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Annual Reviews | Usage Help
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Annual Reviews is proud to publish authoritative, analytic reviews in 34 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences. Annual Reviews publications are among the most highly cited in scientific literature. Annual Reviews offers publications in print and online to individuals, institutions, and consortia throughout the world.
Black Thought and Culture | Usage Help
An electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders, teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures covering 250 years of history. In addition to the most familiar works, Black Thought and Culture presents previously inaccessible material, including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trail transcripts. The ideas of nearly 100 people present an evolving and complex view of what it is to be black in America.
Contemporary Women's Issues | Usage Help
(1992-present; updated weekly) Contains information on women in over 150 countries covering various disciplines: sociology, psychology, health, education and human rights. 1,500 titles
Country Watch | Usage Help
CountryWatch is a world leader in providing country specific geopolitical intelligence on each of the 192 countries of the world. Select a country from the drop-down menu at their site or from the regional menu to view the information available.
Education - ProQuest Research Library | Usage Help
Search titles on education subjects such as administration, policy, teaching practices, and more in this module of ProQuest Research Library.
Education Full Text - Wilson Education | Usage Help
A collection of full text of articles, with indexing cover to cover, from hundreds of journals. Coverage includes about 79 journals (37 with full text) not covered by ERICs CIJE.
ERIC - Education Research | Usage Help
Includes journal articles, books, theses, curricula, conference papers, and standards and guidelines. (1966-present; updated monthly)
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Euromonitor: GMID | Usage Help
Euromonitor International’s Global Market Information Database (GMID) is an online business information system providing business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. It offers integrated access to statistics, market reports, company profiles and information sources. 205 countries are researched, with extended coverage of 52.
In the First Person | Usage Help
Made available via Alexander Street Press. This database "provides in-depth indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world".
JSTOR | Usage Help
The JSTOR archive presents high-resolution page images for viewing and printing articles in combination with a linked text file for each article that enables full-text searching. The complete archives of core scholarly journals in the areas of African American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, language and literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, and statistics have been digitized starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800's. New titles and fields are being added regularly.
Latino Literature | Usage Help
This database draws from three major sources: the world of Aztlan, the mythical homeland of the Aztecs prior to Cortez; the Spanish heritage of the national homelands of the writers; and the intersection of these two with Anglo culture. These influences create persistent themes, the most common of which are social protest and exploitation; the migratory experience; self-exploration or self-definition, including the exploration of myths and legends; and life in the barrio (the traditional Latino district of the city). Alongside these broad, shared themes, Latino literature also reflects the distinct immigration experiences of discrete groups.
Library Literature Full Text | Usage Help
This database indexes English and foreign-language periodicals, selected state journals, conference proceedings, pamphlets, books, and library school theses, plus over 300 books per year. This invaluable resource delivers full text articles cover to cover from over a hundred select publications.
Los Angeles Times | Usage Help
Made available via ProQuest Newspapers.
Includes the major daily newspaper from Los Angeles. With the nation's largest editorial department, it offers extensive coverage of national, international, and local news.
Mental Measurements Yearbook | Usage Help
Produced by the Buros Institute, contains full-text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks.
Multicultural - ProQuest Research Library | Usage Help
Search periodicals on multicultural subjects such as ethnic minority and gay/lesbian issues in this ProQuest Research Library module.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries | Usage Help
Made available via Alexander Street Press.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries is the largest electronic collection of women's diaries and correspondence ever assembled. Includes more than 1,500 biographies spanning more than 300 years, it presents the personal experiences of hundreds of women. The collection also includes approximately 150,000 pages of letters and diaries from Colonial times to 1950, including 7,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscripts.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center | Usage Help
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 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 provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
PAIS International | Usage Help
(1972-present; updated monthly) Contains abstracts from articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs. 2,100+ titles
PsycArticles | Usage Help
articles from 41 peer-reviewed APA journals as well as errata and letters to the editor on general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology, including topics such as: abnormal psychology, addictive behaviors, adult development and aging, comparative psychology , educational psychology, experimental psychology, family psychology, history of psychology, interpersonal relations and group processes, personality psychology, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, rehabilitation psychology
PsycBooks | Usage Help
PsycBOOKS, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a database of more than 10,000 chapters in PDF from over 600 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. The database includes most scholarly titles published by APA from copyright years 1953 - 2004. It also includes 100 out-of-print books and an additional 70+ classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology.
Psychology - ProQuest Research Library | Usage Help
Search periodicals on psychology subjects such as human development, learning, psychiatry, and more in this ProQuest Research Library module.
PsycINFO | Usage Help
(1887-present; updated monthly) Includes journal articles, chapters, books, dissertations, and reports on psychology and related fields. 1,400 titles
ResearchNow | Usage Help
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ResearchNow is a database of scholarly information drawing its content from the roster of peer-reviewed, Berkeley Electronic Press journals and all working papers, preprints and other “grey literature” content from institutional repositories hosted by bepress that have opted for inclusion, as well as subject-matter repository materials from the bepress Legal Repository and COBRA: Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive. ResearchNow also includes an XML gateway (see below) to expose indexed content to federated search engines. Readers can browse ResearchNow by subject area, or set up tailored email notifications of newly posted content.
SAGE Premier - SCELC | Usage Help
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SAGE publishes more than 500 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. SAGE Journals Online is the delivery platform that provides online access to the full text of individual SAGE journals. The SAGE Full-Text Collections, SAGE's award-winning, discipline-specific research databases, are also available on SAGE Journals Online. Click here for more information.
SCOPUS | Usage Help
SCOPUS is an abstract and indexing database which includes 27 million records and 230 million references from over 14,000 journals. Perform literatures searches and keep current with what is going on within your area of interest. This database includes the ability to search for authors and citations as well as patents and web resources.
Social Science - ProQuest Research Library | Usage Help
Search periodicals on social science subjects such as anthropology, culture, criminology, political science, social welfare, urban development, and more in this ProQuest Research Library module.
Social Sciences Full Text | Usage Help
Part of Wilson OmniFile Full Text database which includes electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from thousands of sources (Full text of articles from over 1,750 publications and article abstracts and indexing from over 3,500 publications). Coverage back as early as 1982 ensures that every search is as deep as it is broad. Users have access to information on virtually any subject.
Sociological Collection | Usage Help
covering information on all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure; provides complete full text for more than 500 important journals.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics | Usage Help
The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States. These data are displayed in over 600 tables. Currently this site presents Sourcebook 2002, the 30th edition. The Sourcebook is supported by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
SpringerLink (Formerly Kluwer Online) | Usage Help
Full-text SpringerLink provides instant access to one of the most respected and expanding collections of scholarly and scientific writing available today. The SpringerLink Journals offer access to over 265,000 articles online, over 50,000 new articles published annually, articles indexed by ISI/links from Web of Science, CSA and other databases, and additional features such as Articles in Advance and enhanced searching capabilities.
Statistical Universe | Usage Help
CIS' Statistical Universe is the world's most comprehensive access to statistical information from Congressional Information Service, Inc. The service allows users to search summaries of statistical publications, then link to the full-text of selected publications on Statistical Universe and government Web sites.
The Gilded Age | Usage Help
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The Gilded Age brings primary documents and scholarly commentary together into a searchable collection that is the definitive electronic resource for students and scholars researching this important period in American history. In addition to an extensive selection of key treatises that reflect the social and cultural ferment of the late nineteenth century, The Gilded Age offers a wealth of rare materials, including songs, letters, photographs, cartoons, government documents, and ephemera. This primary content is enhanced by video interviews with scholars and numerous topical critical documentary essays specially commissioned for the project by Alexander Street Press. Covering such themes as race, labor, immigration, commerce, western expansion, and women’s suffrage, these essays illuminate the rapidly changing cultural landscape of America during the decades between the end of the Civil War and the election of Theodore Roosevelt. The collection currently has over 26,000 pages, with new content being added on a bi-weekly basis.
Women's Interest - Proquest Research Library | Usage Help
Search periodicals on women's interest subjects such as feminism, history, political science, social science, and general interest as they relate to women's issues in this ProQuest Research Library module.