Social Sciences & History Librarian
Article Databases
These are a few of the databases that are good to use for finding scholarly literature in sociology.
- Sage KnowledgeSearch through reference collections from Sage Publications, Inc. Hundreds of SAGE Reference titles providing students with the perfect place to start their research on key topics in the social and behavioral sciences
- SciFinder-nSciFinder-n is a new generation of SciFinder. It is the premiere reference tool for research in chemistry. SciFinder-n can be searched by research topic, substance identifier, chemical structure, chemical reaction, and/or author's name. SciFinder-n provides an interface for searching six integrated bibliographic, substance, and reaction databases. In addition to chemistry and biochemistry, it includes coverage in the areas of agricultural sciences, biology and life sciences, engineering sciences, food sciences, geological sciences, material sciences, medical sciences, physics, and polymer science. Find more detailed information.
- Sociology DatabaseThis database covers the international literature of sociology and social work, including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, religion, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and more. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts. As well as hundreds of full text scholarly journals, the database also includes over 500 recent full-text doctoral dissertations on sociology. Part of ProQuest Central. Find more detailed information.
Additional Sources
Although not traditional scholarly literature, these resources contain incredibly useful information on the environment and society (several recommended by Dr. Ternes).
- American Sociological Association (ASA)'s Section on Environmental SociologyEnvironmental Sociology brings together the tools of social sciences and applies them to these key issues of our day.
- Daily Climate environmental newsletterA publication of Environmental Health Sciences, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to driving science into public discussion and policy on environmental health issues, including climate change.
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ReportsThe IPCC prepares comprehensive Assessment Reports about knowledge on climate change, its causes, potential impacts and response options.
- Think Tank Searchallows you to search across the websites hundreds of "think tanks" (organizations that produce research on a variety of issues).
- Yale Program on Climate Change CommunicationAn organization that "conduct[s] scientific research on public climate change knowledge, attitudes, policy preferences, and behavior, and the underlying psychological, cultural, and political factors that influence them."