Key databases
- SocINDEX with Full TextScholarly journals published globally. Covers a range of topics including criminal justice, demography, ethnic, racial, gender and urban studies, family, substance abuse, violence and welfare.
- InformitLarge set of Australian scholarly research databases. Includes access to the Families & Society Collection.
- ProQuest Sociology DatabaseIncludes full-text sociology journals and related topics such as social policy, gender studies, and population studies.
- Social Science Premium CollectionCovers a broad range of topics including sociology, criminology and public policy.
- SAGE JournalsAn extensive collection of full text journals published by Sage in the fields of health science, social science, humanities, materials science, engineering, life science, and biomedical sciences.
- SAGE Research Methods Video: Practical Research and Academic SkillsKey areas covered include writing a research proposal, planning and designing a research project and securing ethical approval. Click on the Sage Research Methods logo to find more resources by subject including Sociology and Social and Public Policies.
Journals
- Journal of Sociology
Journal of Sociology is the official journal of The Australian Sociological Association. It aims to promote dialogue and exchange between Australian sociologists and the international community of sociology. - Sociological Review
The Sociological Review is one of the world’s foremost journals for sociological inquiry in all traditions, with over 100 years of publishing high quality and innovative articles. - British Journal of Sociology
A leading international sociological journal published on behalf of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). - American Journal of Sociology
Established in 1895 as the first US scholarly journal in its field, the AJS
presents pathbreaking work from all areas of sociology, with an emphasis on theory building and innovative methods. - Sociology Compass
Unique in its range, Sociology Compass is an online-only journal publishing original, peer-reviewed surveys of current research from across the entire discipline.
Books
Toward a Pragmatist Sociology : John Dewey and the Legacy of C. Wright Mills by Publication Date: 2018Explores the relationship between John Dewey and sociologist C. Wright Mills in order to provide a philosophical and theoretical foundation for the development of a critical and public sociology.
Advances in the Sociology of Trust and CooperationPublication Date: 2020The problem of cooperation is one of the core issues in sociology and social science more in general.
Doing Public Ethnography by Publication Date: 2018This book outlines practical strategies and tools for sharing ethnographic and qualitative research through widely accessible media.
The Sociology of Gender by Publication Date: 2011An introductory overview of gender theory and research.
Sociologic by Publication Date: 2020
Sociology in Today’s World by Publication Date: 2015
Reference
These resources help clarify topics and identify related concepts and terms to develop a search strategy.
- SAGE Knowledge: SociologyA range of resource types on a comprehensive list of sociological topics.
- SAGE Sociology video collectionIncludes In Practice videos that highlight careers and practitioners; tutorial videos on hot topics within the field; and case study videos that explore particular research and its impact on policy
- Social Sciences: Gale Virtual Reference LibraryIncludes the Encyclopedias of Sociology, Marriage and Family, Population, Crime and Justice and Aging.
- Credo Reference: Social SciencesTopic pages contain overviews, definitions, biographies, images and related topics.
Websites
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: Reports and DataThe AIHW develops, collects, analyses and reports information on a broad range of health and welfare issues in Australia
- Australian Policy Online: CollectionsA research database and alert service providing free access to full text research reports and papers, statistics and other resources essential for public policy development and implementation
- Australian Bureau of StatisticsAustralia’s national statistical agency providing official statistics on a wide range of economic, social, population and environmental matters
- Data.gov.auData.gov.au provides an easy way to find, access and reuse public datasets from the Australian Government
