SOC 380: Who Cares? : Choosing a Database

1. Start in one the multidisciplinary databases/search engine 

• Library catalog (search engine) 
• International Bibliography of Social Sciences 
• Proquest 
• Web of Science

This round of research in multidisciplinary databases will help you: 

• refine your search terminology 
• get a sense of the scope of the research available (amount of research available and in what field) 

2. Deepen your searches with databases core to the topic of the course

• Sociological Abstracts 
• Health and Medicine 
• PsycInfo

3. Expand your research by using databases related specifically to your topic 

Find databases by Subjects and By Types in the library's A-Z Databases list.