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This guide provides descriptions of commonly used library resources for sociological research.
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Academic Journals in Sociology

Some major scholarly journals in sociology are listed below. This list has been created to provide you with the briefest of introductions to sociological research. Please keep in mind that there are thousands of scholarly journals that publish articles by sociologists. When studying a topic, it is normally most efficient to search an index so you access scholarly articles from many sources.

American Sociological Review

The American Journal of Sociology

Annual Review of Sociology

Qualitative Sociology

Ethnography

Social Forces

The British Journal of Sociology

Journal of Marriage and Family

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

The Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Sociological Forum

Social Problems

Gender & Society

 
 

What Is A Scholarly Article?

Here is an excellent presentation that will help you to determine whether a periodical is popular or scholarly.  It was produced by our colleagues at Peabody Library, Vanderbilt University.

 

Major Sociology Indexes

  • Sociological Abstracts  
    Sociological Abstracts represents the fundamental index for sociological scholarship. As of 2005, it covered over 1800 journals. It also indexes books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. It contains hundreds of thousands of records and is updated regularly.
  • Social Sciences Citation Index  
    A comprehensive and multidisciplinary index. Contains a cited reference database which allows the user to determine where a particular work of scholarship has been cited.
  • International Bibliography of the Social Sciences  
    This index contains over two million records, has an international scope and provides regular coverage of over 2700 journals. It is updated on a quarterly basis.
  • SocINDEX with Full Text  
    SocINDEX offers coverage from many subdisciplines of sociology, including criminology, cultural sociology, demography, economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social structure, sociological theory and sociology of education among others.
 
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