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Beginning Your Research
Background Information
These databases may provide some background information for your topic of research to help you gain a base level of understanding.
CQ Researcher explores important issues ranging from social and teen to environment, health, education, and science and technology.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
The premier online resource covering all sides of contemporary social issues.
Multi-disciplinary Peer-reviewed Research
Once you have a good understanding of your topic, you will want to begin using databases to search for articles in academic journals. If you're unsure what subject your topic falls under, you can try one of these databases. Make sure that you check the box that says 'Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals' to find scholarly articles.
A great starting point for all topic areas. You can find magazine, newspaper, and peer-reviewed articles here.
SocINDEX is a sociology database with peer-reviewed articles. It's a great place to search for topics related to social inequality, human behavior, relationship dynamics, gender, race, etc.
PsycINFO is a scholarly psychology database. While there is a lot of overlap with SocINDEX, this database is geared more toward psychology, mental health, developmental stages, etc.
Subject-Specific Peer-reviewed Research
If your topic falls under a specific topic, you will get the best results if you search databases that are specifically for that subject. Remember to check the box that says scholarly or peer-reviewed articles.
Gender/Sexuality
GenderWatch provides authoritative historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women.
Archives of Sexuality and Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940
The largest collection available in support of the study of gender and sexuality includes 1.5 million pages of primary source material from around the world.
Includes over 255,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases.
Justice & Fairness/Ageism/Identity/Poverty and Social Class
SocINDEX is a sociology database with peer-reviewed articles. It's a great place to search for topics related to social inequality, human behavior, relationship dynamics, gender, race, etc.
ERIC (if you are looking at these issues as they relate to PK-12 or secondary education)
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to more than 1.3 million records related to education literature and resources.
Religious
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Educational
ERIC is one of the best databases for researching anything related to education, both in the USand globally.
Education Source has a range of full-text articles related to education topics.
Action and Social Change
SocINDEX is a sociology database with peer-reviewed articles. It's a great place to search for topics related to social inequality, human behavior, relationship dynamics, gender, race, etc.
Social Sciences Citation Index
Provides references and cited references in 3,000 of the world's leading social sciences journals across 50 disciplines.
Provides citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and related disciplines.
Diversity and Disability
SocINDEX is a sociology database with peer-reviewed articles. It's a great place to search for topics related to social inequality, human behavior, relationship dynamics, gender, race, etc.
Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
ERIC (As the topics pertain to education)
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to more than 1.3 million records related to education literature and resources.
Citing Your Sources
Check out our Polk Library page about citing sources for more helpful links.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Purdue OWL provides a helpful guide for citing MLA style.
