Guides: Sociology: Articles & Journals

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.

Multidisciplinary databases and journal collections relevant to Sociology

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.