LibGuides: Sociology: Find Articles

Article Databases and Indexes

These are the best places to start looking for articles in Sociology. You can also see our full list of Electronic Resources.

Sociological Abstracts
Comprehensive index of articles from journals worldwide in sociology and related disciplines (e.g. social anthropology, demography, community development, social psychology).

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Gerritsen Collection
This database is the definitive cross-cultural resource for information on women's history. It spans more than four centuries and includes over two million pages.
Canadian Business and Current Affairs
Index to articles in >700 Canadian magazines and newspapers. Includes company, product and industry information; international, national, provincial & local news.
SAGE Journals Online
Full-text access to over 460 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Periodicals Archive Online
Full-text back issues of key academic journals in the humanities and social sciences. International in scope, with 500 full-run titles spanning 200 years.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
Huge multidisciplinary index of articles in over 8,500 Social Sciences journals.

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* French content
* German content
* Gaelic content
* Spanish content
ProQuest Research Library
This is the previous 'ProQuest' database in this list. As of March 2021, it is also included in the larger ProQuest Central database.

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Open Access Journals

Get access to free online sociology journals. Some are peer-reviewed and most are academic.

Directory of Open Access Journals