Sociology
Best bets to find academic journal articles for sociology
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SocIndex with Full Text
Covers a wide spectrum of disciplines like gender studies, justice studies, economics, psychology, and social work, with a strong focus on sociology and its sub-disciplines. Primarily consists of journal articles, along with books, working papers, dissertations, and conference proceedings. It also features profiles of prolific authors.
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Sociological AbstractsCoverage: 1963+
Maximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
Covers journal articles, conference papers, books, dissertations, and conference papers, book reviews related theoretical & applied sociology, social science, & policy science. Topics include sociological aspects of anthropology, gender studies, gerontology, family studies, health, racial interactions, social psychology, social work, urban studies, etc.
Additional article databases
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Academic Search Ultimate
Access to popular press magazines and peer-reviewed scholarly journals across various academic disciplines, including open-access journals and historic Associated Press videos.
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Alt-PressWatch
Access full-text articles from selected independent newspapers, magazines, and journals offering alternative perspectives on local, national, and international issues.
Coverage: 1970+
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Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
This resource includes bibliographic records and full text of journals related to criminal justice and criminology. Subjects covered include: corrections, prisons, criminal investigations, forensic sciences, investigation, substance abuse, addiction, probation, and parole.
Coverage: 1968+
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Dissertations & Theses Global
A collection of full-text dissertations and theses featuring millions of searchable citations from 1861 to present. It includes over a million downloadable PDFs, full text for most entries since 1997, and comprehensive coverage of older works, including PQDT UK & Ireland content.
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Family Studies Abstracts
Covers the major journals in the field of family studies; topics include marriage, divorce, family therapy, children, parenthood, and more.
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Google Scholar (with Library Links)
Find scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed journal articles, books, theses and dissertations, conference papers, pre-prints, technical reports, and other publications for all research disciplines. The link enables ASU affiliates to include ASU Library’s full text and InterLibrary Loan Services in a search.
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Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)
Bibliographic database that provides citations to articles in a wide range of English language journals in the humanities and social sciences for the period 1907-1984.
Coverage: 1907-1984
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LGBTQ+ Source
The premier database for LGBTQ+ studies offers full-text scholarly and popular publications, primary sources, books, magazines, and newspapers, along with a specialized thesaurus featuring thousands of terms.
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PAIS Index
Indexes global research on public policy and social issues, covering scholarly articles, books, government documents, grey literature, reports, and more. Content in multiple languages.
PAIS International (1976 to present) contains records for over half a million journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more.
PAIS Archive (1915 to 1976) is a retrospective conversion of the PAIS Annual Cumulated Bulletin, volumes 1-62, published 1915-1976 and contains over 1.23 million records covering monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, and analytics.
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Policy Commons
Access to global grey literature, including reports, papers, and datasets from think tanks, NGOs, and policy groups, supports research in public policy and social sciences.
Policy Commons includes a cross-search for the following modules:
- Global Think Tanks
Search policy research and analysis from leading think tanks worldwide on international and domestic issues. - North American City Reports
Urban policy documents and reports from North American cities on climate change, public health, and social equity. - Public Health and Social Care
Find global research, policy, and reports on health systems, social care, and population well-being. - World Cities and Local Governments
Explore reports, plans, and data from city halls, councils, and regional governments around the globe. - World Governments
Access national government publications, data, and policy documents from countries across the world.
- Global Think Tanks
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PsycINFO
Expertly indexed abstracts and citations for global peer-reviewed research in psychology and related behavioral, social science, and mental health fields.
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Reveal Digital
Cross-search open-access primary source collections focused on social movements, minority communities, and alternative press publications.
Cross-search all 6 collections with this single interface or explore them individually:
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SAGE Research Methods
Offers tools, reference works, and case studies to support every step of the research process across a range of disciplines and methodologies.
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Social Explorer
Enables exploration of U.S. demographic and social data through interactive maps and reports for analyzing population trends and community change.
Users can create a free personal account to save work.
To create an account:
- While on campus (or connected via institutional login), open Social Explorer.
- Click Create Account and enter your asurite@asu.edu email address.
- Verify your email, then set your name and password.
- Use this account for remote access, saving maps, and collaborating on projects.
- Re-authenticate every three months by logging in again to ASU's network.
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Social Services AbstractsCoverage: 1980+
Maximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
This database covers current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including, but not limited to, welfare services, social education & practice, community & mental health services, poverty, homelessness, social & health policy, and welfare services. Included are abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, and citations to book reviews. -
Statista
A statistics portal that integrates data on markets, industries, media, business, finance, politics, population, opinion, lifestyles and a wide variety of other areas of interest. Provides ready-made charts, graphs, and tables. Includes AI assistant: ResearchAI