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If a database cites an article you need, and there is no direct link to the full text online, look for a “Get It Cornell” link, or search in the Cornell Library Catalog for the title of the journal (not the article).
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Check the volume holdings statements at the bottom of the records for print titles, or the dates of coverage in the electronic access links for the “networked” or online versions, then navigate chronologically to the journal issue you need.
Article Databases
Sociology Databases:
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Sociology Source UltimateAn expanded version of SocINDEX, including greater coverage of peer-reviewed journals, international resources and open access titles. Provides citations and direct links to the texts of journal articles, book chapters and conference proceedings, some as far back as 1880. Comprehensive coverage encompassing sub-disciplines and related areas of the social sciences, including labor, crime, demography, economic sociology, immigration, ethnic, racial and gender studies, family, political sociology, religion, development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, social history, theory, methodology, and more.”
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Sociological AbstractsAbstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Provides citations from 1963 to the present, and abstracts since 1974, to journal articles, conference papers, books, and dissertations. Subjects covered include community development, culture and social structure, demography and human biology, environmental interactions, family and social welfare, health and medicine and law, religion and science, social psychology and group interactions, welfare services, and women's studies.
Interdisciplinary databases:
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Academic Search Premier(EBSCO)
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Articles & Full TextLocated on the Library homepage. CAUTION: Full-text searching creates huge search results.
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Google ScholarCAUTION: Incomplete coverage, lacks links to article texts, lacks subject heading, but good for newer current sources.
More Databases
Cornell subscribes to hundreds of article databases that specialize in various subject areas, e.g. development, politics and government, medicine and health, nutrition, women’s studies, etc. To identify more databases that you might wish to search, click on the Databases tab below the white search box on the Library Homepage and try browsing by category or searching by keyword.