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Social Science Databases 

Academic Search Complete
An extremely comprehensive, multi-disciplinary full-text database with over 7,900 full-text periodicals.

Accessible Archives
Accessible Archives provides a rich collection of comprehensive, primary source materials for students and scholars of early American history.

A-Z Maps Online

America: History & Life
Index of books, journal articles, dissertations, and conference proceedings.

Cabell's
Online directory of publishing opportunities.

CQ Press - CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher provides news and analysis about current controversial topics

Credo Reference
Large collection of online subject encyclopedias and other reference sources.

Credo Trial – SAGE Research Methods Collection *
SAGE Research Methods Collection encyclopedias available on the CREDO platform. This resource is available through RMU Library as a database trial during  the month of April.

Duke University Press eJournals
Full text of 29 scholarly journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Ethnic Newswatch (via Proquest)
Database of periodicals from ethnic, minority and native presses.

FBIS Daily Report, Region: Soviet Union / FBIS Daily Report Annexes (via Readex)
Database comprised of news transcripts that provide amazing insight into the second half of the 20th century.

GenderWatch (via Proquest)
Full text of publications that focus on how gender impacts various areas.

Global Road Warrior 
Information about travel, business, culture and other aspects of life in various countries around the world.

Govistics *
Govistics tracks and reports public spending at the state and local government. This resource is available from RMU Library as a database trial through the month of April.

Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective (1907 - 1984)

In the First Person: An Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories and Personal Narratives
Database that provides in-depth indexing of 2,500 collections of oral history.

Issues & Controversies
Information on prominent and hotly debated issues

JSTOR Arts & Sciences II
Includes journals in area studies such as African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, Slavic, and Asian Studies.

JSTOR Arts & Sciences III
Includes journals in literature, religion, theatre, art and architecture. 

JSTOR Arts & Sciences IV
Includes journals in business, education, and law, and also includes titles in psychology and public policy and administration.   

JSTOR CSP (select individual e-journals)
Full access to journals such as: American Indian Quarterly, Ethics, Massachusetts Historical Review

Pennsylvania Gazette
Prominent American newspaper from 1728 to 1800. It was purchased by Benjamin Franklin in 1729 and considered to be The New York Times of the 18th century.

ProQuest Central
Large, multi-disciplinary database. High percentage of full text coverage.

ProQuest Ethnic Newswatch

ProQuest Psychology

ProQuest Social Sciences

Project Muse 
Full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.

PsycARTICLES (via EBSCOhost)
Contains over 40,000 articles from 53 scholarly journals in psychology. 

SAGE Premier
Full text journal collection for Business, Education, Humanities, Social Sciences.

Scopus
The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed research literature

SPORTDiscus
SPORTDiscus is the most comprehensive database covering sports science, coaching, training, sport administration, facility design & management, intramural & school sport, sport & exercise psychology and more.

Springer eJournals
This Springer eJournal package includes access to a number of scholarly journals in the areas of Social Science and Psychology, for example: Cognitive Therapy Research, Political Behavior, Social Justice Research.

Taylor and Francis e-Journals (select individual e-journals)
Full access to journals such as Planning Perspectives and Journal of the American Planning Association. 

Wiley e-Journals (select individual e-journals)
Full access to journals such as The Sociological Quarterly and Decision Sciences and American Anthropologist 

World Geography (formerly Exegy) 
Provides background information, maps, and current events of many countries.

WorldCat

* = database trial


 
 

 

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