Find Journal Articles

Subject specific databases

Sociological Abstracts (via ProQuest)
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SAGE Sociology Video Collection (via SAGE Knowledge)
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ProQuest Criminal Justice
International research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications as well as litigation and crime trends.

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Use journals to discover current issues and research in your field

Databases are excellent for finding articles on a particular topic. However sometimes you want to know what experts are talking about now. Browsing through journals by scanning their title pages lets you discover current affairs in your field.

Social Justice
Publication Date: 1995- present
Peer reviewed
Social Justice Research
Publication Date: 1997- present
Peer reviewed.
SpringerLINK (last link) provides access to the current year.
Studies in Social Justice
Publication Date: 2007- present
Peer reviewed