Resources - SOC 211 Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence - Epperson - Spring 2022

Use ArcherSearch to Find Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed Articles

ArcherSearch is a tool that allows you to search for books, articles, guides, and library web pages all at one time.

Once you have entered a search, you'll have an opportunity to limit to peer-reviewed articles. The advantage of ArcherSearch is that it searches many databases at the same time. You can begin a search by entering it in the box below.

Use Databases to Find Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed Articles

Another option is to search one database at a time.

The databases provide options for more precise searching. Below you'll find good choices for finding peer-reviewed articles in the field of sociology.

Academic Search Elite This link opens in a new window
Social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies, education. (Access provided by MOREnet).

Academic Search Elite provides full text for nearly 2,000 publications, including nearly 1,600 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all 3,505 journals in the collection. This database offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985.

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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
High-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching.

St. Louis Community College currently participates in the Arts & Sciences Collections I & II, and also subscribes to the following individual journals: The American Biology Teacher, The American Journal of Psychology, American Journal of Sociology, The American Naturalist, Asian Survey, BioScience, Crime and Justice, Current Anthropology, Ethics and the Environment, Feminist Teacher, Film Quarterly, The Journal of Modern History, Osiris, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Signs, and Social Problems.

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Sage Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals from a wide range of disciplines.

Sage Journals Online includes access to scholarly peer-reviewed journals published by Sage and participating societies. There are two ways to limit your search to available full-text articles: start with the Advanced Search page or choose Refine Search after searching, then select “Only content I have full access to.”
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
High-quality, peer-reviewed journal articles in physical science and engineering, health sciences, life sciences, and social sciences and humanities.

ScienceDirect includes more than 2000 journal titles in the collections Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering, and Social Sciences and Humanities. These journals are exclusive to ScienceDirect and not available anywhere else online.

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