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Recommended Journals for Sociology

  1. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of ReviewsPublishes reviews and critical discussions of recent works in sociology and related disciplines that merit the attention of sociologists. A selection is made to reflect important trends and issues in the field. 
  2. The American Journal of Economics & Sociology. Its original mission by publishing thematic issues on institutional responses to contemporary disruptions of social harmony and environmental sustainability.  
  3. European Journal of Politics and Gender. A peer-reviewed journal that publishes international, cutting-edge research in the broad field of politics and gender. 
  4. Sociology of Race & EthnicityResearch on race and ethnicity regardless of epistemological, methodological, or theoretical orientation.

You can search for other academic journals by typing the title of the journal into LibrarySearch below.

How to reference a Journal Article

(in the ASA style)

In-Text Reference: used when you are quoting or paraphrasing a source in the body of your essay. It follows an author-date format. The above reference would appear as (Rudel 2009) in-text.

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Journals & Databases

What are they?

Journal: An academic journal is a specialist publication where academics and researchers can publish and communicate their work. A journal publishes articles, research papers and reviews of a high quality that have been reviewed by experts in the subject.

Databases: Library databases contain information about published academic research. Like journals, they contain peer reviewed articles but also reports, datasets, facts and figures, theses and dissertations and all manner of academic information related to your subject.

Using journals and databases should form part of your Search Strategy. For more information, see our Successful Searching Guide.

It is important for students and researchers of Subject to have access to the latest peer review research. On this page, you can find the library’s most recommended journals and databases for Subject.

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Featured Sociology Database

            

Sociological Abstracts

Provides access to the latest worldwide findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and policy science.

What is Peer Review?

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“The evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work by others working in the same field” – Oxford English Dictionary

You are expected to use Peer Review research in your work.

Explore Peer Review in more detail in our Successful Searching Guide.