Or, to search for a specific topic in journals, you can use an index, as explained below. Don't let the format get in the way. What matters is that you find your topic covered in it. Social Sciences Citation Index A citation index covering several thousand journals. Social Sciences Index A subject index to nearly 300 scholarly journals in the social sciences.
Coverage is complete and includes book reviews.
A subject index covering selectively topics in social sciences periodicals, books, pamphlets and government documents. Select your search terms and do your search. Each index has its intricacies. Review your results, selecting the articles that more closely fit your topic. What you need, either printed out or in notes, is a citation for each article you will examine.