Research Guides: Sociology: Welcome

Best Places To Start

Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) This link opens in a new window
Covers health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
Covers core disciplines across the social sciences including sociology, social work, anthropology, politics and other areas, featuring journals from several countries, facilitating multidisciplinary research and providing researchers with a variety of perspectives.

Google Scholar

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Search engine for scholarly literature from Google.
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Consult a librarian

Make an appointment for a consultation with a librarian who specializes in your subject area using our Request a Consultation form or visit the Subject Librarians page for a list of librarians and their email and phone contact information.

RefWorks 2.0

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Bibliography management tool for research. Registration required.
RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool. It is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

Sociology: Welcome

The study of human social relationship and institutions.

Best Places To Start

Google Scholar

Consult a librarian

RefWorks 2.0