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Sociology Databases
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Sociology Source Ultimate This link opens in a new windowCovers social behavior and interaction including gender identity, marriage and family, demographics, political sociology, religion, and socio-cultural anthropology.
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SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new windowCovers sociology and social sciences (anthropology, criminology, ethnic studies, gender studies, etc.). 1895-present.
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Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCovers theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and political science. 1963- present.
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Ethnographic Video Online This link opens in a new windowAn online collection of classic and contemporary documentaries in the fields of anthropology, ethnography and social psychology.
Figuring out whether your journal is peer reviewed
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Ulrichs Web This link opens in a new windowUlrichs will tell you whether a journal is peer reviewed (referred) or not. Make sure you search by the name of journal rather than the article title.
How to use Ulrichsweb database for peer-review status
Why use Ulrich's?
- Find out if a particular journal is peer reviewed
- Find out which databases index a journal
How to use Ulrichsweb to determine if an article is in a peer-reviewed journal:
1. Ulrich's can tell you whether a journal is peer-reviewed, not individual articles (but, research articles in a peer-reviewed journal will be peer-reviewed).
2. Go to Ulrichsweb database from a GVSU link, either on a subject guide or from the database list.
3. Enter the name of the journal/magazine (not the article or author!).
4. For example, I recently found this article through PubMed database. Notice the journal title is "Pediatric Obesity" (or Pediatr Obes for short):
5. Next, go to Ulrichsweb and type in Pediatric Obesity. This is what the results look like:
6. There are 2 versions of Pediatric Obesity, print and online. In either case, there is a "refereed" symbol (red circle) next to the journal name. This means the journal is "refereed," which is another way of saying peer-reviewed.
NOTE: not every article in a peer-reviewed journal may be peer-reviewed; commentary, news and opinion pieces usually are not peer-reviewed.
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Ulrichs Web This link opens in a new windowUlrich's is a bibliographic database providing detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world.
SOC355: Journal of Business Ethics
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Business Source Ultimate This link opens in a new windowComprehensive information on all aspects of business related topics and 55 videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series. The database features company SWOT analyses and market research reports. Country reports are included in this database. This version of the resource is hosted on a specially designed interface for this content.
Multidisciplinary Databases
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Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowSearch for scholarly, peer reviewed articles on any subject.
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Statista This link opens in a new windowFind quantitative data and statistics from market/opinion research institutions, business organizations, and government institutions. Includes 1,500,000 statistics on over 80,000 topics from more than 18,000 sources.
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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowCovers many subjects and contains peer reviewed articles.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowEmphasis on humanities and social sciences. Majority of content is academic and peer reviewed.
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Annual Reviews This link opens in a new windowReview articles give excellent information on a topic but are not considered primary research. 1932-present
American Sociological Association (ASA) Citation Style
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Introduction to American Sociological Association (ASA) Style, 6th edition (pdf)From California State University Channel Islands, Writing & Multiliteracy Center.
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