How to Find Articles in Social Forces

You will access journal articles from Social Forces by using a Library database called ProQuest Sociology.

You can CLICK HERE TO PRINT TEXT-ONLY INSTRUCTIONS [PDF] that you can refer back to while you search the database.

How to Access the ProQuest Sociology Database

This database requires a username and password in order to access it from off campus. There are several ways that you can GET THE DATABASE PASSWORDS.

Click the following link to open the database in a new window:

• ProQuest Sociology 
  You may need to turn off your pop-up blocker in order to see the new window.

OPTION 1:
Bring up a list of EVERY AVAILABLE ARTICLE from Social Forces.

At the top, click on Advanced (or Advanced Search in the drop-down box).

Type Social Forces in the first search box at the top. Beside this, click the down-arrow and change "Key fields + text" to "Publication title - PUB."

Go down to the bottom of the page. Beside "Sort results by," click the down-arrow and select "Date (most recent first)."

Click the Search button.

OPTION 2:
Bring up a list of AVAILABLE ARTICLES ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC from Social Forces.

At the top, click on Advanced (or Advanced Search in the drop-down box).

Type Social Forces in the first search box at the top. Beside this, click the down-arrow and change "Key fields + text" to "Publication title - PUB."

Type your topic word(s) after the "AND" in the second (and possibly third) search box (ignore the search boxes after the "or").

Search examples:

• welfare
• mental health
• marriage AND child care

Click the Search button.

DO NOT CLICK on the "Suggested subjects" links. When you click on these links, you will no longer be limiting your search to articles from Social Forces.

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