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Sociology: Home

Sociology Databases

Sociology Source Ultimate
Covers social behavior and interaction including gender identity, marriage and family, demographics, political sociology, religion, and socio-cultural anthropology.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Covers sociology and social sciences (anthropology, criminology, ethnic studies, gender studies, etc.). 1895-present.
Sociological Abstracts
Covers theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and political science. 1963- present.
ProQuest Sociology
Covers major sociology journals.
Ethnographic Video Online
An online collection of classic and contemporary documentaries in the fields of anthropology, ethnography and social psychology.

This database "provides the largest, most comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior – more than 750 hours and 1,000 films at completion. The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides, and more. This first release includes 594 videos totaling roughly 395 hours."

Figuring out whether your journal is peer reviewed

Ulrichs Web
Ulrichs 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.

Ulrichs Web
Ulrich's is a bibliographic database providing detailed, comprehensive, and authoritative information on serials published throughout the world.

SOC355: Journal of Business Ethics

Business Source Ultimate
Comprehensive 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

Google Scholar
Search for scholarly, peer reviewed articles on any subject.

When off campus, be sure to login to Google Scholar from the Library's website to directly access GVSU resources and set your Scholar Preferences to include Grand Valley State University.
Statista
Find 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.
Academic Search Ultimate
Covers many subjects and contains peer reviewed articles.
JSTOR
Emphasis on humanities and social sciences. Majority of content is academic and peer reviewed.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Covers ethnic, minority, and native press in US.
Annual Reviews
Review articles give excellent information on a topic but are not considered primary research. 1932-present