LibGuides: Sociology/Anthropology: Getting Started

Getting Started

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
This database is a great place to get started with your research! It is a multidisciplinary database containing full-text articles from academic journals, popular magazines, and newspapers.

AnthroSource Journals focusing on anthropology, provided via the American Anthropological Association.

JSTOR Archival Journal & Primary Source Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes ARTSTOR under IMAGES
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
This comprehensive sociology research database contains full text for hundreds of journals dating back to 1908 and includes full text for more than 830 books and monographs as well as thousands of conference papers. Topics covered encompass such disciplines as abortion, criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence and many others..
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from scholarly journals in history, the humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences. Disciplines covered include literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. Searches can be conducted across the full text of all journals in the database.

AnthroSource Journals focusing on anthropology, provided via the American Anthropological Association.

HRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new window
The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) are a specially organized collection of thousands of full-text sources on almost 400 cultures worldwide. It is useful for looking for background information or specific data on a particular ethnic group, culture, or country, as well as by those investigating subjects like architecture, kinship, political structure, or settlement patterns on a comparative cross-cultural basis.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
This is a great place to start your research, with dictionary definitions and encyclopedia entries from a variety of reliable reference sources to provide you with lots of background information.