Research Guides: SOCI 027D: Qualitative Methods (SC): Home

Research Tools for Sociology

Sociological Abstracts
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Find journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations and conference papers in the fields of sociology, social work and related disciplines as far back as 1963. Includes Social Services Abstracts journals.
JSTOR
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Provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.
Web of Science
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Find multidisciplinary scholarly articles (sciences, social sciences, and humanities). Citation searching also allows search for highly cited articles and books.

Tripod
Use Tripod to find books available from the TriCo Libraries

WorldCat
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A catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries. Includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings. Covers works published before 1,000 BC-present.

Annual Reviews

Annual Reviews publish review articles, which provide an overview of important scholarship on a particular topic, question, or issue.

These review articles are valuable for preparing a literature review because they highlight important authors, books, and articles on the topic. Annual Review articles also highlight areas of debate among scholars in the field.

Annual Review of Sociology
In publication since 1975, covers the significant developments in the field of Sociology. Topics include major theoretical and methodological developments as well as current research in the major subfields.

Scholarly Overviews

Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology
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Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on sociology.

Sociology handbooks & companions [Tripod search]
Sociology Compass
This journal publishes review articles that offer an introduction to the scholarship in Sociology on particular topics.