Scholarly Research in Sociology: Overview

Finding Peer-Reviewed Research in Sociology

Start with a broad keyword search in the databases below and use the limiters (usually along the left side) to narrow and focus your results.

• Read the abstracts of several articles and save those that might be of interest. 
• Use those first few to glean additional keywords and subject terms to re-run your search. 
• Collect more than you are planning to use and evaluate and examine their references. 
• Discard the less useful articles and repeat this process.
• Watch for journals that specialize in your topic and browse those journals.  
• Note the names of authors working in your area of interest and search them by name.

To cross-search the Ebsco databases below (search more than one at a time), select "Choose databases" on the Ebsco screen next to the database name and select additional databases from the list.  This will dramatically enlarge your search results.  

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Statistics and Demographics

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