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Basics of Social Research

A companion guide for students researching in the social sciences at Bluffton University

Use research databases to find scholarly journal articles

A research database is a searchable collection of many types of sources. A database might include journal, magazine, or newspaper articles, book chapters, book reviews, reports, and other types of published information. These collections might be topic-specific and narrowly-focused, or they may be very broad and comprehensive in the subject matter they include.

Use your list of keywords as search words in these databases.

Suggested databases and search tools


Direct links to individual social science databases: