An excellent place to begin is by doing broad searches of our research databases. Use as many keywords as necessary to narrow down your searches, and try to limit your results to peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles. Depending upon the guidelines provided by your professor, you may also be able to use newspapers and other sources. You can find a list of peer-reviewed journals and links to social science databases below.
Full text for nearly 4000 scholarly publications in almost every discipline including social sciences, humanities, education, arts & literature, and many more.
Has Peer Reviewed: Yes
Searchable in Discovery: Yes
Our only database dedicated solely to scholarly literature with articles in the fields of history, politicial science, archaeology, art history, anthropology, literature and languages, music, and more; however, JSTOR usually is unable to provide access to the most recently published articles.
Has Peer Reviewed: Yes
Searchable in Discovery: Yes
Provides access to over 600 journal titles in business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine with backfile to 1999.
Has Peer Reviewed: Yes
Searchable in Discovery: Yes
Full text journal articles from physical and behavioral science journals, covering a range of disciplines, from the theoretical to the applied.
Has Peer Reviewed: Yes
Searchable in Discovery: Yes
SocINDEX with Full Text is a robust sociology research database. It provides access to nearly 500 full-text, peer-reviewed sociology journals covering many studies.
If you need assistance in searching for any of the specific journals below in the Library's databases, feel free to reach out to a librarian - whether in-person or online! It is our job to help you find what you need to complete your assignments.
American Journal of Sociology - Available via SocINDEX or JSTOR.
American Sociological Review - The journal of the American Sociological Association (ASA). This journal is available online via SAGE Premier, JSTOR, and SocINDEX.
Contemporary Sociology - Available in full-text through JSTOR.
Journal of Health & Social Behavior - Available in full-text through SAGE Premier, JSTOR, and SocINDEX.
Sociological Methodology - Available in full-text through SAGE Premier.
Sociological Theory - Available in full-text via JSTOR, SAGE Premier, and SocINDEX.
Sociology of Education - Available in full-text via JSTOR, SAGE Premier, and SocINDEX.
If you want to begin with Google, I would suggest starting with Google Scholar. When accessing articles via Google, keep in mind that full-text will not be available unless you are opening the article through one of our databases. The Proctor Library provides you with access - so the best thing to do is to copy down the citation for the article that you would like to read, then use the Journal Finder tab on the Library's website to see whether or not we have the full-text available.
If for some reason the Library does not have full-text access to an article that you need, there is always the option to submit an interlibrary loan request for the article.