Sociology

A comprehensive business database that contains full-text articles from scholarly and trade journals, magazines, SWOT analyses, company profiles, market research reports and more covering all aspects of business and management, accounting and finance and economics.

The database offers abstracts, citations, and full-text articles from scholarly and trade journals pertaining to communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies, and related fields.

ERIC (EBSCO) is a database of literature in the field of education. While not dedicated to higher education, it will be helpful to students researching campus related issues.

Google Scholar can be a helpful supplement to the library's suite of databases. In particular, Google Scholar is a nice tool for performing forward citation searches. When using Google Scholar be sure to evaluate your source carefully. Link to UmassD in your settings to locate full text in the library catalog.

JSTOR is a full-text archive of scholarly journal articles. Search JSTOR if you have a VERY specific topic. Most records do not include abstracts.

This database includes citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and more. It offers broad coverage of the political science literature, including subjects such as comparative politics, law and legislation, humanitarian issues, international relations, political theory, and non-governmental organizations.

This database includes citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from scholarly and trade journals, magazines, newspapers, and more. This multidisciplinary database contains the content of the most used ProQuest databases with several subjects areas covered extensively including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences, and more.

PsychInfo (EBSCO) may be a useful secondary database for students researching sociological topics that have psychological aspects.

This database includes citations, abstracts, and some full-text scholarly journal articles from National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE database. Topics include pre-clinical sciences, healthcare, clinical medicine, biomedical research, nursing, and allied health, among others. Includes access to PubMed Central.

SocIndex (EBSCO) will be a good starting point for many Soc/Ant topics. It covers all subdisciplines of sociology, including anthropology and crime & justice studies.

Women's Studies International (EBSCO) is a useful database when researching gender related issues.