Senior Experience in Sociology
Periodical Indexes and Databases
To locate journal articles on sociological topics, first use an online database. Milner Library has several databases that provide access to articles in scholarly journals. To search any of the databases, click on "find articles on your topic" on the Milner Library website.
Under "Databases by subject", click on the down arrow to view the list of subject areas. Scroll down the list until you find Sociology; click on the subject to view a list of databases.
Under "Databases by title", click on the down arrow to view the list of databases. Scroll through the list to find the source you need; click on the database name to enter the database and begin searching. The sources listed below are good places to begin your research.
To search multiple databases at the same time, try the “
Search It” option.
Sociological Abstracts
The major database for sociology journals.
Covers over 1800 journals in the field as well as books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations and conference papers. To identify appropriate subject terms, use the online Thesaurus within the database.
Annual Review of Sociology
Volume of collected essays on various aspects of sociology. All articles are in full text from 1975 to the present.
Social Sciences Abstracts
Covers over 600 journals in social science disciplines including sociology,social work, psychology, anthropology, economics, political science and public administration.
JSTOR
Full text of backfiles of journals in the fields of sociology, population studies, statistics, political science, history, economics, and philosophy. Includes full text of 57 major journals in sociology. Does not include the latest years of journals.
Academic Search Premier
Indexes over 8,000 journals and periodicals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, etc. Provides citations, abstracts, and full text.
Dissertations & Theses
Covers dissertations and masters theses since 1861. Citations from 1980 forward include abstracts written by the author. Free twenty-four page previews for all subjects and full text available for many dissertations.
Web of Science
Multi-disciplinary database including citation indexing for the social sciences.
Depending on your topic, other databases may be helpful. Check by subject or title in the list of databases under "find articles on your topic".
Locating Journals
The FIND IT link is available in most databases.
Click on this link for full text access and to search for a journal in the Online Catalog.
If you have a complete citation for an article, click on “find a known article”.
Type in the journal title, year, volume and starting page; then click on FIND IT.
To determine if a specific journal is available online through Milner Library, click on the E-Journals link in the left hand column on the library website. A “Find e-Journal” page will appear. Type in the name of your journal and click on Go.
Online Catalog
To search for books, click on “find books and other materials” on the Milner Library Web Site. The Online Catalog offers the “Advanced Search” as well as the “Quick Search”.
If you are working from a bibliography, use the “Advanced Search”, type in the author’s last name and the title of book to see if Milner Library has the book you need. The “Quick Search -- Author” may also be useful for finding any books written by a specific person.
For searching by subject, use “Advanced Search -- Subject Words”. If you find very few or no books using the subject search, try the “Advanced Search -- Any Words”.
The My Account link in the Online Catalog shows items checked out, request information, fines and fees, and offers online renewal of books.
For materials not available in Milner Library, use the I-Share link to search other libraries. Use the Request function to have books sent to Milner from other libraries.
To search for books and other materials in libraries worldwide, use WorldCat -- available under “find articles on your topic” on the Milner Library Web Site.
InterLibrary Loan
In addition to the Request function in the Online Catalog, Milner Library also offers InterLibrary Loan services through the ILLIAD system. A link to InterLibrary Loan is available on the Milner Library web site. Login in to the ILLIAD system with your ULID and password. New users will need to establish an account within ILLIAD.
ILLIAD allows for article and book requesting, as well as reviewing past requests and accessing articles received electronically.Request materials on InterLibrary Loan early! It may take 7-10 days for a book or an article to arrive on InterLibrary Loan.
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online service that can assist students in creating reference lists and formatting citations for the bibliographies of research papers.
Vanette Schwartz
Office: Milner Library 416
Phone: 438-3486
E-mail: vmschwa@ilstu.edu
