Need full text access?
Sometimes you may find an article in a library database or on Google Scholar that doesn't include full text access (or the full text might be behind paywall in the case of Google Scholar). Interlibrary loan is a program that allows Tisch Library to help you get the access you need with help from other academic and research libraries.
- Interlibrary LoanInformation on the process and policies for borrowing books and other sources from other libraries.
- Link Google Scholar to Tufts ResourcesFollow these directions so that Google Scholar will automatically check to see if Tufts provides access to full-text articles.
Using This Guide
Welcome to the research guide for SOC 75 with Professor Nava-coulter! Within the different tabs of this guide, you'll find resources to help you with your research and tips for improving your research skills. The Data and Archived Data tabs will open to other Tisch research guides.
If you have any questions about any part of the research process, especially if you are struggling to find data, you can always reach out to Cece, your subject librarian via the box in the right column of this page.
Best Bets
- Sociological AbstractsAbstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
- Sociology CollectionThis collection provides abstracts, indexing and full-text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and more. It covers the international literature in sociology and social services, along with related fields.
- Education CollectionThe Education Collection provides access to abstracts, indexing, and full-text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and more.
- PAIS IndexThis resource covers issues in public policy, combining both PAIS Archive and PAIS International, with coverage from 1915 to present.
- Pew Research CenterIndependent, non-partisan public opinion research organization that studies attitudes and trends affecting developments both domestically and globally.
- Policy File IndexProvides access to research from major think tanks, research organizations, and university research programs. Contains information on a complete range of policy issues, both domestic and international. Updated weekly.
- Politico ProA comprehensive database providing legislative and regulatory insights, data tools and resources for policy research.
- PsycINFOPsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines.
- PubMed Central (PMC)PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)This database includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.
- Social Science Premium CollectionThe ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection combines discipline specific collections resources that cut across the entire spectrum of the social sciences.
- Social Science Research NetworkSocial Science Research Network (SSRN) is an open access resource devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences.
- Web of ScienceSearch across all Web of Science databases in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Results include indices, journal articles, conference proceedings, data sets, and other resources.
