This section has database suggestions for if you:
Start hereThese databases are general and cover a lot of topics. They're great places to start your searching. Take a look at the databases in the next section, too, as you start to hone in on a specific topic.
Scholarly research, trade journals, and popular news/magazines covering all disciplines. A good place to start for most research topics. (An expanded version of Academic Search Premier.)
Try a more subject-focused databaseThese databases cover a more narrow set of resources, focused on particular subject areas. Start your search in Academic Search Complete or JSTOR, but you might also try one (or more) of these databases too.
Start hereThese databases can help you learn about major ideas and areas of study within sociology, help you narrow an idea down to a manageable topic, and help you come up with search terms (keywords). Then, dig into the databases above for articles you can use in your assignment.
Contains topic overviews, news/magazine sources, trade publications, and scholarly information on many important current events, issues, and debates.
Contains overviews and perspectives on nearly 400 current debates, controversies, and issues.