Social Science Resources
Finding ARTICLES
SocINDEX with Full Text - Comprehensive sociology database. In addition to full text for 777 journals (dating back to 1908), also includes full text for books, monographs, and conference papers. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
Academic Search Complete - Indexes journal articles in social sciences and other subject areas. Full text articles from scholarly and popular publications available. (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 - Citations and full text from academic journals, popular magazines daily and news services. Covers a wide variety of subject areas in the social sciences, including anthropology, economics, sociology, and urban studies. (Database Service: Thomson Gale) user guide (PDF 75k)
ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodicals Index - A Database of criminal justice related articles, including citations, abstracts, and some full text. (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 78k)
Ethnic NewsWatch Complete - A comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 78k)
Credo Reference - An electronic reference book collection.
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Social Science - Electronic encyclopedias covering the social sciences.
Economics
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Business Source Complete - Covers business publications and economics journals, including peer-reviewed publications. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
Political Science
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Political Science Complete - Provides full text for more than 385 publications, and indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 170k)
The History Resouces page also has some useful links.
Human Services
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PsycINFO 1887-to present - Index to journal articles in social work and topics related to psychology. Full text for some articles. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 66k)
Finding BOOKS
Edgewood's Catalog - Books, journal titles, videos, more. See also new books.
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
Social Science WEBSITES
CIA World Factbook - Statistical information on every nation in the world including population and economics.
Congressional Quarterly - Congressional Quarterly, a leading source for news on the US Congress for over 50 years, has now put itself on the web. The site offers a daily bulletin, a top breaking news story of the day, a daily and weekly column, and indexes of the CQ since 1998.
Dictionary of Social Sciences - "From 'aboriginal peoples' to 'xenophobia,' the Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences provides concise definitions for approximately 1,000 entries. Disciplines covered include sociology, criminology, political science, and women's studies."
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Reports from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor on Human Rights topics throughout the world.
Guide to gay and lesbian resources: a classified bibliography Based on the collections of the University of Chicago, the guide is divided into 22 major sections, such as religion, humor, and domestic relations.
Library of Congress Country Studies - Country information from the Library of Congress.
National Political Index - Everything you ever wanted to know about elected officials and politics.
State of Wisconsin Blue Book - Browse or search the full text of the Blue Book, dating back to 1853. From the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.
U.N. Statistics: Social Indicators - Statistical information on countries of the world.
US Census Bureau - Statistical information on the United States population and economics.
Wisconsin Office of Economic Advisors - Features economic indicators, including employment rates, wages, and other statistics.