Research Guides: Sociology: Article Search Tools

Primary Sociology Databases

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science indexes a relatively small, select number of core journal articles in journals that get cited the most, conference proceedings, data sets, and other resources in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. It also includes access to EndNote Online. You can limit your search to "Editions: Social Sciences Citation Index"
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar provides the widest search for scholarly literature. This link goes through the Temple proxy and should show you the articles and documents to which Temple has direct access (but not books and book chapters. See https://answers.library.temple.edu/faq/262762) It covers disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Sociological Abstracts provides coverage of the world's literature on sociology and applied aspects of sociology.
ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Social Science Premium Collection contains international literature in social sciences, including politics, public policy, sociology, social work, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, library science, and education.
ProQuest Sociology Database This link opens in a new window
Sociology Database covers the international literature of sociology and social work, including relevant titles from related fields such as social policy, social care, social services, social anthropology, gender studies, gerontology, social psychology and population studies.
ProQuest Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
Social Science Database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts contains journals from various countries focusing on health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.
Annual Reviews Online This link opens in a new window
Annual Reviews Online provides research literature in various disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences.
PAIS International This link opens in a new window
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PAIS covers issues in the public debate through selective coverage of international sources including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content. PAIS International is the current file covering 1972 to present, and PAIS Archive includes the content from printed volumes published 1915-1976.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences This link opens in a new window
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences includes bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.

Sociology Collection
This collection provides access to Sociological Abstracts in combination with other databases covering the international literature in sociology and social services, along with related fields. Together, it provides abstracts, indexing and full-text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and more, including full-text from hundreds of leading sociology journals.
Social Science Database
Social Science Database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides page images of back issues of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and basic sciences from the earliest issues to current publication.

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SimplyAnalytics (formerly SimplyMap)
Concurrent user limit: 10
SimplyAnalytics is a web-based mapping application that permits users to create thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing variables. Maps can be exported as high-resolution images; data can be selected, sorted, and compared to build custom reports that can be exported to a spreadsheet
PolicyMap
Policy Map is a web-based Geographic Information System that provides a simple mechanism for visualizing data. Available data includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores, quality of life (including crime) and labor data such as unemployment.
Social Explorer
Explore 220 years of demographic data with over 20,000 socio-economic indicators between 1790 and the present. Includes all decennial censuses, American Community Surveys, and two religion surveys.
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 provides digital access to large-scale maps of American towns and cities. Sanborn maps contain data that can be used to estimate the potential risk for urban structures. This includes information such as the outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors.

Research guide: Using Sanborn Maps, especially in Philadelphia. Details provided assume you have access to Charles Library databases at Temple. Prepared by Dr. RalphTaylor.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from Penn State
Penn State University Maps Library has a near complete collection of digital Sanborn Fire Insurance maps for the state of Pennsylvania.

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