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Sage Research Methods This link opens in a new window
Note: UNL has trial access to all content on the Sage Research Methods platform through April 30, 2025.
Books, articles, and instructional videos covering research methods in the social sciences. UNL's access includes the Sage Research Methods Core and Foundation collections, Cases parts I and II, Datasets parts I and II, Market Research videos, and Practical Research and Academic Skills videos. (Full-Text and Streaming Video)

SAGE Social Sciences Research Project Planner
Find step-by-step guidance to complete your research project.
How to Do a Literature Review in 10 Easy Steps
A SAGE video on sourcing literature, the importance of arguments, and the ten steps of a literature review.
Doing a Literature Review
I've always liked Knopf's (2006) practical, concise explanation of literature reviews. It's written for political science students and a bit old, but still widely relevant to today's social sciences researchers.
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Knopf, J. (2006). Doing a Literature Review. PS: Political Science and Politics, 39(1), 127-132.

Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Journals, conference papers, book reviews, and dissertations in sociology, social work, and related disciplines. (Index)
Social Science Citation Index, 1900- (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Journals, books, and conference papers in the social sciences. (Index)

Annual Review of Sociology (Journal)
Covers the significant developments in the field of sociology, including major theoretical and methodological developments as well as current research in the major subfields.

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports in all subject areas. Some articles are available in full-text through links to UNL's journal subscriptions. (Index)

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UNL Libraries subscribes to hundreds of databases to support researchers in every discipline.

APA Style and Grammar Guidelines
information about APA Style as described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition.
ZoteroBib
If you need a quick and easy way to create a few citations, use this instead of the full Zotero software.
Zotero
A free citation management tool with unlimited storage through UNL Libraries for storing, organizing, and citing your research.
Getting started with Zotero video
This video provides an introduction to reference and citation management software in general, goes over some reasons for why you should or should not use Zotero, offers an installation walkthrough specifically for UNL users, and briefly demonstates how to use Zotero and its Microsoft Word plugin.
More about citation management tools
UNL Libraries supports many citation management tools. Contact us with questions.