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Sociology Databases

The following databases, recommended for Sociology, contain mostly journal articles but also professional magazines, conference papers, theses, and other documents.

Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
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ProQuest Sociology
ProQuest Sociology gives users access to the full-text of more than 310 journals in sociology and social work, including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstract.
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Project MUSE Humanities & Social Sciences
Provides full text to over 300 humanities, arts, and social sciences journals.
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Scholars Portal Journals
Scholars Portal is a digital repository of over 15 million scholarly articles drawn from from over 8400 full text journals covering every academic discipline.
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APA Style Guide, 7th Edition
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Based on the 7th edition (2020) of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Legal Citation (McGill 9th edition)
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Based on the 9th edition (2018) of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (the 'McGill Guide". Last revised December 2019.

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