Sociology 315: Spring 2005

Articles, Databases, and Electronic Journals and Newspapers

Some of the databases below contain both popular and research information. Be sure to evaluate the sources in these databases before using them.

• ABI/Inform
  • Contains U.S. and international articles on business and management topics.
  • Includes some full text; note that many journals will NOT have the most recent articles, due to embargoes which restrict release of full-text articles until one year after publication.
  • Full text of past articles of Journal of Management (to 1997), Journal of Human Resources (to 1998), and Administrative Science Quarterly (to 2001).
    
• Academic Search Elite
  • A general database that contains both scholarly and popular journal sources.
  • Many articles are available in full text.
  • Full text current articles from such sociological journals as Annual Review of Sociology and American Journal of Sociology are available.
    
• Annual Review of Sociology
  • Patrons can link to the index of this respected source of sociology research for free.
  • The library does not subscribe to this resource in full-text.
  • However, full text articles from this resource can be found in a number of online databases, such as Academic Search Elite, Wilson Select Plus, ProQuest Psychology, JSTOR, and Periodical Abstracts.
    
• Business Source Elite
  • A database that contains both scholarly and popular journal sources in business and management topics
  • Many articles are available in full text.
  • Full text of articles of Journal of Management (to 11/01/2001), Journal of Human Resources (to 1 year ago), and Administrative Science Quarterly (to present) are available.
    
• Electronic Newspapers
  • Click here to see assorted electronic newspaper sources available through the library's Web site.
  • The library subscribes to several individual newspapers online, as well as collections of newspapers from around the world.
    
• JSTOR
  • An electronic archives of titles, often going back to the first issue of a journal's existence.
  • JSTOR does not include current issues of journals.
  • Journal issues are all available in full text.
  • Articles are available from American Journal of Sociology (to 2000), Annual Review of Sociology (to 1999), American Sociological Review (to 2002), Administrative Science Quarterly (to 12/01/2001) and Journal of Human Resources (to Fall 2002).

    • Current articles from these jounals can be found in other databases.
      
• ProQuest Psychology Journals

  • Nearly 300 full text journals, include sociology periodicals.
• Current articles from American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review and Annual Review of Sociology.
• Full-text articles from Administrative Science Quarterly (to 09/01/2001) are also available.
  
• Sociological Abstracts (1962-present) 
  • The key print index for sociology.
  • Contains citations from journals in sociology and related disciplines.
  • Shelved alphabetically behind the Bound Periodicals section of the library (downstairs)

• Encyclopedia of Associations, R 060 E56A
• Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd ed. R 301.03 E56 2000; also available through Gale Virtual Referece Library
• Gale World of Sociology [through xreferplus]
• Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organizational Psychology, R 658.30019 H236
• Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology, R 158.7 H236 1998