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Family & Society Studies Worldwide 1970 - present Family & Society Studies Worldwide provides comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare... View Family & Society Studies Worldwide Online

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Academic Search 1975 - present Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary database that provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including approximately 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. A total of 8,500 journals are index... View Academic Search Online
Family & Society Studies Worldwide 1970 - present Family & Society Studies Worldwide provides comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare... View Family & Society Studies Worldwide Online
PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts) 1800s - present This database from the American Psychological Association (APA) contains more than three million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical repor... View PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts) Online
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO) 1895 - SocINDEX with Full Text includes full text for 397 "core coverage" sociology journals dating back to 1908 and 150 "priority coverage" journals. It also includes full text for more than 720 books an... View SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO) Online

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Historical Statistics of the United States (Millennial Edition Online) Colonial period of U.S. - present The Millennial Edition is the definitive source of statistics and data about the United States and is a key resource for American history research from Colonial times to the present. This is an upd... View Historical Statistics of the United States (Millennial Edition Online) Online
POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE) 1973 - present The POPLINE database on reproductive health provides more than 360,000 citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family pl... View POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE) Online
Statistical Abstract of the United States 2013- (via ProQuest) dates vary, to present This tool is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of... View Statistical Abstract of the United States 2013- (via ProQuest) Online
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WisStat 1960 - present GetFacts, formerly WISSTAT, contains thousands of demographic and economic variables for the state of Wisconsin, its counties and smaller communitites. The sources of the data include the U.S. Cens... View WisStat Online

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America : History and Life 1910 - present America : History and Life indexes and abstracts more than 1700 social science and humanities journals in the field of United States and Canadian history. (See Historical Abstracts for non-North Am... View America : History and Life Online
Anthropological Literature 19th Century - present Anthropological Literature is a comprehensive, international resource for the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research. It offers more than 500,000 citations from... View Anthropological Literature Online
CQ Researcher (Current Issues) November 1991 - present CQ Researcher contains weekly, in-depth reports that cover the most current and controversial issues of the day. Reports are written by experienced journalists on such topics as: health, social tre... View CQ Researcher (Current Issues) Online
EconLit 1969 - EconLit indexes and abstracts more than 300 scholarly English language journals, dissertations, working papers, and books in the field of economics. Also included are the full-text of book reviews ... View EconLit Online
ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center 1966 - ERIC (the Educational Resource Information Center) indexes more than 1.3 million bibliographic records in education research and resources. Materials include journal articles (the majority peer-rev... View ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center Online
Family Studies Abstracts 1979 - to date Family Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records of journal articles covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy and other areas of releva... View Family Studies Abstracts Online
Google Scholar Dates Vary Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of researc... View Google Scholar Online
Home Economics to Human Ecology: A Centennial History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Past 100 years Home Economics to Human Ecology: A Centennial History at the University of Wisconsin - Madison is a digital collection of photographs and ephemera illustrating aspects of the past 100 years at the ... View Home Economics to Human Ecology: A Centennial History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Online
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences 1981 - present The IBSS indexes the information contained in over 2,600 social sciences journals and 6,000 books each year. Coverage includes both core and specialized material from over 100 countries in more tha... View International Bibliography of the Social Sciences Online
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Current (2015) The International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences is a fully revised and updated second edition of the 2001 publication. It includes nearly 4000 articles curated by 71 section edit... View International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Online
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Dates Vary JSTOR is a full-text journal database which provides access to more than 1,200 titles in the fields of African-American studies, anthropology, architecture, Asian studies, biological sciences, bota... View JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Online
Mass Observation Online 1937 to 1967 Source Library: Special Collections, University of Sussex. Mass Observation Online makes available original manuscript and typescript papers created and collected by the British Mass Observation or... View Mass Observation Online Online
NationalJournal Current Advertised as "the academic community's policy source", Policy Central offers several databases covering various aspects of U.S. government, public policy, and business. Among them are National Jou... View NationalJournal Online
PAIS (Public Affairs) 1972 - present Public Affairs Information Service indexes more than 900 journals; books; government documents; statistical compilations; committee reports; directories; serials; reports of public, intergovernment... View PAIS (Public Affairs) Online
Parenthood in America 1998 Parenthood in America was a national conference held April 19-21, 1998 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The purpose of the conference was "to accord parenthood the sta... View Parenthood in America Online
PsycArticles 1894 - present The PsycARTICLES® database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 150,000 searchable full text a... View PsycArticles Online
Sloan Network Archive (Work and Family Researchers Network) The Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) carries on the legacy of the Sloan Work and Family Research Network. The Sloan Network had been the premier online destination for work and family res... View Sloan Network Archive (Work and Family Researchers Network) Online
Social Services Abstracts Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community devel... View Social Services Abstracts Online
Social Work Abstracts 1977 - present Social Work Abstracts contains citations and abstracts to articles from more than 450 journals in the areas of the social work profession, theory and practice, areas of service, social issues, and ... View Social Work Abstracts Online
Sociological Abstracts 1952 - present The Sociological Abstracts database indexes and abstracts 2,000 worldwide journals in sociology. Relevant dissertations have been added since 1986. Also included is the Social Planning Policy and D... View Sociological Abstracts Online
Web of Science Arts & Humanities, 1975 to present; Science, 1900 to present; 1965 - for Science; Social Sciences, 1900 to present; Conferences, 1990 to present The Web of Science is a combination of three databases: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Conference Proceedings Citation Index (... View Web of Science Online
Women's Magazine Archive 1846 - 2005 This database provides searchable access to the complete archives of leading women's interest magazines, dating from the 19th century through to the 21st. Comprised of 2 collections (Archive 1 and ... View Women's Magazine Archive Online
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts 1975 - present Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is a combination and continuation of two older databases, Political Science Abstracts (1975-2000) and ABC POL SCI (1984-2000). The new resource provides citati... View Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Online

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