LibGuides: Sociology & Social Anthropology: Find articles

Article databases

Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied.
AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
*Key database for Anthropology* AnthroSource brings 100 years of anthropological material online.
Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Indexes over 1400 journals focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes articles, books, documents, reports, and statistical compilations about public policy, social policy and international development.
America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
*Key database for History* Indexes & abstracts articles in 2000+ international journals, books & dissertations on the history of Canada & the United States from pre-historic times to the present.Coverage includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
*Key database for History* Indexes and abstracts articles in 2000+ journals, plus books and dissertations on the history of all parts of the world from 1450 to the present.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.
Research Library This link opens in a new window
**Multi-disciplinary** Indexes and abstracts 2300+ journals and newspapers in many subject areas including: arts, business, education, health, international, law, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's studies.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Search for scholarly literature with this popular search engine. Look for the "Full-Text @ Dal Libraries" link next to titles available through our subscription databases. This link will provide online access.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A unique digital archive of journals, starting with the very first issues of hundreds of journal titles.

Novanet search
After entering and searching your keywords, select 'Articles' from the menu on the left.

Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new window
The Gender Studies Database combines Women's Studies International, Men's Studies, Women's Studies Bibliography and Women's Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Centre) - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
*Key database for Education* ERIC consists of two files: Resources in Education, covering document literature, and Current Index to Journals in Education, covering published journal literature from over 775 periodicals.
Public Affairs Index This link opens in a new window
Public Affairs Index is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of global contemporary public policy issues ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, to international conflict and natural disasters. It draws on a diverse array of scholarly publications, conference papers, government documents and current reference works to provide up-to-date information on the broad range of topics of concern to the world today.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
*Key database for Psychology*. Covers the academic, research and practice literature in psychology from over 45 countries in more than 30 languages.

CBCA complete This link opens in a new window
Indexes over 800 Canadian current affairs and general interest periodicals and eight daily news sources. Full text of over 150 titles.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
Provides worldwide full text coverage of local and regional newspapers. Please logout when finished!
Eureka This link opens in a new window
accesses 2500 sources covering current events on the local, regional, national and international scenes.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Here you will find full text for most dissertations added after 1997, with good (but not guaranteed) full text coverage prior to 1997. See the handout below for instructions.

Theses Canada Portal This link opens in a new window
Contains Canadian theses from 1965 onwards.

Ulrich's Periodicals directory This link opens in a new window
To find out if a journal is peer-reviewed, search exact title and click on the title in the result list. Look for a Referee icon to tell if a journal if peer-reviewed.