Important Journals
To determine if Carleton subscribes to a particular journal, search the Journals List for the title of the journal.
What is a good way to search within one journal? See these tips.
- Monthly Labor Review1918- present, in print and online
Learning About Journals
To learn more about a journal, for example, to read a brief description of coverage, to learn whether it is a major journal in a field, or to identify other journals like it, talk to a reference librarian or look it up in the Ulrich's directory.
- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory This link opens in a new windowUlrich's tells you if a publication is a recognized journal or magazine, whether or not it is peer reviewed, and where you can find it indexed.
Indexes to Sociological Literature
To identify citations of articles on your topic, use the databases listed here. Then see the next section for tips on how to access those articles.
To access these subscription databases from off-campus, log-in using your Carleton username and password from the Off-Campus Access page.
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window(1963 to current; Abstracts)
The key indexer and abstractor of journals in sociology and related fields, this database is a good place to start your research. - Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window(1972 - current; Full-text & Citations)
Covers women's studies literature and feminist research, including political science, humanities, sociology, history, business and education. - Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary database provides indexing and some full-text access to newspapers and a large selection of journal articles. Use to search for articles you might not find in the subject-specific databases.
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary database provides indexing and some full-text access to newspapers and a large selection of journal articles. Use to search for articles you might not find in the subject-specific databases.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window(Newspaper articles)This database from Lexis-Nexis provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. This is the best place to look for newspaper articles, which can be a great source of ideas for topics and facts (such as names and dates relevant to a particular topic).
- EconLit This link opens in a new windowThe main disciplinary database for economists, covering journal articles, books, and working papers.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowThis electronic archive of core electronic journals is a great place to turn for full-text of articles published more than five years ago. It is also a great place to browse the literature in the most important journals in a field. Just don't look here for the most recent publications.
- Current Contents Connect This link opens in a new window(1969 to present; Abstracts)
Since indexing and abstracting services take some time to get new issues into their databases, a good way to check for articles in the most recent issues of journals is to search Current Contents. - Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowFull-text of nearly 250 journals, primarily in interdisciplinary areas. A great place to find journal articles relating to women's and gender issues.
- Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window(1979 to present; Citations)Part of the Web of Science (WOS). Indexing and cited referencing capability for about 1,700 journal articles and other relevant items. Use this to find articles that cited an article of interest.
