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SOAN 098: Senior Research Project Master Class (SC)

Sociology & Anthropology 98: Senior Research Project Master Class (Schuetze) Fall 2024

Sociology Databases

Find Articles in Sociology
 

Use these databases to find articles and books in sociology.

Connect to Resources

Select the Bryn Mawr; letter B in a red circle Haverford; letter H in a dark blue circle Swarthmore; letter S in a yellow circle shortcut for your school to access a library resource.

Example Searches

When searching a database, choose and combine your terms carefully.

Compare these two searches:

  1. disaster OR hurricane OR flood OR crisis // Give me articles that mention at least one of these terms
  2. disaster anthropology hurricane Louisiana // Give me articles that match all four of these terms

Each of those searches can be helpful - but it depends on which database you're using.

  1. Best used in databases: Anthropology Plus, Sociological Abstracts  (because you're only searching abstracts, not texts)
  2. Best used in Tripod, JSTOR, Google Scholar  (large collections that include some full-text)

 

Copy and paste the following search into Tripod - how many results do you get? Then try the search in Sociological Abstracts.
(disaster OR hurricane OR flood OR crisis) AND (Louisiana OR "United States")

Other databases useful for finding sources in Sociology