LibGuides: SOC: Research in Sociology: Home

Quick resources for Sociology research

Sociological Abstracts
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Abstracts and citations to articles in journals in sociology, family studies, women's studies, and related social sciences, as well as abstracts to dissertations, conference proceedings, and books, covering 1952-present.
Scopus
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Large, multidisciplinary database of peer-reviewed journal articles.
ICPSR Database
The world's largest archive of computer readable social science data. ICPSR supports research in sociology, economics, political science, population studies, criminal justice, health care, education and more. Includes data sets from privately and publicly funded research, governmental and non-governmental agencies, opinion polls and other studies.
ICPSR supports research in sociology, economics, political science, population studies, criminal justice, health care, education and more. Includes data sets from privately and publicly funded research, governmental and non-governmental agencies, opinion polls and other studies. As institutional members of ICPSR, USU faculty and students may use the archive of social science data. To download data, users need to create their own account to login. Once downloaded data can be analyzed with statistical software, such as SAS, SPSS, and Stata.

Reading strategies

When doing research in Sociology, you might feel overwhelmed by all the information that's out there. Even within scholarly article databases like Sociological Abstracts and Scopus, you can find yourself facing thousands of peer-reviewed articles on your topic!

These resources gives you a few strategies to skim the articles you find so you can tell quickly if they fit your needs.

How to read a social science journal article
This guide (Laubepin/ICPSR 2013) breaks down the parts of a social science journal article, suggests reading strategies, and reviews where to find specific information within an article.