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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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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
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
Scopus Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database that covers science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. View Scopus 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
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
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

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Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive (combined) 1991 - The combined search of Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive includes entries from more than 300 alternative, radical, and left publications. Subjects covered include social a... View Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive (combined) Online
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
American History in Video 1890s - 1980s At completion, American History in Video will include 2,000 total hours of streaming video content. More than half will be contemporaneous video from the 1890s to the 1980s. The early newsreels, in... View American History in Video Online
American Indian Experience "Pre-contact" - present The American Indian Experience is a portal and full-text online library of more than 150 titles; hundreds of primary documents and images, including treaties, speeches, traditional tales, and capti... View American Indian Experience Online
Annual Reviews Dates Vary Founded in 1932, Annual Reviews provides a comprehensive resource for researchers in forty disciplines, including biological, physical, life, and social sciences. The dates covered varies, dependin... View Annual Reviews 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
Anthropology Online Anthropology Online brings together a wide range of written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behavior the world over. It will grow to bec... View Anthropology Online Online
APA Style Guide to Electronic References This guide (in PDF format) is adapted from the 6th edition Publication Manual of the APA; up-to-date guide to formatting electronic references in APA Style. Outlines key elements for referencing el... View APA Style Guide to Electronic References Online
ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials 1908 - present The ATLA Religion Database (formerly ATLA Religion Index) indexes more than 600 of the leading journals in the field of religion and theology. The index also includes essays from multi-author works... View ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials Online
Black Studies In Video 20th - 21st Century Black Studies in Video, the latest addition to Alexander Street Press’s award-winning black studies portfolio, brings together seminal documentaries, powerful interviews, and previously unavailable... View Black Studies In Video Online
Black Thought and Culture 1700 - present This collection contains approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings from the past 250 years by over 1,000 American black leaders, including artists, politicians, religious leaders, athlete... View Black Thought and Culture Online
C-Span Video Library 1987 - present Videos and transcripts of C-Span programs; includes public affairs programming, Congressional proceedings, news conferences, BookTV non-fiction author talks and interviews, and more. Contains every... View C-Span Video Library Online
CABI CAB Abstracts (Agriculture & Veterinary) 1910 - present CAB Abstracts a comprehensive database of the applied life sciences. The subject matter covers agriculture, agricultural economics, animal breeding and disease, biotechnology, dairy science, entomo... View CABI CAB Abstracts (Agriculture & Veterinary) Online
Cairn (French) This journal database covers subjects in the humanities and social sciences, representing primarily French and Francophone scholarly publications. Since February 2006, the National Library of Franc... View Cairn (French) Online
Census of Agriculture (US) The Census of Agriculture, taken every five years, is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Any person with estimated or expected annual sales of agricultural ... View Census of Agriculture (US) Online
Chicano Database 1967 - This is the most comprehensive bibliographic resource for information about Mexican-American topics and the only specialized database for Chicano reference. It identifies, in one place, all types o... View Chicano Database Online
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Dates Vary CMMC incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals to crea... View Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Online
Corpus de Littérature Francophone de l'Océan Indien du 18e Siecle aux Independances 18th Century - 1960 (or death of authors) This Corpus gives access, as completely as possible, to the whole of Francophone written and oral literature from the Indian Ocean, from the origins (18th century) to Independence (1960, or death o... View Corpus de Littérature Francophone de l'Océan Indien du 18e Siecle aux Independances 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
Data Citation Index 1900 - present The Data Citation Index provides a single point of access to quality research data from repositories across disciplines and around the world. Through linked content and summary information, this da... View Data Citation Index 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
Eldis Gateway to Development Information Eldis is a database and email service of information on international development. It features an ever-growing library of editorially selected and abstracted online documents, and an organisational... View Eldis Gateway to Development Information Online
Encyclopedia of Communication Theory Searchable, browsable, and with more than 300 entries, this work provides a comprehensive overview of communication theories based in a variety of disciplines. Current descriptions of theories are ... View Encyclopedia of Communication Theory Online
Essential Science Indicators Ten year rolling file - present Essential Science Indicators is a database for identifying emerging research areas and the influential individuals, institutions, papers, publications, and countries in a field of study. It compile... View Essential Science Indicators Online
Ethnic NewsWatch 1960 - present Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW) features newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. With titles dating fr... View Ethnic NewsWatch Online
Ethnographic Video Online, Volume 1 20th - 21st Century A comprehensive online resource for the visual study of human culture and behavior and the largest, most affordable streaming video collection of its kind, Ethnographic Video Online contains more t... View Ethnographic Video Online, Volume 1 Online
European Sources Online (ESO) 1990s - present European Sources Online (ESO) is an online database which provides access to information on the institutions and activities of the European Union, the countries, regions and other international org... View European Sources Online (ESO) 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
Filmakers Library Online 1970s to 2011 (approximately) Interdisciplinary resource of over 1,000 issue-based documentaries and independent films from the U.S. and other countries. Topics include: race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and ... View Filmakers Library Online Online
GenderWatch 1970 - present GenderWatch is a gender, women, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) issues database with thousands of English-language full-text articles from over 200 magazines, academic journals, ... View GenderWatch Online
GeoData@Wisconsin Present GeoData@Wisconsin provides direct download access to Wisconsin geospatial data collected and archived by the Robinson Map Library at UW-Madison. Datasets from state, county, and local government pr... View GeoData@Wisconsin 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
H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences 1994 - to date H-Net Reviews publishes reviews of books and multimedia materials. While the focus is on history, many reviews of current and contemporary topics are also included. Reviews are written by academic ... View H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences Online
Harper's Bazaar Archive 1940 - present When completed this database will cover the entire run of Harper's Bazaar magazine, a fashion, arts, and culture authority from 1867 to the present. Scanned in full color and including monthly upda... View Harper's Bazaar Archive Online
Historical Abstracts 1955 - present Historical Abstracts indexes and abstracts information in world history and the related social sciences and humanities, excluding the U.S. and Canada. (See America: History and Life for U.S. and Ca... View Historical Abstracts Online
Hmong Cultural Center 1996 - present Web site of the Hmong Cultural Center located in Saint Paul, Minn. whose mission is to promote the personal development of children, youth, and adults through Hmong cultural education while providi... View Hmong Cultural Center Online
Independent Voices Drawn from the special collections of libraries here at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, SUNY-Buffalo, Duke University, Northwestern University, and others, the Independent Voices project pro... View Independent Voices Online
Indiastat.com 1990 - present Indiastat.com provides socio-economic statistical data primarily from Indian government sources in electronic formats (both HTML and Excel files). Data includes statistics on demographics, health, ... View Indiastat.com Online
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Dates Vary; ICPSR was founded in 1962 ICPSR maintains and provides access to a large archive of quantitative social science data for research and instruction. The ICPSR data holdings contain around 5000 studies and 50,000 files coverin... View Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Online
International African Bibliography Online 1971 - present The International African Bibliography (IAB) is an essential resource for all those working in the field of African studies, providing a current awareness service of the latest books, articles and ... View International African Bibliography Online 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
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences The all-new International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences contains nearly 3,000 new articles contributed by thousands of international scholars and several Nobel Prize winners, including Roger ... View International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Online
International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text (IIBPFT) 1998 - present IIBP Full Text includes current and selective retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from more than 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the United State... View International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text (IIBPFT) Online
iPOLL Databank 1935 - present The iPOLL Databank at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is a full-text, question-level retrieval system for United States public opinion back to 1935. Through subject, word, organization... View iPOLL Databank Online
J. Willard Hurst Collection 1932 - 1997 The J. Willard Hurst Collection details the career of the man commonly identified as the father of modern American legal history. The collection includes Hursts personal outlines and notes; course ... View J. Willard Hurst Collection Online
Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS) 1957 - 1995 The Joint Publications Research Service was a U.S. government organization established in 1957 to supply government agencies with translations of unclassified foreign documents consisting of the fo... View Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS) 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
Left Index 1982 - present The Left Index provides indexing to "the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside the academy and a secondar... View Left Index Online
LGBT Thought and Culture LGBT Thought and Culture is an online resource hosting the key works and archival documentation of LGBT political and social movements throughout the 20th century and into the present day. The coll... View LGBT Thought and Culture Online
Liberation Journals Index 1931 - 1970 The Liberation Journals Index is an analytic, searchable, online index covering the interwar Pan-African periodicals La Revue du Monde Noir, Légitime Défense, L’Étudiant Noir, the wartime Tropiques... View Liberation Journals Index Online
London Low Life Taking as its subject Victorian London, the content ranges from salacious ‘swell’s guides’ to scandalous broadsides and subversive posters, the material sold and exchanged on London’s bustling thor... View London Low Life 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
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library 1970's - present The NCJRS Virtual Library contains summaries of more than 225,000 publications on criminal justice, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles... View National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library Online
North China Herald (1850-1926) 1850-1926 The English North China Herald is the prime English-language source for the history of the foreign presence in China from around 1850 to the 1940s. It was published in Shanghai. As the official jou... View North China Herald (1850-1926) Online
Opposing Viewpoints in Context 1990 - present Opposing Viewpoints in Context draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to pr... View Opposing Viewpoints in Context Online
Oxford African American Studies Center 1619 - present The Oxford African American Studies Center provides access to more than 7,500 articles by top scholars in the field. The core content includes several reference works with print counterparts - Afri... View Oxford African American Studies Center Online
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Geography The Geography module from Oxford Bibliographies Inline (OBO) provides a means to navigate through the vast amounts of books, publications, and other materials from across the discipline from the la... View Oxford Bibliographies Online: Geography 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
Periodicals Archive Online 1802 - 2000 An online archive of digitized, full-image journal articles, Periodicals Archive Online provides access to hundreds of scholarly journals. Coverage is international and includes a wide range of sch... View Periodicals Archive Online Online
Perry-Castañeda Library Online Map Collection - University of Texas at Austin 1900 - present The Perry Casteñeda Library Map Collection provides online access to digital versions of all Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reference and thematic maps. Army Map Service (AMS) topographic map se... View Perry-Castañeda Library Online Map Collection - University of Texas at Austin Online
Philanthropic Studies Index (PSI) 1991 - present The Philanthropic Studies Index indexes books and periodical articles about the field of philanthropy. (Updated quarterly) View Philanthropic Studies Index (PSI) Online
PIO: Periodicals Index Online Late 18th Century - 1996 The PIO database contains citations for more than 3,500 social science and humanities journals published in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, and Germany. There are occasional abs... View PIO: Periodicals Index Online Online
Polling the Nations 1986 - present Polling the Nations is a compilation of questions and responses from more than 14,000 national, state, local and special surveys in the U.S. and more than 80 other countries. The surveys contain in... View Polling the Nations 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
Popular Culture in Britain and America 1950-1975 Original primary sources on society, music, politics, fashion and youth culture from 1950 to 1975. Photos, video, music, fanzines, magazines, press kits, ads and other archival material from the ti... View Popular Culture in Britain and America Online
Project Muse Project Muse provides full text access to more than 300 humanities and social science journals from various publishers. Disciplines covered include art, anthropology, literature, film, theatre, his... View Project Muse Online
ProQuest Statistical Insight 1973 - present Statistical Insight contains abstracting and indexing data for more than 5,000 federal statistical publications per year from 1973 to the present contained in ASI (American Statistics Index). Stati... View ProQuest Statistical Insight 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
PsycTESTS 1910 - present PsycTESTS is a research database from the American Psychological Association (APA) that provides access to more than 8,000 psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as w... View PsycTESTS Online
Race Relations Abstracts (EBSCO) 1975 - to date Race Relations Abstracts includes citations and summaries of journal articles covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and ... View Race Relations Abstracts (EBSCO) Online
Recollection Wisconsin Dates Vary Recollection Wisconsin is an expanding digital collection featuring thousands of historic photos, postcards, maps, letters, diaries, books, artifacts, oral histories and other digital collections f... View Recollection Wisconsin Online
Repositorio CEACS (Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales) The CEACS repository includes the publications of the Center for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences from the Institute Juan March. So far, the CEACS Repository includes doctoral theses, CEACS work... View Repositorio CEACS (Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales) Online
Sage Research Methods Collection A combination of five reference works designed to equip researchers with skills to evaluate and improve the way they conduct research and model results: Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, ... View Sage Research Methods Collection 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 Explorer 1790 - Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to current and historical U.S. census data and demographic information. The easy-to-use web interface lets users... View Social Explorer Online
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) NOTE: This database will be cancelled effective, April 1, 2019.Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a... View Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Online
Socialism on Film early 20th century to the 1980s Sourced from the British Film Institute (BFI), this collection of documentary, newsreel and feature films reveals the world as seen by Soviet, Chinese, Vietnamese, East European, and Latin American... View Socialism on Film Online
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics has been compiled by the Utilization of Criminal Justice Statistics Project since 1973. Ann L. Pastore and Kathleen Maguire are co-directors of the Uti... View Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online Online
SPORTDiscus Database 1800 - present The SPORTDiscus with Full Text database covers both serial and monographic literature in the following areas of sport: recreation; exercise physiology; sports medicine; coaching; physical fitness; ... View SPORTDiscus Database 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
Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts 1993 - present Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts provides paragraph-long summaries of articles in a variety of English-language journals from around the world. The articles focus on education, employment, wom... View Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts Online
U.S. Census Bureau View U.S. Census Bureau Online
Vogue Archive 1892 - present The Vogue Archive database of fashion, style, and design includes searchable content of every page of every issue of American Vogue from 1892 forward. More than 400,000 high-resolution pages includ... View Vogue Archive Online
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
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
Women's Studies International 1972 - present Women's Studies International indexes women's studies, women's issues, and gender-focused books, book chapters, journal and magazine articles, dissertations, and reports from throughout the world, ... View Women's Studies International Online
World Bank Data The World Bank Group provides free online access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe--some 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years. The data is ... View World Bank Data 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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