Human Issues Resources
Finding ARTICLES
From Interdisciplinary Sources
SocINDEX with Full Text - Comprehensive sociology database. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
Academic Search Complete - Database covers many subject areas with full text articles and book reviews from over 3,600 scholarly journals. Article citations date back to 1975. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
ProQuest Research Library - Interdisciplinary database with coverage dating back to 1985. (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 78k)
Academic OneFile - Provides full text and bibliographic citations for articles in subject areas ranging from history and the humanities to arts, social sciences, science, and technology. Article indexes date back to 1980. (Database Service: Thomson Gale) user guide (PDF 75k)
Credo Reference - An electronic reference book collection.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - A library of electronic encyclopedias in a wide range of disciplines.
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PsycINFO 1887-to present - Index to over 2000 journals titles, books, technical reports, and dissertations in the areas of clinical and experimental psychology, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, law, and social work. Some full text. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 66k)
ProQuest Psychology Journals - Full text articles from more than 500 psychology journals. (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 71k)
PsycARTICLES 1988 to present - Full text of articles from 66 journals published by the American Psychological Association and affiliated organizations. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 66k)
For topics related to Education, also search here:
ERIC - Superior indexing of journal articles, reports, conference proceedings, etc., in education. The database includes indexing for over 1000 education and education related journals. Links are provided to full text journals in Academic Search Premier and other databases. More than 2,200 full text ERIC Digests provide short overviews of topics with references for additional information. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
ProQuest Education Journals - Database of over 250 full text education journals. Coverage dates from 1988-present. Not all records include subject indexing. (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 78k)
For topics related to Health or Medicine, also search here:
Health Source: Consumer Edition - Three hundred (300) full text, consumer health periodicals, plus health pamphlets, reference books, and full text CRS (Clinical Reference System) reports, some in Spanish, on symptoms and treatments of medical conditions. Links to Stedman's Medical Dictionary. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
MEDLINE with Full Text - Links to over 1,400 full text periodicals, as well as the most thorough coverage of medical sciences. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
Finding BOOKS
Edgewood's Catalog - Books, journal titles, videos, more.
Essay & General Literature Index - Indexing to 5,300 anthologies and collections in the humanities and social sciences accesses around 65,000 essays (chapters) from 1985 to date. (Database Service: H.W. Wilson) user guide (PDF 1.11mb)
Course Reserves - Search by course number or instructor
WorldCat - for books, videos, etc from libraries nationwide
Human Issues WEBSITES
Edgewood College's Human Issues Studies Program - Information about the program including requirements, courses, study options and other resources.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Read reports on healthcare services and medical research. Consumer health information is also available.
Amnesty International - Provides news, links to resources on human rights, and provides information on Amnesty International campaigns.
Bureau of Justice Statistics - A good source of statistics on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime and the criminal justice system.
CivilRights.org - Look here for civil rights news and information.
FBI Uniform Crime Reports - See statistics on violent, property, and hate crimes, offenses reported, and persons arrested for 1999-2003.
Interagency Council on Homelessness - Find out about programs to reduce homelessness in America at the national, state and local level.
National Institute on Drug Abuse - Provides educational information on effects of drugs, news, information on treatment prevention research, drug testing, trends on drug use and more.
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center - Resources for study of violence committed by and against young people.
World Health Organization - Health statistics are available from member countries through this Web site. Under Health Topics, see reports of news, activities and programs.
Worldbank PovertyNet - PovertyNet provides an introduction to key issues and in-depth information on poverty measurement, monitoring, analysis and on poverty reduction strategies for researchers.