Social Science Resources
Finding ARTICLES
Economics
Academic Search Premier - Indexes journal articles in social sciences and other subject areas. Full text articles from over 3,600 scholarly and popular publications available. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 79k)
ProQuest Research Library - Interdisciplinary database with coverage dating back to 1985. (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 82k)
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)
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Social Science - Electronic encyclopedias covering the social sciences.
Political Science
Academic Search Premier (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 79k)
ProQuest Research Library (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 82k)
Academic OneFile (Database Service: Thomson Gale) user guide (PDF 75k)
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Social Science - Electronic encyclopedias covering the social sciences.
Sociology
Academic Search Premier (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 79k)
ProQuest Research Library (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 82k)
Academic OneFile (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)
Ethnic NewsWatch Complete - A comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. (Database Service: ProQuest)
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Social Science - Electronic encyclopedias covering the social sciences.
Human Services
Academic Search Premier (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 79k)
ProQuest Research Library (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 82k)
Academic OneFile (Database Service: Thomson Gale) user guide (PDF 75k)
Ethnic NewsWatch Complete (Database Service: ProQuest)
PsycINFO 1887-to present - Index to journal articles in social work and topics related to psychology. Full text for some articles. (Database Service: EBSCO)
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Social Science - Electronic encyclopedias covering the social sciences.
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.
UN Statistics Division - 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.