LibGuides: Sociology: Finding Articles

Finding Articles

A literature review on any topic begins with a thorough search for books using the Reed Library catalog. In order to conduct a more thorough search, including through the journal literature and other source materials, more tools are needed. These sources are especially useful for students of Sociology.

Annual Review of Sociology (1930 - Present)
Article-length reviews of topics in the academic literature in sociology.

Contemporary Sociology
A journal of review essays and short book reviews, organized by twelve broad categories (e.g., ideology and cultural production; social control and law; inequalities). The review essays generally cover one or more books by a leading author compare two or three books on a topic, or present a symposium by a number of authors on an important book, topic or debate in sociology.

Scopus
A replacement for Web of Science, Scopus indexes content from 24,600 active titles and 5,000 publishers which is rigorously vetted and selected by an independent review board, and uses a rich underlying metadata architecture to connect people, published ideas and institutions.
Social Sciences Abstracts (1983 - Present)
Articles from major English language journals in the social sciences.
Sociological Abstracts (1952 - Present)
The primary research database for sociologists is an important research tool for cultural anthropologists as well. Abstracts of scholarly articles, book reviews, and conference papers.
Coverage Dates: 1952 - Present
JSTOR
Full text archive of scholarly journals and primary sources in various disciplines. As of August 2024, the interdisciplinary library of images once known as Artstor has been completely incorporated within the JSTOR platform. Artstor images will appear in all searches, or you can use the Browse Images function.
ProQuest Central
Multidisciplinary database that provides some full text and some citations for thousands of journals. A good starting place for beginning research and quickly finding articles for a variety of topics.