Wellesley College Library catalog - The catalog lists books, journal titles, videos, and other items in the Wellesley College Libraries. Note that individual journal articles are not listed in the catalog. To find articles about your topic, use the resources below.
WorldCat WC - Use this database to find books, journals, videos, etc. in other libraries.
Academic Search Premier
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search
Premier provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for
more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.
Alt-Press
Watch WC-
Full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the
alternative and independent press from 1995-present.
Annual Review
of Sociology Online WC- In this publication, scholars
critically review important research in sociology. The Annual
Review of Sociology Online WChas
tables of contents from 1984 to the present, and full text from 1975-2000.
Articles published 1974-1997
are available in JSTOR. WC
Ethnic NewsWatch WC- Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
InfoTrac OneFile WC (via
Infotrac)
Great starting
point for scholarly & popular articles
in every discipline.
JSTOR WC-
Full-text articles from several periodicals. This is an archive, and
the most recent few years are usually not available on JSTOR.
PAIS
(Public Affairs Information Service) WC-
Database of articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents,
book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs from
1937-present.
PsycINFO WC(via
EBSCO host)
PsycINFO , from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in more than 25 languages.
Science
Direct WC- Full-text articles from several social science periodicals. Access
to articles with green icons only. 1995+
Sociological
Abstracts WC-
Citations from an international selection of sociological journals,
serials, conference papers, books, and dissertations from 1952-present.
Abstracts available from 1974.
Web of
Science WC
Web of Science at Wellesley consists of Science Citation Index Expanded (more about SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (more about SSCI) from 1965-present. Web of Science is very useful in performing interdisciplinary subject
searches and
citation searches.
If you are having trouble finding search terms for your topic, you may want to consult the Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms in Sociological
Abstracts WC(paper copy at: Clapp Ref Z695.1.S63 B66 1996).
Other databases may be useful for you, depending on your specific topic and approach. AskUs and get some customized suggestions, or request an appointment with the library research liaison.
Argus Clearinghouse (Sociology) - Guides chosen and rated by Argus Clearinghouse staff. Provides suggested keywords for topical searching.
INFOMINE:
Social Sciences & Humanities - Collection of Internet
Resources chosen by college and university librarians.
The Scout Report -
Biweekly publication of selected Internet resources. You can also
search the Scout
Report Archives for information about your topic.
Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG): Sociology (sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), the Electronic Libraries Program, and the European Commission).
WWW Virtual Library: Sociology - Extensive collection of Sociology related links.
link
from each citation to search one or more electronic journal sources through
the