reach back to the 1800s. The database now contains over 2 million pages and new titles and fields are being added constantly (approximately 100,000 pages are added to the database each month).
Coverage: varies from title to title, but approximately from the 1800s to 1994.
- PsycINFO
Description: PsycINFO (R) contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology,
business, and law.
Coverage: 1872 -
- Project Muse
Description: Project Muse provides worldwide, networked, subscription access to the full text of the Press's 40+ scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
Coverage: 1995 -
- Social Sciences Citation Index
Description: Search for references and cited references in Social Science Citation Index.
Coverage: 1987 -
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- National Criminal Justice Abstracts
Description: Contains summaries of more than 140,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research.
Coverage: Early 1970's
- Criminal Justice Abstracts
Description : Criminal Justice Abstracts, the criminology database from SAGE Publications, contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines.
Coverage: 1968-
- GenderWatch
Description: GenderWatch is a full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues. The database provides in-depth coverage of the subjects that are uniquely central to women's daily lives, including family, childbirth, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders and social and societal roles.
Coverage: Mid 1970 -
- CWI (Contemporary Women's Issues)
Description : Indexes a variety of sources covering topics related to women including journals, newsletters, research reports, government and international agencies. Information on women in over 150 countries is compiled in a single collection bringing together such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health, education and human rights. Lexis Nexis provides access to part of the database but in Full-Text; FirstSearch provides access to all of the database, but in abstract format.
Coverage: 1992 -
- Communication and Mass Media Complete
Description: CMMC incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth in the communication and mass media fields.
- Annual Reviews
Description : Annual Reviews is a comprehensive collection of critical reviews written by scientists. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 29 focused disciplines within Biological & Medical, Physical, and Social Sciences.
Coverage: 1984 -
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