Databases
Databases are computerized subject guides to magazines, journals, newspapers, and other materials. For more choices than those listed below, go to the Jackson Library home page, then click on Databases.
SocIndex
with Full Text (SIFT) (EBSCO)
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Comprehensive coverage of sociology and related areas including criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, substance abuse & other addictions, violence, etc.
- Some full text from articles from thousands of journals and the full text of some books and conference papers
- Abstracts of some of the core journals date as far back as 1895.
Humanities
and Social Science Retrospective
(Wilson) - Citations only to the core scholarly, English-language journals published between 1907 and 1984
Sociological Abstracts
- Abstracts for 2,000+ journals plus books, conference papers, and other materials in sociology, social psychology, social work, community development, criminal justice, demography and feminist studies
- International in scope. Many foreign language titles
- 1963 +
- More info
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
- Indexes hundreds of journals covering disciplines such as social work, psychology, sociology, political science, and health
- Selected topics: family studies, criminology, geriatrics, unemployment, immigration, race relations
- 1987 +
- More info
JSTOR
- Full text of many core sociology, psychology, and population studies journals
- Coverage begins with the first issue but does not include the last 3-5 years
- More info
- One of the largest of the full-text databases, with citations, abstracts and some full-text for English-language general periodicals and scholarly journals dealing with all subject areas including education, psychology, sociology, social work, and family studies
- 1980 +
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
- Our largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database.
- Dates of coverage vary by title; full text from about 1990 to date
- More info
- Mix of scholarly and popular journals, many full-text, from a variety of disciplines including sociology and family studies
- 1971 +; full text coverage varies by title
- More info
- Full text articles from journals, magazines, transcripts, newspapers, newsletters, and other sources
- International in scope
- Particularly important for current news stories
- Dates of coverage vary by title
- More info
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
- Summaries of federal, state, and local government reports and transcripts, books, research reports, training materials, program descriptions, statistics, journal articles, audiovisual products, and unpublished research
- Covers corrections, courts, drugs and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, hate crimes, school safety, ex-offender programs, domestic preparedness, and victims of crime.
- The NCJRS Virtual Library is a separate collection of several thousand full text publications from the web sites of the agencies of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. This full text database must be searched separately from the main database.
- 1970 +
PsycINFO
(EBSCO)
- 1000+ journals, most peer-reviewed, plus book chapters and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines such as sociology and psychiatry
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Some full text; links through Journal Finder to additional full text
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Selected topics: motivational and behavioral assessment, social psychology, community mental health, sociological factors affecting mental health, etc.
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Cited references: shows citations or links to full text journal articles citing older books or articles
- 1872 +
- More info
PsycArticles (EBSCO)
- Full text of about 50 core journals including all publications of the Amer. Psychological Assn
- Sample topics: forensics, criminal behavior, social processes, and social issues
- Mainly 1988 to present but varies by title
- More info
Social
Work Abstracts (EBSCO)
- Thousands of abstracts of journal articles and dissertations on social work and related disciplines such as child and family welfare, sociology, crime and delinquency, and community health
- International in scope
- 1977 +
- More info
Help using this database
- News, culture and history from several hundred U.S. publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press
- Full text titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press
- Dates vary by title with most beginning full text coverage in the 1990s. A few date as far back as the 1960s
- Over 180,000 bibliographic records and abstracts drawn from over 1,000 professional journals as well as books, popular literature, conference papers, and government reports. Includes research, policy and practice literature in the fields of family science, human ecology and human development.
- Considerable Australian material. Limited amount of these materials available in Jackson library.
- 1970 +
- More info
- Indexes thousands of peer-reviewed science and social science journals
- Citation database: references cited by the authors of the journal articles they cover. You can use these cited references as search terms
- Cited reference search: allows you to find articles from journals citing a book or an article
- Indexes articles, bibliographies, book reviews, editorials, letters, meeting abstracts, notes, review papers, reviews of software, and more
- Includes Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index
- 1955 +
Book Review Information
- Provides indexing of reviews of current, English-language fiction and non-fiction books.
- Indexes book reviews from thousands of journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- Coverage: 1965 to date
- Largest of the full text databases and one of the best places to start to look for book reviews
- See additional description above.
- Guide to electronic and print book review sources including those available through various periodical indexes
Sociology Resources
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Nancy Ryckman
Sociology Librarian
