This guide was designed to provide research tips for students taking Research Methods with Professor Sarah Babb.
Why use Google Scholar?
It searches for scholarly journals, book chapters, and conference papers from across different academic disciplines.
You can set it up so that it will link you to BC's journal holdings.
It includes information about how often a work has been cited by others, and links you to these citations.
You can use it with RefWorks, a tool for saving citations and creating bibliographies.
Why use Sociological Abstracts?
It searches a defined set of publications that are important to sociologists.
You can limit your search to peer-reviewed articles.
Each citation will include a list of keywords that will describe the topics covered in the article.
You can use it in RefWorks, a tool for saving citations and creating bibliographies.
Each journal citation often includes a list of references that the article has cited. Occasionally, the citations will include information on how many times an article has been cited.