The first place to look for journal articles is Academic Search Premier. ASP is the largest database and contains both scholarly and popular material from many disciplines.
Research Tips - you can search ASP with other Ebsco databases at the same time.
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The American Psychological Association's international psychology database indexes journal articles, books and dissertations.
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Indexes the literature of sociology and related disciplines.
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Full text journals covering contemporary sociology, ethnic studies, gender studies, social theory, the sociology of sport and the sociology of work.