Research Guides: Sociology: Journal Articles

Where to Find Journal Articles

There are several Brock Library databases to find news, scholarly, and peer-reviewed articles. A selective list includes the following key resources.

Academic Search Complete
- Scholarly resources across all disciplines
- Permitted Uses
ProQuest Sociology Collection
- All aspects of sociology and social work
- Includes ProQuest Sociology Database, Sociological Abstracts, and Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
- Permitted Uses
Google Scholar
- Find Peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations
- Off-Campus access to Brock resources is available to users who configure their Google Scholar Settings as follows:
  1. Click on Scholar Settings
  2. Select 'Library links' from the left menu
  3. Type Brock in the Library links box, and click the search icon
  4. Select Brock in the resulting list
  5. Click on the 'Save' button
  6. Follow the Find it! @ Brock links to access available full-text.
Omni
- Brock's largest Interdisciplinary search tool
- Millions of journal articles, books & ebooks, newspapers, videos, magazines and more!
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
- Criminal justice and criminology research.
- Subjects include forensic sciences, corrections, policing, criminal law and investigation.
- Permitted Uses
Web of Science Core Collection
- Scholarly resources across all disciplines
- Access to Cited Reference searching
- Permitted Uses
Scholars Portal E-Journals
- Scholarly journal articles across all disciplines
- Permitted Uses