LibGuides@Southampton: Social Statistics and Population Sciences: Journal Articles

Why Use Journals?

Articles are more up-to-date than books
They offer greater detail and insight into research
Peer-reviewed articles are considered more reliable

Understanding An Article Reference

A correctly formatted reference will tell you exactly where to find the full article:

DING, Y., JACOB, E. K., ZHIXIONG, Z., FOO, S., ERJIA, Y., GEORGE, N. L. and LIJIANG, G. (2009) Perspectives on social tagging, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 60 (12), 2388-2401.

This article was written by Y Ding & colleagues, and the article's title is "Perspectives on social tagging". It was published in 2009 in the journal called "Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology". It was published in volume 60, issue 12, and the article ran from page 2388 to 2401.

Key Databases

IBSS - International Bibliography of The Social Sciences This link opens in a new window
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Provides references and, in many cases, abstracts for journal articles, books and book chapters in the social sciences, from 1951 to current.
IBSS has particular strengths in politics, economics, sociology and anthropology. Click on the TDNet links to check for full-text. No password on campus. Off campus VPN or Institutional login.
Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
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Provides references, and in many cases abstracts, for peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Includes the Science Citation Index Expanded (1970-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1970-present) and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present). Also provides citation data and references to books and conference papers. Click on the Full Text Finder links to check for full-text.
Our access to WOS now includes the 'Emerging Sources Citations Index: 2005-present'. Journals included in ESCI cover all disciplines and range from international and broad scope publications to those that provide deeper regional or speciality area coverage.

Other Useful Databases

AgeInfo This link opens in a new window
AgeInfo is an information service about old age and ageing provided by the The Centre for Policy on Ageing. *No password needed on campus. Off campus access by password (click on the password icon).
IDS Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Full-text copies of developing country research curated by IDS. These publications have been made available online to a global audience through partnership agreements between IDS and research institutes in Africa and Asia.
EconLit This link opens in a new window
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EconLit, the American Economic Association's electronic database. It provides citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1886. Includes journal articles, books, book chapters and working papers. All journals covered are peer-reviewed. No password on campus. Off campus Institutional login.
Empire Online This link opens in a new window
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Empire Online brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of 'Empire' and its theories, practices and consequences. The materials span across the last five centuries.

For off-campus access, click the "UK Access Management Federation" option, and select "University of Southampton".
Geobase This link opens in a new window
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GEOBASE indexes research literature on human and physical geography, earth sciences, ecology, geology, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management, and nature conservation.
The database covers thousands of peer-reviewed journals, trade publications, book series and conference proceedings.

Population Index
Provides references to books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics, published from 1986 and 2000. There are no links to full-text. Provided by the Office of Population Research at Princeton University.

Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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This database provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development
No password on campus. Off campus Institutional login
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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This database abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers and working papers.
No password on campus. Off campus Institutional login
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is an extensive statistics platform covering over 1.5 million data sets (and adding an additional 500 day) with revenue forecasts from 2015 to 2020 on over 400 industries. Data is collected from over 18,000 sources covering over 75,000 different topics. Further information

Additional Resources

CORE This link opens in a new window
Core is the world’s largest collection of open access full text research papers - aggregating and enriching open access research papers from around the world.

Off-Campus Access

Accessing library resources from home

To connect to library resources such as databases and journals you will need to use the University’s VPN service called Globalprotect. Advice on how to set your connection up can be found on the iSolutions page How do I set up VPN on my device?