Research Guide: Sociology Databases

Note: Only databases with the
image are accessible off campus without your SUNY Oneonta username and password.
Academic Search Complete
Provides full text for about 6,100 periodicals including over 5,100 peer-reviewed journals across most areas of academic study as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 10,000 magazines and journals.
Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI)
Available through FirstSearch. Global information on women in over 150 countries.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Index (with abstracts) to journals in criminal justice and related disciplines. Covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing.
Family Studies Abstracts
Abstracts related to family studies, including families, marriage, divorce, and family therapy.
GenderWatch
A full text database of journals, newsletters and research reports on women. Two simultaneous users.
Humanities International Complete
Includes all data from Humanities International Index (indexing to more than 2,100 journals and 2 million records) as well as access to about 900 full-text journals.
JSTOR archive
Provides access to the full text of over 300 scholarly journals across many subject areas. The objective of JSTOR is to provide all issues back to Volume 1, Issue 1 for all journals. (Due to copyright restrictions, the most recent 3-5 years are unavailable.)
Military and Government Collection
Current news pertaining to all branches. Provides full-text for about 300 journals.
New York Times Archive, 1851-2004
The New York Times archive provides full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. It is possible to limit by article type including: classified ad, display ad, editorial cartoon, letter, comic, editorial article, review, stock quote, weather, legal notice, and real estate transaction.
NCJRS Abstracts Database
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database. Provides summaries of more than 190,000 criminal justice publications. About 7000 full text publications are available through the NCJRS Virtual Library.
Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)
Provides access to back files of over 550 complete full-image journals spanning 200 years in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Project Muse
Full text of over 100 scholarly journals in fields including literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, political science, gender studies, and economics.
PsycINFO
Covers 1887 to the present. Provides worldwide coverage to literature in psychology and related disciplines. Links to full text articles in other databases. PsycARTICLES provides access to over 100,000 searchable full text articles from 48 journals published by the American Psychological Association from 1894 to the present.
Reader's Guide Retrospective 1890 - 1982
Index to popular magazines and journals. Particularly useful for historical research. Many of the articles are available in either print or microfilm format in the Milne Library basement. Please ask a librarian if you need assistance. Four simultaneous users.
ScienceDirect
Provides full text access to over 2000 Elsevier journals in the fields of science, psychology, medicine, and technology.
SocIndex (with abstracts)
SocINDEX, a sociology research database, provide abstracts for about 800 "core" journals dating back to 1895 as well as indexing for more than 600 "priority" coverage journals and 2500 "selective" coverage journals.
