Be sure to search the General Databases as additional resources for finding articles on your subject.

Social Sciences Databases

Alexander Street Press - Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies Video Online provides a collection of films documenting the struggles and triumphs of underrepresented, indigenous, and immigrant communities. Covering Native American Studies, Chicano Studies, African American Studies, and examinations of other racially marginalized communities, the films present issues of social justice, racial and socioeconomic inequalities, and the groups’ contributions to history, culture, and society.

Alexander Street Press - Ethnography
Ethnographic Video Online provides the largest, most comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior – more than 750 hours and 1,000 films at completion. The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides, and more.

Alexander Street Press - Women's & Gender Studies
Women's and Gender Studies Video Online provides films covering the study of gender, feminism, women’s history, media studies, and politics. The collection addresses issues of social justice, gender/sexual identity, gay and lesbian studies, and provides insight into the contributions of women to history, culture, and society.

CREDO Reference
Is on online reference database that contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles including the social sciences. This is good way of obtaining background information on your topic or issue before starting on your real research.

eHRAf Archaeology
Is an online, full-text database with information on prehistory of the world and is organized by regions and archaeological traditions. Each tradition consists of a general summary and full-text documents including books, journal articles, dissertations, and manuscripts. For the list of traditions currently included click here. This archaeological database provides researchers and students access to archaeological materials for comparative studies within and across regions.

eHRAf World Cultures
Is an online cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. This ethnographic database is unique because each culture or ethnic group contains a variety of source documents (books, articles, and dissertations) that have been indexed and organized according to HRAF's comprehensive culture and subject classification systems:the Outline of World Cultures and the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM).

Films on Demand - Anthropology
A collection of streaming videos on subjects such as archeology, cultural anthropology and physical anthropology.

Films on Demand - Criminal Justice
A collection of streaming videos on criminal investigation, the criminal justcie system and criminology.

Films on Demand - Political Science
A collection of streaming videos about American government (local, state and national) and world politics.

Films on Demand - Sociology
A collection of streaming videos on sociological topics such as ethnic and gender studies, social issues and institutions and social work.

Global Issues in Context
Offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues. Not a pro and con database, Global Issues in Context ties together a variety of sources to present a rich analysis of issues – social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural – and headlines in world hot spots. It also includes detailed information on nations to provide a foundation for cross-cultural studies and, International periodicals and news sources that bring additional insight and currency.

History Reference Center
Offers full text from more than 2,300 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 130 leading history periodicals, more than 61,100 historical documents, 66,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 110,200 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.

JSTOR
Offers a high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching. It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references. Today, academic journals comprise the majority of the content in the archive. Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1 and include previous and related titles. The most recently published journal issues (past 3-5 years) are not available. However, users can search this material and link to the publisher's site or other online source for access.

ProQuest Criminal Justice
CJPI can provide information on virtually any criminal justice topic, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law. Overall dates of coverage: 1981-present. 190 periodical titles included.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
This database provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. Is updated daily via EBSCO host.

PsycARTICLES
A definitive source of searchable full text articles on current issues in psychology. This database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 35,000 searchable full text articles from 41 journals published by the APA and eight journals from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 49 journals. Coverage now spans from 1987 to the present.

Salem Press - History
Salem Press published the critically acclaimed The Sixties in America (60s) in 1999. The Fifties in America (50s), The Seventies in America (70s), and The Eighties in America (80s) all very favorably reviewed, followed. In February, 2009 The Nineties in America (90s) became the latest titles in the Decades series to be available online through Salem History. Salem Press is also providing Great Events in History: Modern Scandals.

ScienceDirect (1998 - current)(help!)
Provides access to more than 2500 science, technology and medicine peer-reviewed (scholarly) full text articles.  When using this database, please choose the Advanced Search feature and limit the Sources category to "subscribed sources" which will limit your search to items available from ScienceDirect. 

SocINDEX with Full Text
Is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. Its extensive scope and content provide users with a wealth of extremely useful information encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study. The database features more than 1,986,000 records with subject headings from a 19,600+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. This product also contains informative abstracts for more than 1,130 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 430 "priority" coverage journals as well as from over 2,800 "selective" coverage journals. SocINDEX offers coverage from all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography, economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others.

Sources in U.S. History Online: Slavery in America
This is a digital collection of over 600 documents in 75,000 pages selected by Vernon Burton and Troy Smith from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and drawn from the Sabin collection and other Gale sources. This project documents key aspects of the history of slavery in America from its origins in Africa to its abolition, including materials on the slave trade, plantation life, emancipation, pro-slavery and anti-slavery arguments, the religious views on slavery, etc.

21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook - Stephen F. Davis and William Buskist, eds. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 2008. 1025 pp. 2 vols.
Highlights the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates in the field of psychology. Provides material of interest for students from all corners of psychological studies, whether their interests be in the biological, cognitive, developmental, social, or clinical arenas.

The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression
This Handbook provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary examination of the most current research and thinking about the complex issue of violence and violent behavior. The volume examines a range of theoretical, policy, and research issues and provides a comprehensive overview of aggressive and violent behavior. The breadth of coverage is impressive, ranging from research on biological factors related to violence and behavior-genetics to research on terrorism and the impact of violence in different cultures. The Handbook examines violence from international cross-cultural perspectives, with chapters that present both quantitative and qualitative research. The Handbook also examines violence at multiple levels: individual, family, neighborhood, and cultural, and across multiple perspectives and systems, including treatment, justice, education, and public health. The Handbook represents the most current and up-to-date research from leading experts around the world.

Child Development Neil J. Salkind, Ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. 487 pp. 
Covers human development from conception through adolescence, summarizing the latest research on physical, cognitive, social and emotional development and behavior, including areas of law, medicine, psychiatry, and demography among others. Contains black-and-white photos, and charts. Appendices contain lists of pertinent organizations and agencies and tables of statistical data. Volume 1 of the Macmillan Psychology Reference series.

Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources.K Lerner and Brenda Lerner, Eds. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 484 pp.
A focus on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Each title contains approximately 175 full or excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context.

DSM-IV-TR Guidebook (2004) - By Michael B. First, Allen Frances, Harold Alan Pincus
Designed for the clinician, "DSM-IV-TR(R) Guidebook" takes you on an entertaining and informative guided tour through DSM-IV-TR. It details how and why DSM-IV-TR developed the way it did and presents a clear road map of the intricacies of the organization of the DSM system. In this detailed, insightful volume, you will find A synopsis of the essential elements of DSM-IV-TR An annotation that explains and expands on the DSM-IV-TR criteria sets Hundreds of clinical pearls concerning diagnostic evaluation An insiders' view of how and why DSM-IV-TR became what it is A study guide plus 100 multiple-choice questions to test your DSM-IV-TR knowledge The historical context and conceptual issues surrounding psychiatric diagnosis Limited Preview and notice you can not print this resource since it is in Google Books.

Encyclopedia of Aging. David J. Ekerdt, Ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. 1591 pp. 4 vols.
Written by experts for a general audience, articles cover topics such as biology, medicine, economics, law, psychology, sociology, and history as they relate to aging. Illustrated with photos, graphs, and line drawings.

Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology - Charles D. Spielberger, ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2004. 2688 pp. 3 vols.
Encompasses applications of psychological knowledge and procedures in all areas of psychology. Entries provide a clear definition of topic, a brief review of theoretical basis relevant to the topic, and emphasize major areas of application.

Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society. Paula S. Fass, Ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. 1056 pp. 3 vols. 
This 3-vol. set presents the social and cultural history of childhood from antiquity to the present. Children and Childhood examines this history through articles on education, parenting, child labor, economics, images of childhood, children's literature, play, toys and games, health, physiology, law, the criminal justice system and social welfare.

Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice. Joshua Dressler, Ed. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. 1780 pp. 4 vols.
An interdisciplinary source that addresses not only law but also sociology, psychology, history and economics. Entries vary widely from abortion to rape and from family violence to wiretapping, offering a mirror of issues dominating toda.'s headlines. This edition is a complete update and revision of the previous edition that includes new essays on topics such as stalking, hate crimes, and HIV.

Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Global Change (2008)
Explores major topics related to global warming and climate change-ranging geographically from the North Pole to the South Pole, and thematically from social effects to scientific causes. Covers the science and history of climate change, the controversies over climate-change theories, the role of societies, the industrial and economic factors, and the sociological aspects of climate change.

Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology- Yo Jackson, ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference, 2006. 509 pp.
This encyclopedia presents a thorough overview of the psychology of racial, ethnic, and minority issues in the United States. It covers the breadth of psychology viewed through the lens of the racial and ethnic minority experience. An excellent resource for those interested in improving their awareness and comprehension of cultural practices prevalent among and between all people.

Encyclopedia of Sociology. Edgar F. Borgatta and Rhonda J.V. Montgomery, Eds. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA 2001. 3481 pp. 5 vols.
This classic reference has been updated to reflect many changes in society and in the field of sociology in recent years. Articles covering core issues such as race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy and abortion have been updated and expanded, and completely new articles have been written on topics such as the Internet, privacy and epidemiology.

Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology Bonnie Strickland, Ed. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 701 pp.
Covers the entire spectrum of psychology, including notable people, theories and terms, landmark case studies and experiments, applications of psychology in advertising, medicine and sports, and career information.

Homelessness Handbook (2007)
Designed to support the efforts of everyone who wants to end homelessness. Explains who the homeless are, why they are homeless, what it means to be homeless, and what the rest of us can do to alleviate the suffering of the homeless.

AP Images (1820's to current)
Provides a sensory journey of Associated Press photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text spanning over 160 years of history. Contents maybe used for research projects and other educational applications without seeking additional permission.

A to Z Maps Online
The worlds largest subscription-based database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.

EBSCOHost Images - Provides photos of people, places, historical, natural science, maps, and flags.

Ethnographic Video Online - Alexander Street Press
Provides the largest, most comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior – more than 750 hours and 1,000 films at completion. The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides, and more.

Films on Demand
Use our web-based digital video delivery service, FMG On Demand, to view previews online and purchase streaming access to any of our 5,000+ digital titles. Choose just the titles you need, watch them as many times as you want, and share them with students and faculty through online catalogs, distance learning courses, and learning management systems. Please check the Films on Demand link to access titles in the social sciences.

Global Issues in Context
Offers global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues. Not a pro and con database, Global Issues in Context ties together a variety of sources to present a rich analysis of issues – social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural – and headlines in world hot spots. It also includes detailed information on nations to provide a foundation for cross-cultural studies and, International periodicals and news sources that bring additional insight and currency.

History Reference Center
Offers full text from more than 2,300 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 130 leading history periodicals, more than 61,100 historical documents, 66,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 110,200 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.

Social Sciences