LibGuides: SOC/CRJ 4324: Social Science Research Methods: Databases

Databases

Why use these: To find scholarly articles from journals, to find magazine articles, and to find newspaper articles in one search.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
This database covers many subjects found at colleges and universities. Contains articles from thousands of journals, magazines, news sources, and videos from the Associated Press.
APA PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
Articles from 45 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Provides researchers with access to reports that cover different controversial topics going back to 1991.
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Contains articles from journals and magazines covering areas related to criminal justice and criminology.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window
This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR offers journals, ebooks, and primary source collections, allowing researchers to retrieve high-resolution scanned images as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The resources archived in JSTOR span many disciplines.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni features the following: 1. Thousands of news sources from all over the world. 2. Legal court cases and law reviews 3. Company dossiers and information. Replaces LexisNexis Academic.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
More than 470 full-text journals cover topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and much more.
Race Relations Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An essential resource for ethnic and racial studies, this database includes abstracting for the top academic journals, books, periodicals and newspapers related to the field, with coverage dating back to 1903.
Sage Journals This link opens in a new window
Provides access to journals for the Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Technology, and Medicine.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Contains articles from journals and magazines, plus books and conference papers on all aspects of sociology. The full text in the title means that for some the resources, the entire resource in available in the database.
Women and Social Movements 1600-2000: Scholar's Edition This link opens in a new window
This database contains 130 document projects and document archives that present and interpret primary source documents. In addition, there are many other publications, including a biographical dictionary and an encyclopedia included.