Use this guide to find key resources for Sociology and Criminology research.
Start with University of Sussex's Library Search – It searches across all subjects and includes the university’s collections and subscriptions.
For deeper research, explore the subject-specific databases and tools listed here. The best resource to use depends on your topic, the type of sources you need, and your stage in the research process.
This page highlights the key research databases recommended for Sociology and Criminology. See other pages for further resources, including data sources, news, archives and additional databases.
An online database that contains over six million bibliographic references. Dating back to 1951, these references include journal articles, books, newspapers, and dissertations. The subjects covered range from anthropology and economics to politics and sociology. Interdisciplinary subjects such as development studies, human geography, and gender studies are also included.
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database, which provides access to academic journals, books, conference proceedings, and patents from 1788–present.
Advanced Features: citation analysis, author profiles, journal metrics; data export and analysis, search alerts.
A research methods resource created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. Includes books, case studies, datasets, videos, and tools like the 'Methods Map' to support all stages of the research process. The University has access to the Core Collection and Sage Research Methods Cases.