Databases by Subject: Social Sciences

This database is the world's largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.

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Contains a collection of scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Social Work includes coverage of demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster. All volumes are fully cross-referenced and includes a complete index.

Find overviews, news, and opinions on hundreds of today's important social issues.

Oxford Bibliographies Social Work Online provides students and researchers an up-to-date place to start their research. Unlike traditional bibliographies and the online abstracting & indexing services, OBO: Social Work provides a much-needed filter to the avalanche of scholarly information now available.

This database provides coverage of more than 550 full text journals, including more than 525 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO.

This source indexes about 400 English-language periodicals in a wide variety of subjects related to the Social Sciences including sociology, family studies, public administration, social work etc. Articles from about 100 of the journals indexed are available full text. Indexing goes back to 1983.

Contains some Full Text. An Indispensable Resource for Students and Practitioners
Social Work Abstracts offers extensive coverage of more than 500 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Subjects include: addictions, child and family welfare, civil and legal rights, education, human services, mental health, and therapy.

SocINDEX offers coverage from all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others.

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