Research Guides: Sociology: Articles

EBSCOHOST Sociology Databases

SocINDEX
Coverage: 1895 - current. Indexes core sociology journals dating back to 1895. More focused on sociology as a discipline than Sociological Abstracts.

EBSCOHOST databases of primary interest:

Social Sciences Abstracts With Full Text
Coverage: 1972 - current. International, English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law. Broader coverage than SocIndex. Upgraded to full text version in July 2017.

EBSCOHOST: Other Databases of Interest

Tutt Library subscribes to many databases on EBSCOHOST. You can search more than one simultaneously by going to "Choose Databases" and selecting several databases from the list. Here's a sample:

Academic Search Complete
Coverage: 1865 - current. Large database with extensive full text access to journals, in addition to abstracts and indexing. Subject coverage is general and broad.
Education Source
Comprehensive education database from EBSCO, encompassing Education Abstracts, some of ERIC, Professional Development Collection, and other materials.
Gender Studies Database
Coverage: pre-1972 - current. Combines the Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with sexual diversity issues and gender-engaged scholarship. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations, and freely available full text articles & documents on the Web.
SPORTdiscus
Coverage: 1975 - current. Covering all aspects of sport, fitness, recreation, and related fields.

Google Scholar

Not sure where to search?

Google Scholar
Retrieves citations to a wide variety of research papers, thesis, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. Check for possible full text by using Colorado College Links or Colorado College e-texts buttons next to the citations.

Web of Science

Web of Science
Coverage: 1900 - current. Citation-based searching in all disciplines. Includes Science Citation Index (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1900-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present).

Advanced database for searching citations of scholarly journals; includes the Social Sciences Citation Index.

Resources A-Z

Need more article sources? Consult our full A-Z list.

JSTOR

JSTOR is a scholarly journal archives with some Sociology titles.

Although many journals in JSTOR are archives only, JSTOR is now starting to host current content (the most recent issues).

Browse Sociology journals on JSTOR

Newspapers

Access World News: Research Collection
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Comprehensive news coverage at the international, national, state and regional levels. Dates covered: varies by title; older news sources often start in 1985, but some articles date back from the early twentieth century.
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
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Coverage: 1977 - current. Access to popular press material such as newspaper articles. Also contains law review articles. NOT FOR WALK-IN USE PER LICENSE. Reference librarian on duty may consult for a public patron at the Research Desk computer.