Research Guides: Sociology: Articles

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Social Science Article Databases

Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Social and behavioral sciences journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers; includes culture and social structure; health and medicine and law; policy, planning; religion and science; women's studies.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Contains newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press. It also provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
GenderWatch contains archival material dating back to 1970. This database includes journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings and governmental NGO and special reports devoted to women's and gender issues.
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
The PAIS Index covers global public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics. It includes international sources such as journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more. Newspapers and newsletters are not included.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic references to articles, books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951; unique in its broad coverage of international material, over 100 languages and countries. Focus primarily in anthropology, economics, political science and sociology.
World Politics Review This link opens in a new window
Provides analysis of critical global trends with particular attention to important but undercovered stories as well as underexamined aspects of the news making headlines. It also works to cover often-ignored corners of the world independently of whether and how they affect U.S. interests.
Website interface accessible at https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/
Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
An index of research, policy and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. Includes coverage on political affairs & law, cultural heritage, ethnic diversity & anthropology, significant religious events & movements and recent history & archaeology.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing from political science literature, as well as international relations, law, and public administration/policy.
Archives of Sexuality and Gender This link opens in a new window
Primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, gender, social movements and activism, norms, erotica, etc. LGBTQ community experiences (of different races, ethnicities, ages, religions, political orientations, and geographical locations).

Top Journals

Taylor & Francis Journals Online This link opens in a new window Provides full-text access to articles in the sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities. Quick search options include searching articles by citation, articles by text, and by specific publications. Quick browse options include browsing by publications, publishers, and subjects.
Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window Each article acts as a guide to the current scholarship on a topic, and includes commentary and annotations.

Disparate Voices

Third World Newsreel [TWN] Channel [AVON]
An alternative media arts organization that fosters the creation, appreciation and dissemination of independent film and video by and about people of color and social justice issues.
AlterNative Journal
Internationally peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal on latest thinking and practice in Indigenous scholarship, on Indigenous worldviews and experiences of decolonization from Indigenous perspectives from around the world.

Left Index This link opens in a new window
The Left Index covers the literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship both inside and outside of academia. Try Jacobin Magazine for more American Left perspectives.
This database only allows 5 simultaneous users.
World Politics Review This link opens in a new window
Provides analysis of critical global trends with particular attention to important but undercovered stories as well as underexamined aspects of the news making headlines. It also works to cover often-ignored corners of the world independently of whether and how they affect U.S. interests.
Website interface accessible at https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/
Cannabis NewsHub: Research Edition This link opens in a new window
News and information for cannabis, hemp and marijuana. Created specifically for industry professionals, it delivers current and retrospective coverage of the topics that drive innovation, change and growth in the space. Content comes from thousands of global, regional, national and local publications, including dozens of industry-specific sources.

Google Scholar Metrics

Google Scholar Metrics

"Google Scholar Metrics enable authors to gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications. Scholar Metrics summarize recent citations to many publications, to help authors as they consider where to publish their new research."

To get started, browse the top 100 publications in several languages, ordered by their five-year h-index and h-median metrics. To see which articles in a publication were cited the most and who cited them, click on its h-index number to view the articles as well as the citations underlying the metrics.

To browse publications in a broad area of research, select one of the areas in the left column. For example: SOCIAL SCIENCE.

To explore specific research areas, select one of the broad areas like SOCIAL SCIENCE, click on the "Subcategories" link and then select one of the options.

Google Scholar: Top publications (English language)
About Google Scholar Metrics
"Google Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications. Scholar Metrics summarize recent citations to many publications, to help authors as they consider where to publish their new research..."

Impact - Journals

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) This link opens in a new window
A tool to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals from publishers in over 80 countries. It is the only source of citation data on journals, and includes virtually all areas of science, technology, and social sciences.
Ulrichsweb: Global Serials Directory This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic and access information for over 300,000 serials. Entries provide ISSN, publisher, language, subject, abstracting & indexing coverage, full-text database coverage, tables of contents, and reviews written by librarians.