Social Sciences Databases

Most Useful Databases

Academic Search Complete

Multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,900 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,800 peer-reviewed journals... (more info)

Web of Science

The Web of Science is the Web interface for institutional sitewide access to the world's leading citation databases, which cover over 12,000 international jour... (more info)

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

With more than 2 million entries, PQD&T is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's these... (more info)

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Alt-PressWatch

Alt-PressWatch provides a valuable new source of coverage, viewpoints and perspectives to complement and challenge the coverage of the mainstream medi... (more info)

Anthropological Index Online

The Anthropological Index Online is based on the journal holdings of The British Museum... (more info)

Anthropology Plus

Anthropology Plus combines Anthropological Literature from Harvard University with Anthropological Index from Royal Anthropological Institute, UK.... (more info)

AnthroSource

Current issues for more than 30 of the American Anthropological Association's most critical peer-reviewed publications, including American Anthropologist, ... (more info)

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)

Working papers, conference papers, policy briefs and economic indicators from leading international relations research centers, and article listings...... (more info)

Congressional

Citations to U.S. Congressional Hearings, Documents, Reports and Committee Prints. Also includes legislative histories of public laws. Includes some ... (more info)

CQ Researcher

CQ Researcher: Articles analyze, and provide pros and cons on, controversial and timely issues. Include bibliographies.... (more info)

EconLit

Indexes journal articles, dissertations, chapters and articles in books and conference proceedings;... (more info)

Family & Society Studies Worldwide

FSSW provides the coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. ... (more info)

GenderWatch

GenderWatch (enlarging the scope of Women 'R') is a full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, spe... (more info)

Historical Abstracts

Journal articles, dissertations, and essays in collections on the history of the world, 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada).... (more info)

Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective

Offers a broad range of subject coverage in the humanities and social sciences with high-quality indexing of more than 1,300,000 articles in nearly 1,100 periodicals, dating as far back as 1907, ... (more info)

JSTOR

Contains the full text of over 169 journals available from JSTOR.... (more info)

LexisNexis Academic

Full text articles, documents, and other materials from newspapers, business and trade journals, general interest magazines, company reports, legal and tax documents.... (more info)

Proquest Criminal Justice Periodicals

CJP provides cover-to-cover access for 45 criminal justice journals frequently consulted by professionals, plus complete abstracts for over 100 additi... (more info)

ProQuest Newsstand

ProQuest Newsstand? offers unparalleled access to the full text of over 1300 newspapers, news websites and blogs from leading publishers throughout the world. The database includes backfile for most ... (more info)

PsycINFO

Indexes 2,182 journals, book chapters and records. ... (more info)

RAND California

RAND California provides data and citations to California economic and public policy issues - health, education, housing, employment & more.... (more info)

Social Services Abstracts

Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including... (more info)

Social Work Abstracts

Offers coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), it provides indexing and abstracts... (more info)

Sociological Abstracts

Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.... (more info)

Statistical Insight

Citations to documents, books and journal articles with significant statistical content.... (more info)

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

This database provides abstracts and indexing of the international literature of political science and international relations...... (more info)