Research Guides: SOCI 3311: Social Statistics: Find articles

Useful databases for social statistics research

The databases below can be searched by keyword, author, or article title to locate published research in the journal literature.

Social Sciences Full Text This link opens in a new window
"Indexes periodicals in addiction studies, anthropology, area studies, communications & mass media, community health & medical care, corrections, criminal justice, criminology, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning & public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology, and urban studies. Coverage: citations & abstracts, 1983- ; full text, 1995-" (database record).
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary, archival database with some current content. Contains full text for a huge selection of social sciences and humanities journals.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Similar to JSTOR in title coverage but indexes and provides full text to current research.

Sociological Abstracts
"This database abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers and working papers. Cited references are included for many journal articles. Coverage: 1952-Present" (database record).

ScienceDirect Freedom Collection This link opens in a new window
"Electronic archive of the Elsevier publications in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Earth Science, Energy, Engineering, Immunology & Microbiology, Materials Science, Mathematics, Medicine & Dentistry, Neuroscience, Nursing, Pharmacology, Physics & Astronomy, and Veterinary Science. Also available: Arts & Humanities, Business, Economics, and Social Science. Coverage: varies--citations back to first year of publication; full text, subscribed titles, 1999-" (database record).
OmniFile Full Text Mega This link opens in a new window
A can't-miss resource. Indexes a huge variety of journals in all disciplines and provides direct access to full text.

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Journals at the libraries (print and electronic)

Each of the journals below are available to browse or search through the McWherter Library's print & online collections. Click the titles to access available issues.

Demography
"Demography publishes research drawing on several disciplines including the social sciences, geography, history, biology, statistics, epidemiology, and public health" (Population Association of America: Publications: Demography).
Journal of educational and behavioral statistics
"...Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics (JEBS) publishes articles that are original and useful to those applying statistical approaches to problems and issues in educational or behavioral research" (SagePub: Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics).
Sociological methods & research
"Each issue of SMR presents new techniques and innovative approaches to recurring research challenges and clarifies existing methods. The journal also provides state-of-the-art tools that researchers and academics need to increase the validity of your research findings" (Sage Journals: Sociological methods & research).
Mathematical social sciences
"The international, interdisciplinary journal Mathematical Social Sciences publishes original research articles, survey papers, short notes and book reviews. The journal emphasizes the unity of mathematical modelling in economics, psychology, political sciences, sociology and other social sciences" (Elsevier: Mathematical social sciences).
Theory and decision
"Theory and Decision is devoted to all aspects of decision-making, exploring research in psychology, management science, economics, the theory of games, statistics, operations research, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and analytical philosophy. Moreover, it addresses cross-fertilization among these disciplines" (Springer: Theory and Decision).

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