Sociology
| ** Guide to Sociology |
A library guide to researching topics in sociology |
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| Annual Reviews |
Collection of Annual Review Journals featuring literature reviews in the fields of Social Science. Access level: John Jay |
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| Ethnic Newswatch |
Provides access to more than 200 newspapers, magazines and journals from the ethnic, minority and native press. Includes materials in Spanish. To find movie reviews limit the document type to movie review. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess level: CUNY |
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| Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) |
A comprehensive streaming video collection of 1,000s of full length educational videos and clips covering a broad range of topics. You can search by title, by keywords in segments, browsing titles alphabetically, and browsing or searching within the subject area. Most of the titles in the collection have closed-captioning and many have interactive transcripts. Access level: John Jay |
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| International Bibliography of the Social Sciences |
An index to the social sciences that is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Access level: John Jay |
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| Sage Journals |
Access level: John Jay |
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| Sage Knowledge Collection |
A searchable collection of subject encyclopedias, including major titles in criminal justice, research methods, psychology, and social issues from Sage publishers. Formerly called Sage e-Reference Collection. Access level: John Jay |
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| SCOPUS |
Abstract and citation database to peer-reviewed journal titles from international publishers in science, technology, social science and medicine. Results can be refined by author affiliation, funding source, and more. Coverage from the 1960's to the present. Access level: John Jay |
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| Social Explorer |
Displays interactive maps of U.S. Census data going back to 1790, U.S. election data, U.S. crime data (FBI/UCR), World Development Indicators, and more. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess level: CUNY |
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| Social Science CItation Index (Web of Science) |
Indexes the world’s leading scholarly literature in the social sciences (1956-present). |
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| Social Sciences Full Text |
Provides accesses to journals in anthropology, criminology, economics, law, geography, policy studies, psychology, sociology, social work, and urban studies from 1983 to the present and indexes material from 1929 to 1983. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess level: CUNY |
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| Social Sciences Premium Collection (ProQuest) |
Compilation of ProQuest collections in the social sciences with deep coverage of sociology, politics (including PAIS International), criminal justice, education (including ERIC), and linguistics. Provides abstracts, indexing and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more. Access level: John Jay |
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| Social Services Abstracts |
Accesses journal articles, book reviews, dissertations, and current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Coverage from 1980 to the present. Access level: John Jay |
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| SocINDEX with Full Text |
Contains core coverage journals dating back to 1895, and some priority coverage journals. Also includes full text for many books, monographs, and conference papers. Alternate access via library barcodeAccess level: CUNY |
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| Sociological Abstracts |
Scholarly articles, books, and dissertations in sociology and subdisciplines. Coverage from 1952 to the present. Access level: John Jay |
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| SSRN |
Very large, well established repository of social science (and other) academic papers. It was founded in 1994 as an open repository, but bought in 2017 by a for-profit publisher, Elsevier. The vast majority of the papers hosted on the site are free to download. Access level: Freely available to the public |
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| Very Short Introductions |
Short but authoritative introductions to topics written by authors who are experts in their field. These short introductions cover a range of subjects in the arts and humanities, law, medicine and health, science and mathematics and the social sciences. Access level: John Jay |
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| Web of Science |
Indexes the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Includes: Arts and humanities citation index (1975-present); Science citation index (1900-present); Social sciences citation index (1956-present) and Emerging Sources Citation Index (2015 to present). Access level: John Jay |
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