Hege Library & Learning Technologies

SOAN 337: Social Research Methods

Reading a Scholarly Article

Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
The following interactive webpage helps you navigate and understand the different sections and format of a scholarly article.

The following databases will help you find articles.

Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
Research covering topics in sociology, social work, anthropology, and politics.
Sociology Database This link opens in a new window
Sociological and social work research including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and more.
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history.
Statistical Abstracts of the United States This link opens in a new window
An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles in over 375 core academic journals with back-files lacking only the most recent 3 -5 years.
Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Provides students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Provides online access to the full-text of over 200 scholarly journals in arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics.