Databases/Electronic Resources
Subject Guides: Behavioral and Social Sciences
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Social Science Gateways on the Net
This site contains resources for Anthropology, Sociology and Archaeology and other associated disciplines. There are links to Websites, newsgroups, news, research tools, data archives, and publications. The site is maintained by Sharyn Clarkson of Canberra Australia. Miss Clarkson has a BA in Sociology and Anthropology and presently works in social policy. Be forewarned of the site’s “anti-U.S. foreign policy” viewpoint.
Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)
Relying on the expertise of specialists, SOSIG aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for students, academics, researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. This freely available Internet service is a product of the UK Resource Discovery Network, a collaboration of over 70 educational and research organizations. This is a database of over 50,000 social science web pages.
Social Sciences Virtual Library
As part of the World-Wide Web Virtual Library, this site provides social science online information. It provides links to directories, electronic journals, scholarly societies, and more. Gene R. Thursby, Ph.D., of the University of Florida is the editor of this site.
Databases/Electronic Resources
Academic Search Premier
Provides
full text for nearly 3,200 scholarly publications covering academic areas of
study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences,
engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and
ethnic studies. Click here for a
complete title list.
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more info.
Business Source Premier
Provides
full text for nearly 2,280 scholarly business journals covering management,
economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. Click here
for a
complete title list.
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more info
Education Abstracts FT
Education Abstracts Full Text includes abstracts and full text of articles from
nearly 400 journals. Topics covered include: preschool, elementary, secondary,
and higher education; special and vocational education; comparative and
multicultural education; adult and continuing education; computer technology;
teacher education, evaluation, and methods; school administration; and
parent-teacher relations. Coverage begins with 1983, abstracts with 1995, and
full text with 1996. The CUNY+ version, found under EDUC, contains only
citations, and coverage ends on 12/22/99.
ERIC (Via EBSCO)
ERIC,
the U.S. Department of Education Educational Resource Information Center
database, contains citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and
education-related journals, as well as full text of more than 2,200 digests.
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more info
Ethnic NewsWatch
Ethnic
NewsWatch contains a full-text collection of articles, editorials, and reviews
published in the newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic minority and
native press. Ethnic NewsWatch, which is available in both English and Spanish,
provides multicultural coverage of subjects of general interest with special
focus on African-American, Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, Native American,
Asian-American, Jewish, Arab-American and European-American news.
GenderWatch is a full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of an important historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, non-governmental organization, and special reports. Covers Government , History and Politics, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Women's Studies. GenderWatch is designed to provide immediate answers to general reference questions, in addition to serving as an authoritative resource for Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender studies, and Family Studies. Its international mix of content from non-mainstream publications makes GenderWatch a unique resource.
HAPI Online, the Hispanic American Periodical Index, is produced by an editorial staff at the UCLA Latin American Center. The database covers 1970 to present. From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI Online contains bibliographic citations to journal and magazine articles, book reviews, documents and original literary works about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. It does not contain full-text articles. Complimentary to this database is the Handbook of Latin American Studies Online (HLAS Online <http://www.usfca.edu/library/databases/hlas.html>). Citations are either in Spanish or English.
Created exclusively for Spanish-speaking users, this full-text electronic reference tool is the first system to provide indexing, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations. Also included is a thesaurus and interface that are uniquely designed for Spanish-speaking users. ¡Informe! thinks through every query in Spanish. Informe! also features title annotations in both English and Spanish. Includes of 50 full-text Spanish-language and bilingual periodical. Click here for a title list. Updated daily.
International Index to Black Periodicals Database
Analyses of African-American literature; reviews of calypso music; features on civil rights, education policy, and politics in a range of African nations are just a few topics that researchers can explore with International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text. The Index includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from 132 scholarly and popular journals,
newspapers and newsletters from the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean - and full-text coverage of nearly twenty core Black Studies periodicals (1998 forward). Retrospective coverage includes 120,000 citations from over forty publications, with records dating back to 1902. Coverage is international in scope and multidisciplinary - spanning cultural, economic, historical, religious, social and political issues of vital importance to the Black Studies discipline. Updated monthly.
This electronic journal service provides full text access to more than 250 journals in language and literature, Latin American and Asian studies, political science, history, business, arts and sciences, and other fields in the social sciences and humanities. Journal coverage begins with the first issue of each journal, in some cases going as far back as the 1800s. Current journals are not entered into the database for 2 to 5 years.
LearningExpress Library provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. The service provides over 300 Practice Tests and Courses, including the ACT, SAT, GED, GRE, TOEFL Exams, CUNY Math and Reading, ESL skills, Civil Service exams, citizenship, and much more. The services provides a Mirror of OFFICIAL Tests so that students gain familiarity with the test format. Each practice test provides immediate feedback on performance, ability to finish later that fits any student’s schedule, unlimited remote access so you can practice at your convenience, any time, anywhere, 24/7. Each new user must Sign in and create a unique user ID and password to access the tests. Once an ID and password is created on campus, you can then access the site from home or anywhere off campus.
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe is a full-text database that provides access to a
wide range of news, business, legal and reference information compiled
specifically for the research needs of academic institutions. LEXIS-NEXIS may be
searched for general, company, industry, legal and government news, company
financial information, country and state profiles, biographical information,
medical abstracts, law reviews, U.S. code, constitution and court rules, and
state legal research.
MasterFILE Premier
Provides
full text for over 1,880 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including
general reference, business, health, and much more. Click here for a
complete title list.
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more info
PsycINFO 1887-Current
Provides
indexing and abstracts for over one million articles in 1,700 journals from over
50 countries. This database, provided by the American Psychological Association,
also includes abstracts for dissertations, books and book chapters ranging in
date from 1887 to the present. Click here for
more info
Social Services Abstracts (CSA) |
(En Espanol)
Social
Services Abstracts provides coverage of current research focused on social work,
human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and
community development. The database starts with 1980. Part of Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts.
Social Sciences Abstracts (Wilson)
Social
Sciences Abstracts indexes and abstracts articles covering addiction studies,
area studies, community health & medical care, corrections, criminal justice,
economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies,
geography, gerontology, law, public administration, political science,
psychiatry, psychology, social work, sociology and urban studies. Coverage
begins with 1983. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in
January 1994.
Sociological Abstracts | (En Espanol)
This database covers the latest research in the fields of sociology, social sciences and related disciplines. Abstracts and enhanced citations are available for over 1,640 journals, monographs, conference papers and dissertations (1960 - present). Click here for more info
WorldCat
WWW
version of the OCLC union catalog containing bibliographic information on over
39 million items from books and journals to CD-ROMs and videos. Includes holding
information from libraries around the world. Part of FirstSearch (OCLC).
Links to the online versions of these journals are provided for publication information and tracking the literature. Some of these online titles allow browsing and searching of abstracts, while some provide full-text access. For access to the Hostos collection of full-text subscription databases that cover the chemistry and the natural sciences, see the Databases/Electronic resources section.
Anthropology/Archaeology (Archaeological Research Institute)
Anthropology Online (Washington University, St. Louis)
Economic Journals Online (University of California, San Diego)
History Journals Guide (Steven Blaschke, WWW Virtual Library)
Online Psychology (John H. Krantz. Ph.D., Hanover College)
Political Economy Journals (IPEnet, International Studies Association)
Political Science Journals (Poly-Cy, West Virginia University)
Psychology Journals (WWW Virtual Library)
Social Science Periodicals (UNESCO)
Sociology E-journals (McMaster University, WWW Virtual Library)
WebEC: List of Economic Journals (WWW Virtual Library)
American Political Science Association
American Society of Criminologists
American Society of Public Administration
National Association of Legal Assistants
National Federation of Paralegal Associations
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
BEA produces economic accounts statistics that enable government and business decision-makers, researchers, and the American public to follow and understand the performance of the Nation’s economy. To do this, BEA collects source data, conducts research and analysis, develops and implements estimation methodologies, and disseminates statistics to the public. This agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce attempts to promote a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing the most timely, relevant, and accurate economic data in an objective and cost-effective manner.
Designed to help practitioners, researchers, students, and other data users quickly gain access to relevant state and substate socioeconomic data. EconData.Net has 1,000 links to socioeconomic data sources, arraigned by subject and provider, pointers to the Web’s premier data collections and their own list of the ten best sites for finding regional economic data. This site is sponsored by the Economic Development Administration as a service to regional data users, and is jointly operated by Impresa, Inc. and Andrew Reamer & Associates, independent economic development consulting firms.
Maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, this site provides access to a full range of official statistical information offered to the public by the Federal Government. Clickable maps are provided to obtain state and local data profiles drawn from multiple federal statistical agencies, with links to the original data sources. The official statistics included here are collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies. If you want to get a quick overview of what federal agencies provide what kinds of data, come here.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. ICPSR, a membership organization of over 500 colleges and universities worldwide, is a unit of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
This is the principal fact-finding governmental agency in the field of labor economics and statistics. There are extensive links to issues such as occupations, demographics, inflation and consumer spending, publications and research papers, and even career information for kids.
University of Michigan Documents Center
This site provides an exhaustive listing of statistical resources on the web. It is organized by subjects, ranging from agriculture to weather, and provides a choice of frame or non-frame viewing. The site is maintained by Grace York, Coordinator of the Documents Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
This bureau of the Department of Commerce is known as “the nation’s fact finder”. Here you will find census data covering population projections, income, poverty, foreign trade and more. In addition, there are more than 200 annual surveys, many of them having been conducted for other governmental agencies.
AnthroTECH WWW Virtual Library-Anthropology
A comprehensive list of Web resources related to the field, with sections on linguistic anthropology, applied anthropology, archaeology, and biophysical anthropology and links to discussion forums, journals, organizations, and more. Well-organized and regularly updated, it includes explanatory annotations for each link. AnthroTECH, both the site and the company, were created by Eliot Lee, an applied anthropologist and graduate of Northern Arizona University.
The Sociolog: Julian Dierkes's Comprehensive Guide to Sociology Online.
This site offers extensive links to information on numerous topics in the field, such as teaching sociology, sociological practice, mailing lists, professional associations, and research institutes. The site is regularly updated and maintained by Julian Dierkes of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
Library of Congress’ gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections. The site also provides a link that focuses on how to view the resources contained in the digital collection; some require special audio, documents, maps, photo and print images, and video viewers.
An
award-winning
"portal created
for students, history educators, and general history
enthusiasts. Here you'll find sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy, that
will help
you
study or teach a wide variety of topics and periods in History." The site
was
created by Thomas Daccord (B.A. Princeton University, M.A. Université de
Montréal), history teacher at the Noble & Greenough School in Dedham,
Massachusetts, and an instructional technology consultant.
WWW Virtual Library: History Central Catalogue
The premier meta-site for history, organized into research methods and materials, eras and epochs, historical topics, countries and regions, and world history. Using a number of volunteer maintainers, this site is housed at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Contains online versions of a wide range of working papers, articles, conference proceedings, etc. related to political economy. BRIE publications are free to download and hardcopies are available to order. The site is located at the University of California, Berkeley.
This interagency initiative serves as the official U.S. gateway to government information. Here users can browse a wealth of information as well as complete tasks, such as-research at the Library of Congress. Users can also conduct important business online — such as apply for student loans, track Social Security benefits, compare Medicare options, reserve a National Park campsite, and administer government grants and contracts. The site is administered by U.S. General Services Administration and also is available as a Spanish-language web portal, FirstGov en Español.
Brought into being by the leadership of the 104th Congress, this site’s purpose is to make Federal Legislative information freely available to the Internet public. Here you will find bills, laws, Congressional Records, roll call votes, committee reports and links to further information. All information is made available as soon as the new files are received from the General Printing Office.
Best Practices Database
This
searchable database contains more than 1100 proven solutions from more than 120
countries to the common social, economic and environmental problems of an
urbanizing world. The site is also available in
French and
Spanish languages. The Best Practices database is a joint product of
UN-HABITAT
and
The Together Foundation
with the support of
Dubai Municipality,
the
Best Practices Partners.
The National Center for Public Productivity
This Center is a research and public service organization devoted to improving productivity in the public sector. It has a Best Practices Worldwide guide that posts public sector best practices in four categories: organization, award, scope and service. This site also has links to teaching resources, teaching cases, curricular courses and
on-line modules, as well as publications and journals. The site is sponsored by the Graduate Department of Public Administration of Rutgers University.
Case Studies in Public Administration
This
site contains and interactive multi-media software program that contains links
to 10 cases which are further linked to information about 10 themes and 10 skill
areas in Public Administration. Users of the site can read cases, observe how
each them occurs in each case study, or explore how each skill area is implied
in each case. Make sure to see the
technical requirements of the website before using. Michelle A. Saint-Germain
of the California State University Long Beach developed the site.
The Electronic Hallway
The
Electronic Hallway offers teaching cases, exercises, role-plays, teaching
workshops and curriculum planning resources to faculty focusing on public
administration and public policy. Cases cover policy areas such as economic
development, environment and land use, international affairs, and utilities and
transit issues. The Electronic Hallway is administered by the Daniel J. Evans
School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
This is the online version of the annual SOURCEBOOK published by SUNY-Albany. Over 600 tables of data on just about any topic imaginable. Perfect tables, charts, and diagrams for importing into term papers.
National Criminal Justice Reference Center
NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
FindLaw claims to provide the most comprehensive listing of legal resources for legal professionals, businesses, students and individuals. This site is a search engine which searches legal websites as well as FindLaw and Web databases. Links to legal research and news, federal and state law, international research and resources on legal subjects can be found here.
This site has a large listing of paralegal associations, career information, and help with legal research. The founder and webmaster of this site is Jeannie S. Johnston, a paralegal from Monroe, Georgia.
This site consists of a "categorized index" of more than 4000 international sites . The main index covers topics from legal research to “Academia". There is also a link to what is claimed to be the “Internet’s largest collection of free legal forms” covering topics such as basic agreements, credit and collection, medical directives and power of attorney.