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This is a select list of useful article databases for finding journal articles in sociology. For databases in additional disciplines, use Article Databases.
- Sociological Abstracts
- Index (with abstracts) to journals in sociology from 1963 to the present. Make sure 'Sociological Abstracts' is checked before performing your search.
- Annual Review of Sociology
- Bibliographic essays reviewing the year's scholarship in Sociolology.
- Bibliography of Data-Related Literature (ICPSR)
- Contains over 32,000 citations of known published and
unpublished works resulting from analyses of data held in the ICPSR archive.
The bibliography covers scholarship in the quantitative social sciences from
the inception of ICPSR in 1962 to the present. Includes links to the "related
data" used.
- EBSCO Academic Search Complete
- Indexes periodicals in all subject areas from 1980 to the present, both popular & scholarly. Includes scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text.
- Family & Society Studies Worldwide
- Indexes publications, 1970 to the present, from a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history, and social work. Covers popular issues and information for professionals in the fields of social work, social science, and family practice. Many citations provide the complete text of the article.
- Population Index
- Index to journals and other materials on world demography and population issues from 1986 to the present.
- RAND Publications
- Index with abstracts to RAND publications on a wide variety of topics published over the last 20-plus years. (After searching, check the UCLA Library Catalog or Melvyl Catalog for library holdings of these publications.)
- Social Sciences Citation Index (via ISI Web of Science)
- A multidisciplinary database of article citations gathered from thousands of scholarly journals, 1975-present. Search by topic, author, journal title, or cited author (to identify articles that cite an author or article that you specify). Users can also search the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and the Science Citation Index simultaneously.
Compiled by Patti S. Caravello, January 2007