Guides: Sociology: Articles & Journals

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Frequently used article databases

SocINDEX (EBSCO)
SocINDEX offers comprehensive coverage of sociology and related areas of study.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
A multi-disciplinary database with articles in most areas of study. Be sure to select the peer-review checkbox to filter for scholarly articfles.
Gender Studies Database (EBSCO)
Find articles related to women’s studies, sexual diversity, men’s studies;
APA PsycINFO (EBSCO)
Find psychology articles, books, chapters, & dissertations.

Recognizing Sociological Work

1. Check the journal name. Sometimes these explicitly include “Sociology” or Sociological”, however, there are sociological journals that don’t have “sociology” in their name (i.e., Journal of Marriage and Families). Sociological research is published in related or interdisciplinary fields, such as criminology; in this case, you can look at the journal’s website to see if it is sociological.

2. Check the subject terms assigned to the article by the database (to ensure the use of sociological terms. If a variation on sociological terms is present, a good argument can be made that the article is sociological). You can find these in the record for the article.

3. Check the author’s institutional affiliation (whether they are working in a sociological department or not).

4. Look for the presence and use of sociological perspectives (i.e. The sociological imagination) as well as for the use of sociological theories (functionalism, interactionism, Marxism-conflict theory, feminism, and post-modern/post-structural).

5. Look at the subject area of the author for terms like sociology, sociological perspective

Thanks to Dr. Sandra Colavecchia, Greg Neapen, and Jennifer Easter for their work in developing this checklist for recognizing sociological work.

Multidisciplinary databases and journal collections relevant to Sociology

Anthropological Index Online
Lists holdings of The Anthropology Library at the British Museum; no full-text.
Cambridge University Press Journals (CRKN)
A collection of 329 electronic journals covering all subject areas.
CBCA Complete (ProQuest)
With over 4.5 million records and more than 1,680 titles, CBCA Complete is ideal for anyone interested in current events, business, science, the arts, and education as produced in Canada. Includes 640 full-text periodicals and daily news sources (over 480 of which are Canadian), plus indexing to an additional 1,100 other titles (over 95% Canadian). Updated daily with full-text content (1985 to present) and bibliographic content (1971 to present).
EBSCO Databases
Collection of all databases provided by EBSCO. You may select which databases you wish to include in your search. Databases include: Academic Source Premier, AgeLine, Agricola, Humanities International Complete, Business Source Premier, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Medline,and ERIC.
GreenFILE (EBSCO)
focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond.
Indigenous Peoples: North America (Gale)
This archive of primary sources includes monograph, manuscript, newspaper, periodical and photograph collections.
JSTOR (CRKN)
Eight multidisciplinary and discipline-specific collections that includes archives of 1000+ leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
LGBTQ+ Source (EBSCO)
Index for world literature on gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans-gender issues. At present there is a limited full-text component.
Medline (EBSCO)
A sub-set of PubMed; 4,600 biomedical journals indexed/abstracted, with links to full-text in Academic Search Premier.
Periodicals Archive Online (CRKN - ProQuest)
Periodicals Archive Online is a full-text journal archive covering close to 500 titles in the humanities and the social sciences with an emphasis on access to the backfiles of key academic journals.
Project Muse
Over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.
PubMed
Over 15 million citations from MEDLINE and the biomedical and life sciences literature dating back to the 1950's. PubMed includes links to some sites providing full text.
In May 2020 PubMed changed its interface. The Welch Medical Library video reviews the changes and provides a great introduction to searching the database.
SAGE Journals (CRKN)
Peer-reviewed journals in Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies & Planning
Science Direct (CRKN - Elsevier)
A collection of 2,395 full-text multi-disciplinary journals.
Taylor & Francis: Social Sciences and Humanities Collection (CRKN)
A collection of 662 electronic journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Wiley Online Library (CRKN)
A collection of 1,217 full-text multi-disciplinary journals.

Selection of Core Journals at the Mount

American Journal of Economics and Sociology Vol. 1, 1941 to the present (online)

American Journal of Sociology Vol. 1, 1895 to the present (online)

American Sociological Review Vol. 1, 1936 to the present (online)

American Sociologist Vol. 1, 1965 to Vol. 37, 2006 (print). Vol. 18, 1987 to the present (online)

Canadian Ethnic Studies Vol. 1, 1969 to the present (online)

Canadian Journal of Sociology Vol. 1, 1975 to the present (online)

Canadian Review of Sociology Vol. 29, 1992 to the present (online)

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 1, 1964 to Vol. 44, 2007 (print). Vol. 36, 1999 to Vol. 44, 2007 (online).

Canadian Social Trends 1986 to the present (print). 1995 to the present (online)

Comparative Studies in Society and History Vol. 1, 1958 to the present (online)

Contemporary Sociology Vol. 1, 1972 to the present (online)

Current Sociology Vol. 31, 1983 to Vol. 52, 2004 (print). Vol 47, 1999 to the present (online)

Directions: Research Reviews from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation 2008 to 2011 (print). Call no. F1035 A1 D57

International Review for the Sociology of Sport Vol. 19,1984) to Vol. 30, 1995 (print). Vol. 34 (1999) to present (online)

Journal of Social History Vol. 1, 1967/68 to the present (online)

Journal of Social Issues Vol. 1, 1945 to Vol. 63, 2007 (print). Vol. 51, 1995 to present (online)

Social Forces Vol. 1, 1922 to the present (online)

Social Policy Vol. 2, 1971/72 to Vol. 38, 2007/08 (print). Vol. 21, 1990 to present (online)

Social Problems Vol. 1, 1953 to Vol. 55, 2008 (online)

Social Research Vol. 1, 1934 to the present (online)

Society Vol. 1, 1963 to the present (online)

Sociological Inquiry Vol. 31, 1961 to the present (online)

Sociological Quarterly Vol. 1, 1960 to the present (online)

Sociological Theory Vol. 1, 1983 to the present (online)

Sociology of Religion Vol. 1, 1940 to the present (online)

Work and Occupations Vol. 10, 1983 to Vol. 31, 2004 (print). Vol. 26, 1999 to present (online)

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