Social Sciences

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Top Picks

SocINDEX with Full-Text (EBSCOhost)

Articles from 900 journals in full-text and some book content, plus many more articles from relevant journals in all subtopics of sociology. Citations to over 2.4 million sources in all disciplines of sociology

APA PsycInfo (EBSCOhost)

Extensive scholarly collection of journal articles, books and dissertations on psychology and related topics from the American Psychological Association

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost)

Multi-disciplinary database featuring journal, magazine and newspaper articles

Other Relevant Databases

• America: History & Life (EBSCOhost) - Index of books and articles that cover all eras of U.S. and Canadian history; the number one source for U.S. history research.
• Annual Reviews Online - Full-text access to some years of Annual Reviews of Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology, and more
• ATLA Religion (EBSCOhost) - Biblical studies, religion and related topics
• Christian Periodicals Index (EBSCOhost) - Index of evangelical Christian journal and magazine articles
• Communication Source (EBSCOhost) - Scholarly articles, conference papers, trade periodicals, magazines relating to communication, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse, speech-language pathology, media studies and related fields.
• Criminal Justice Abstracts (EBSCOhost) - Index of articles in all areas of criminal justice including forensic sciences, corrections, policing, criminal law and investigation
• eBooks (EBSCOhost) - Collection of ebooks on a variety of topics, searchable by title, author, keyword, and full text
• ERIC (EBSCOhost) - Education and education-related resources
• Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost) - Index of scholarly articles and books concerning world history from 1500; limited coverage of U.S. history.
• Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCOhost) - Full-text reviews for test products in psychology, education, business and leadership
• Political Science Complete (EBSCOhost) - Comprehensive index of journals, reference works, and conference papers on all aspects of political science, including full-text articles 
• WestlawNext - Legal research tools, including American Jurisprudence 2d, American Law Reports (ALR), and more! If you experience problems while using Westlaw in Safari web browser, try Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or another browser to open this link instead.
• WorldCat - Simultaneously searches over 9,000 libraries' collections in the U.S. and around the world

Publicly Accessible Databases

In addition to the resources that McCartney Library licenses on behalf of Geneva College students, faculty and staff, there are many sources of information freely available from government agencies or through local, public libraries.

• National Clearinghouse on Homeless Youth and Families – National resource for organizations that support runaway and homeless youth and their families with programs and services
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service – Federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide
• PTSDpubs – Index of articles and information about post-traumatic stress disorder from the Department of Veterans Affairs
• Census website – Dedicated to providing facts, figures, and data sets about America's people, places, and economy
• DOAB – The Directory of Open Access Books provides the online full text of books it lists, many of them from scholarly, university presses.
• DOAJ – The Directory of Open Access Journals lists journals that provide all of their articles online, without charge and provides a search engine for their articles
• EBSCO Essentials – Search and filter results in this database of open access articles, as well as other sources that can be requested from your local public library through interlibrary loan

Pennsylvania’s Office of Commonwealth Libraries licenses databases for state residents who obtain an e-card by registering with their name, email, and Pennsylvania zip code.  For social science topics, try Academic OneFile.

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