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Search by Subject: Social Sciences Databases

Search these databases for articles in the areas of criminal justice, media communications, political science, psychology, and sociology.

Academic Search Premier    some full text
Large, scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more than 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing for all 8,040 journals in the collection.

America: History and Life        abstracts & citations
Comprehensive coverage of articles from journals, book reviews, and dissertations published worldwide on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.  From pre-history to the present.

Communication Studies        full text
Full text access to the SAGE Communication Studies journal collection (1982-current).

Criminal Justice Periodicals     some full text  
Collection of national and international criminal justice journals with information on law enforcement, corrections administration, family law, industrial security, rehabilitation, and more. (from ProQuest)

Criminology Collection           full text
Full text access to SAGE publications in areas of criminal justice, corrections, penology, policing (1976 to current).

CQ Researcher     full text
Provides in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Including pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions, it is useful for term papers, debates, and speeches. Now includes PLUSArchive  with articles going back to 1923 for an historical component and Global Researcher bringing an international perspective.

CQ Weekly    full text
Covers Congress, politics, and public policy. Includes roll call votes, floor action, Supreme Court decisions, and election coverage. Online reports from 1983 to the present.

DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals      some full text
This service covers full text, quality-controlled, scholarly journals and promotes open-access. There are a good number of journals covering the social sciences represented. As of August 2006 there were 2345 journals in the directory arranged by subject.

FirstGov      full text  
The official U.S. gateway to all governmental information.

Google News Archive Search        some pay for view, some free full text
Search the archives of newspapers, magazines, and other publications and  create timelines.

GPO Access      full text 
A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free access to a wealth of important information produced by the Federal Government. Information on all three branches of government, statistical abstracts, economic indicators, the Congressional Record, Supreme Court decisions, and much more.

Harp Week    full text  
Includes the full text of Harper's Weekly and provides a continuous record of what happened on a weekly basis from 1857 through 1912. The first segment includes the Civil War Era: 1857-1865. The next two cover Reconstruction: 1866-1871 and 1872-1877. The last six encompass the Gilded Age: 1878-1912. Covers much of the social, political, and economic history of the United States during this period.

Historical Abstracts      abstracts & citations
Index to journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations in the area of world history. Covers topics from 1450-present and  includes over 2,100 journals published throughout the world.  Search with or without U.S. and Canadian history included.

Health Sciences Collection        full text
Full text access to SAGE publications in the health, public policy, health services & administration, health education, and community/public health nursing fields (1982 to current).

JSTOR     full text  
Access to more than 100 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals, in 15 disciplines. Includes journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. We subscribe to the Arts and Sciences I package.

LexisNexis          full text
Provides  U.S. and international news; company reports, news, and financial information; industry and market data; state and country profiles; legal news, research, and information, including Shepard's Citations; biographical and general reference information;  and access to medical and health journals.

Mental Measurements Yearbook         full text 
Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. MMY provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present.

New York Times     full text 
Full text articles, 1995-present.  (from ProQuest)

Newspapers/NewsStand     some full text  
Access to over 500 national and international newspapers. Includes full text for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. (from ProQuest)

Political Handbook of the World      full text
Provides thorough and accurate information on the major aspects of each country's government and political party system.  In addition, the Handbook profiles 120 intergovernmental organizations, such as OPEC, NATO, the WTO, world and regional banks, and the agencies and specialized bodies of the United Nations.

Political Science Collection        full text 
Full text access to the SAGE publications in the areas of political science, American government, and policy studies (1974-current).

ProjectMUSE     full text  
Access to "250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers. As one of the academic community's primary electronic journals resources, Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others."

PsycARTICLES       full text
Contains the full text of articles from APA journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals, most from 1988 to the present (from CSA)

PsycCRITQUES    full text 
PsycCRITIQUES is a searchable database of book reviews in psychology. In each weekly release, PsycCRITIQUES will deliver approximately 20 reviews of psychological books written by subject experts, most from the current copyright year.

Psychology Collection       full text
Full text access to the SAGE publications in the areas of applied psychology, assessment, child development, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, counseling psychology, and social psychology (1969-current).

Psychology Journals    full text  
Access to full text articles from 400 journals in psychology and related fields. Coverage from 1992-present. (from ProQuest)

PsycINFO       citations and abstracts only 
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association, contains over a million citations and summaries of articles from journals, books, book chapters, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology and related fields ( CSA)

ScienceDirect     some full text
One of the world's largest providers of scientific, technical, and medical literature with a database of some 2 million articles and 59 million abstracts from all fields of science. Access to journals in mathematics, social sciences, arts and humanities, and business as well.

Sociology Collection       full text
Full text access to SAGE publications in the areas of contemporary sociology, comparative sociology, and consumer culture (1965-current).

Tests in Print            full text
Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).

Urban Studies and Planning       full text
Full text access to SAGE publications in the areas of anthropology, economic development, economics, education, planning theory, political science, public administration, and urban policy (1965-current).

Winona Newspaper Project    full text 
Online archive of three late 19th century and early 20th century Winona newspapers. Includes available issues of the Winona Argus, the Winona Daily Republican and the Winona Republican Herald.

World Factbook CIA     full text 
Country information - demographics, economies, climate, geography, government, military, and more.


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