Sociology Research Guide

How to Use This Guide

This guide includes the library's resources in Sociology.

The tabs include resources/databases for:

Primary Sources - News, data, streaming media.
Articles & Books - Journal Articles and books on sociology topics
Topic Overviews & Bibliographies - Background information, synopses, and curated bibliographies
Writing & Citing - Resources for writing better papers

Below are quick links to databases:

Sociological Abstracts (1952-current) This link opens in a new window
Index to articles in sociology and social psychology.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database of scholarly articles. Searches citation indexes in Arts and Humanities, Social Science, and Science. Includes "cited by" feature and allows sorting by citation count.

Login Instructions

To Search the resources and databases linked on this guide from your laptop, you'll need to enter your CRUZ ID and Gold Password when prompted. You can go a step further and install the campus VPN for more reliable access. Login so that you can access PDF attachments and ebooks from behind paywalls.

VPN Client Installation
Use this secure and reliable login to access the Library's resources. You will need to install the VPN and login with your CRUZ ID and Gold Password. Use Ask Us to let us know if something isn't working.

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Ideas Mapping (2:53 min.)
This video helps with organizing many ideas into independent research questions and logical starting points.

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