Subject Guides: Latter-day Saint Movement Studies: Social Sciences

Philosophy and Church History/Doctrine Librarian

Contact:

Click the button to set up a short research consultation with me or feel free to email me your questions. I will help in whatever way I can!
gerrit_vandyk@byu.edu

Subjects: Religion & Philosophy

General Social Sciences

Some key cross-disciplinary resources in the social sciences related to Latter-day Saints. These are recommended starting points before moving on to the subject-specific sections below. Search using "mormon OR lds OR latter-day saint" and your subtopic to retrieve the most results.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Coverage: 1861 - Current. With more than 2 million entries of dissertations and theses, many with abstracts and/or PDFs of the full product. 28,000+ entries on Mormon topics.
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. Contains over 6,600 entries on Mormonism.
APA PsycInfo (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window The most comprehensive database for psychology and related topics. Contains over 1,400 entries on Mormonism.

Sociology of Religion Bibliography Online Sponsored by Hartford Seminary’s Hartford Institute for Religion Research with a commitment to providing quality social scientific religion research information that is helpful for religious leaders and the general public. 300+ citations on Mormonism.

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI): Web of Science This link opens in a new window Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) searches over 3,000 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals — 1900 to present. Contains over 2,000 citations on Mormon social issues and topics.
Scopus (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature for science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Contains 900+ citations to Mormonism

Mormon Social Science Bibliography A 2007 list of resources about social issues and Mormonism.

Statistics

United States Census
Current Church Statistics Contains basic world-wide Church statistics about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Association of Religion Data Archives The American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) acts to preserve quantitative data on American religion, to improve access to this data, to increase the use of the data, and to allow comparisons across data files. Contains 2000 census data on Mormonism and other studies conducted on American religion.
Global Mormonism Project Based out of Religious Education at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, this site offers access to information on Mormonism in every region and country of the world, as well as topics of international scope.
BYU Library Books: Mormon Almanacs A list of books at BYU with statistical information about the LDS Church and its membership.

Family Studies

Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Covers family studies topics. Contains over 300 entries on Mormonism.

BYU Library Materials: Mormon Family Life A list of books, articles, and manuscripts at BYU on Mormon family life and family theology.

Psychology

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy is the journal of the Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists (AMCAP). AMCAP is an independent, international professional organization of counselors, psychotherapists and others in helping professions whose common bond is adherence to the principles and standards of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
BYU Library Materials: Mormon Mental Health A list of resources at BYU about Mormonism and mental health.
BYU Library Materials: Mormon Psychology A list of resources at BYU about Mormonism and psychology.

Sociology

Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Contains over 600 entries on Mormon social issues and topics.

BYU Library Materials: Mormon Sociology A list of resources at BYU about Mormonism and sociology.