Research Guides: Sociology: Articles

Recommended Databases

Once you have done some background research on your topic online, you can find more detailed, reliable, and scholarly sources in the collections below. Try searching in more than one of the collections below to see which ones have the strongest resources on your specific topic, or ask you instructor or librarian to suggest where to start.

AnthroSource
Search across American Anthropological Association (AAA) journals. Note: if the full text of an article is not available in AnthroSource, copy and paste the article title into the library catalog to see if we provide full-text access there or if you need to request a copy through Interlibrary Loan.
Sociological Abstracts
Find abstracts for journal articles, books, and book reviews on sociology and related fields. Note: Does not include full-text articles.
LGBTQ+ Source
Provides scholarly and popular LGBTQ+ publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources, including monographs, magazines, newspapers, and videos.
Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
Covers health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations, and education. Provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information.
JSTOR
Archive of core journals and books in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Log in via Microsoft or use Find My Institution (type Benedict to see our school).
Project MUSE
Scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
SAGE Full-Text Journals
Scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.

Sociology

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