Knowing where to look for research articles and available data for your research can be tough. The following resources listed in the columns below can help you to narrow your search to databases that are go-to resources in researching published scholarly content in the discipline of Sociology and resources for finding data that can be utilized in your own research.
For a complete listing of databases ear-marked for Sociology research, check out Databases A-Z: Sociology.
Not sure how to search a database? See the following video for tips!
The following databases are great places to go to get scholarly articles for your research!
Scholarly journal articles about sociology and other social and behavioral sciences. Includes culture & social structure; economic development; evaluation research; family & social welfare; management and complex organizations; policy planning.
Includes articles from scholarly journals and popular magazines covering a wide variety of disciplines with the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Scholarly articles in psychology, plus medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, criminology, social science, business, & organizational behavior.
If you are looking for data to use in your research, consider using the following resources!
Peer review (also known as "Refereed") happens in all parts of academia. Peer review has developed over many years as the primary system to make sure accurate, reliable and original research findings are published in the journal literature. The video "Peer Review in 3 Minutes" offers a quick explanation of the peer review process.
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