Research Guides: SOCL 307: Finding Articles for Social Research

Recommended Databases for Social Research

Esearch This link opens in a new window
Search the library’s collection of books, articles, ebooks, dissertations, videos, music, and more.
Search Instruction: Finding Articles using Esearch
ProQuest PowerSearch This link opens in a new window
Search over 20 academic databases at the same time.
Subjects: Covers many subjects
Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles, magazine articles, news articles, dissertations and theses
Brief How-To Video: ProQuest Basics
Google Scholar with EMU Full Text This link opens in a new window
Search for scholarly materials on any topic
Info type: scholarly articles, books, research reports, theses, working papers, cited sources
Access Tips: Use link above to get access to EMU subscriptions with Findtext+ links.
If this link does not work and you receive an error message from Google then use this alternate link to Google Scholar and also set your Google Scholar preferences to show EMU library access links.
Search Instruction: Google Scholar Video
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Search for articles in Social Science journals and see which articles cite an article
Subjects: Social Sciences, Psychology, Business
Info type: scholarly articles, conference papers
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences: IBSS This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Anthropology, economics, finance, political science, sociology, area studies, gender and sexuality, media and communication, psychology
Info Types: journal articles, books, chapters in books
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Critical reviews of primary research literature in the sciences and social sciences.
EMU access does not include the most recent 5 years.

Using Google Scholar

This guide offers a video and more information on linking Google Scholar results to EMU Library's collections for full text:

https://guides.emich.edu/c.php?g=645370&p=4934980

SOCL 307

Recommended Databases for Social Research

Using Google Scholar

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