Search Google Scholar
Use Google Scholar to find more articles by an author or to see who has cited an article.
Practice Searching
- Library Research: PracticeClick on this link for practice searching during library instruction session.
Library Tutorials
The video tutorials below will help you get acquainted with using the library resources.
- Journal Finder TutorialWatch this tutorial to learn about using the library's Journal Finder
- Get It! Button TutorialWatch this tutorial for helpful tips on using the Get It! button in the library databases.
- Academic Search Complete TutorialWatch this video for helpful tips on using Academic Search Complete
Database Resources
The databases below are ones we recommend for Sociology. In these databases you'll find articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers. Some databases provide the full text of articles and other provide citations only. If only a citation is provided, use the Get it! button to see if the full text is available through another library resource. To find books on Sociology, search the library's catalog.
- SocINDEX with Full TextComprehensive index to sociology, covering 640 core journals, 530 priority, and 1420 selectively-covered journals with many books, conference papers and author profiles. Varies, some as early as 1895.
- Academic Search CompleteFind articles in all subject areas in over 17,000 journals and magazines, with full text for most. Updated daily. Dates vary, some as early as 1865 to present.
- PsycARTICLESFull text articles in psychology. PsycARTICLES includes more than 39,000 full-text articles from 53 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations. All journals included in this database are indexed in PsycINFO. 1985 to present.
- ERICJournal and magazine articles, dissertations and theses, and other documents about education. Some non-English material. Covers 1966 to present.
- JSTORFull-text scholarly journals in many subject areas. We have Arts & Sciences I through XV, Life Sciences, and many others; click "more" below for a full list. JSTOR has the beginning of each journal to 3, 4 or 5 years ago. How-to videos.
- QuickSearchAll-in-one search that includes our books, scores, CDs, DVDs, archival material, and millions of magazine, newspaper and journal articles.
