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Sociology Last update: Apr 14, 2008
Sociology Guide: Sociology is the scientific study of society and culture, including social interaction, and social relationships.
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- Sociological Abstracts (SocAbs)
Sociological Abstracts (SocAbs) provides citations and abstracts on all aspects of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Sociological Abstracts covers an international selection of more than 1,800 journals. - Academic Search Complete Academic Search Complete contains more than 5,400 full-text journals including more than 4,500 peer-reviewed publications. This is the "world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database" covering the social sciences,
- Social Services Abstracts Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
- JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive JSTOR provides full-text access to more than 620 scholarly journals offering more than 886,000 full length articles going back to 1838.
- PsycINFO PsycINFO covers all of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines written in 25 languages since 1887.
Listed below are just 15 important Sociology journals, for a more complete list of Sociology and other social science journals see:
- Social Science Journals & Annuals. This is a copy of my UT Arlington Library's guide which gives the call numbers and links for many of the journals that carry articles of interest to social science researchers. This is a big list; designed to be inclusive rather than exclusive; it is intended to aid interdisciplinary research and analysis.
- American Journal of Sociology (AJS) "Publishes articles and review essays on the theory, methods, and practice of sociology" (Ulrichsweb).
- American Sociological Review (ASR) "Publishes work of interest to the discipline in general: new theoretical developments, results of research advancing understanding of fundamental social processes, and methodological innovations" (Ulrichsweb).
- Annual Review of Sociology "Synthesizes and filters primary research to identify the principal contributions in the field of sociology" (Ulrichsweb).
- Economy and Society "Interdisciplinary journal that covers the social sciences, history and philosophy with an emphasis on theoretical perspectives" (Ulrichsweb).
- Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF) "Provides a forum covering theory, research interpretation and critical discussion on subjects related to marriage and the family" (Ulrichsweb).
- Law & Society Review "Examines the relationship between society and the legal process. Includes the cultural, economic, political, psychological, and social aspects of law and the legal system" (Ulrichsweb).
- Population and Development Review "Population and Development Review is essential reading to keep abreast of population studies, research on the interrelationships between population and socioeconomic change, and related thinking on public policy" (journal homepage).
- Social Forces "Content highlights sociological inquiry, but also explores social psychology, anthropology, political science, history, and economics" (Ulrichsweb).
- Social Networks "Provides a common forum for representatives of anthropology, sociology, history, social psychology, political science, human geography, biology, economics, and communications science" (Ulrichsweb).
- Social Problems "Provides a major forum for critical theoretical discussion and dialogue regarding controversial social issues and programs" (Ulrichsweb).
- Sociologia Ruralis "Serves as an international forum for social scientists engaged in a wide variety of disciplines focusing on social, political, and cultural aspects of rural development" (Ulrichsweb).
- Sociological Methodology "Publishes the best work on current issues in methodology for social research" (Ulrichsweb).
- Sociological Methods & Research (SMR) "Disseminates quantitative research and methodology in the social sciences. It brings empirically-based articles from a variety of perspectives...." (Ulrichsweb).
- Sociology of Education: A Journal of Research in Socialization and Social Structure "Publishes papers on educational processes and human development. The research may focus on the individual, institutions, or structural arrangements among institutions which have a bearing on education and human development" (Ulrichsweb).
- Sociology of Health and Illness: A Journal of Medical Sociology "An international journal which publishes sociological articles on all aspects of health, illness and medicine, focusing on empirical research of a qualitative kind." Provides a sociological perspective on the theory and practice of medicine (Ulrichsweb).
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