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Social Sciences Research Guide

Academic Search Premier
EBSCO
Articles from thousands of magazines and journals in many different subjects (1970s-present).
Articles - Some full text
America: History & Life
EBSCO
Articles from several thousand history journals on the U.S. and Canada from prehistory to present (1954-present).
Articles - Some full text
AnthroSource Archive of all American Anthropological Association journals, with current issues for 32 titles (all years).
Articles - Some full text
Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities Instructions for authors from journals in education, psychology, and business.
Directory
ClasePeriodica
FirstSearch
Index of Latin American journals in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences (1975-present).
Articles - Some full text
Communication and Mass Media Complete
EBSCO
Covers the literature of communication and mass media (years vary by source).
Articles - Some full text
CountryWatch Political, economic, social, and environmental overviews, statistics, and news for approximately 200 countries.
Reference Entries
CQ Researcher
CQ Press
Summary reports of current political, economic, social, cultural, and health issues in the news (1991-present).
Reference Entries
CSA Gateway
Proquest-CSA
Article databases for philosophy, sociology, and political science, plus the SAGE e-journal collections.
Articles - Some full text
ERIC (Education)
EBSCO
"Education Resources Information Center" covers journals (1960s-present) plus other literature (1900s-present).
Articles & Documents - Some full text
eHRAF World Cultures
Yale University
"Human Relations Area Files" provides studies of cultural and social life organized by cultures and ethnic groups.
E-Book Entries
Historical Abstracts
EBSCO
Journal articles and book reviews for world history, 1450 to present, excluding the U.S. and Canada (1954-present).
Articles - Some full text
HLAS Online
Library of Congress
"Handbook of Latin American Studies," a bibliography on Latin America (1935-present). Open access.
Books & Articles - Citations only
Iter Bibliography
University of Toronto
Multi-disciplinary database of literature about the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 400-1700 A.D. (years vary by source).
Books & Articles - Citations only
JSTOR Archive of core scholarly journals in all subjects, including the social sciences (all years except the most recent).
Articles - All full text
LexisNexis Academic
Lexis-Nexis
Newspapers and newswires from the U.S. around the world, plus business and legal news and news, and legal information.
Newspapers - Full text
LISTA
EBSCO
"Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts" covers journals and other literature (1960s-present).
Articles - Some full text
PAIS International
CSA
"Public Affairs Information Service" indexes books, articles, and government publications dealing with domestic and global issues (1972-present).
Articles & Books - Some full text
Project Muse
Johns Hopkins University
300 scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, and social sciences (mid-1990s-present).
Articles - All full text
PsycINFO
APA/EBSCO
Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations in psychology (1800s-present; varies by source).
Articles - Some full text
Reader's Guide Retro
Wilson
Historical citations from more than 500 leading U.S. news and general interest magazines (1890-1982).
Articles - Citations only
Salem History Profiles great lives and great events in history from the ancient world through the 20th century.
Reference Entries
Social Services Abstracts
CSA
Abstracts 1,400+ journals in social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development (1980-present).
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Sociological Abstracts
CSA
Abstracts for 1,600+ journals, monographs, papers and dissertations in sociology and related disciplines (1960-present).
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Violence and Abuse Abstracts
Sage/EBSCO
Indexes journals about violence and abuse, including family violence, sexual assault, and emotional abuse.
Articles - Some full text
Web of Science
ISI
Indexes 5,900 scientific journals, including all cited references, plus thousands of journals in the social sciences (1977-present).
Articles - Some full text
Wilson Omnifile
Wilson
Includes 1,900 magazines and journals for the humanities, social sciences, sciences, business, and current events (1994-present).
Articles - All full text
World Development Indicators
World Bank
Statistics on health, education, welfare, sustainable use of natural resources, and economic growth for developing nations, with 10-30 years of comparative data.
Statistical Data
World News Connection
NTIS/OSC
Current international news from non-U.S. media in English translation, from the Open Source Center. Call 280-2227 for login. One user at a time.
Newspapers - All full text
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
CSA
Abstracts 1000 journals covering political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy (1975-present).
Articles - Some full text

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