LibGuides: Nonprofit Leadership Studies: Finding Articles

Finding Articles - Use the Databases

Finding Articles

Databases search thousands of journals, magazines, and/ or newspapers all at once. These are the most useful in the field of Sociology, but MSU has many others that may prove helpful on the Database A-Z list!

Go here for an alphabetical listing of all the electronic databases at the library.

If the PDF or HTML link isn't provided under the result, click on the yellow "Find it @ MSU" button in order to:

get the article electronically full text via a different database
find the physical copy of the article in the library via Search.
or, if the above methods aren't available, to request via interlibrary loan.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
The world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary database. Indexes newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals in all disciplines. Contains a significant amount of full-text. Content available from 1915-present.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
The world's definitive scholarly business database, including articles from peer-reviewed journals, magazines, trade publications, and news sources. Company and industry profiles are also available. Citations available from 1880-present.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Education Source is the largest and most complete collection of full text journals in education research. Coverage from 1900-present.
JSTOR - Full Text This link opens in a new window
This is a full-text archive of key academic journals in many disciplines, mostly in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Being an archive, it does NOT USUALLY have the current issues of these journals. Most journals have a “lag time” of 2-5 years.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more. Includes different information formats, include statistics, opinion, news, and peer-reviewed articles.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides 500 full-text titles which include topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and abstracts for over one million articles in 1,700 journals from over 50 countries. This database, provided by the American Psychological Association, also includes abstracts for dissertations, books and book chapters ranging in date from 1887 to the present.
Social Sciences Research Network This link opens in a new window
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences.
Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides bibliographic records and full text covering all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems. Coverage from 1965-present.
Sociological Collection This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive database on all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers many aspects of sport, including physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, training, sport administration, facility design & management, physical therapy, nutrition, exercise physiology, sport & exercise psychology, recreation, leisure studies, tourism, occupational health & therapy, and more. Coverage from 1500-present.
Violence & Abuse Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Violence & Abuse Abstracts(tm) includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to violence and abuse, including family violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Coverage from 1995-present.