Research Guides: Sociology: Databases

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Black Thought and Culture (Alexander) This link opens in a new window Contains 1,303 sources with 1,210 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Where possible the complete published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamplets, letters and other fugitive material.
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Ethnic NewsWatch (Proquest) This link opens in a new window Contains full-text articles appearing in numerous U.S. racial and ethnic minority newspapers, consumer magazines, and some journals published since 1990, focusing on African American, American Indian, Asian American, and U.S. Latino publications.
HeinOnline Academic This link opens in a new window HeinOnline is a premier law database containing more than 150 million pages and 160,000 titles of legal history and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. HeinOnline provides comprehensive coverage of more than 2,400 law-related periodicals.

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Social Sciences Full-Text (H.W. Wilson) (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Up-to-date articles from research journals with full-text access.
Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (h.W. Wilson) (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
The database provides citations to articles and book reviews covering a wide-range of humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary fields.
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SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database including more than 860 journals dating back to 1908, 830 books and monographs and over 16,800 conference papers
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Searching for full text articles across disciplines
APA PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
The database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law, and others.

Interdisciplinary Databases

Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window Diverse primary source materials reflecting broad views across American history and culture have been assembled into comprehensive databases. These collections are encyclopedic in scope and allow full Boolean, string and truncated searches. Developed by dedicated instructors and students of Americana, these databases allow access to the rich store of materials from leading books and periodicals of the time. No other medium can so immerse the user in the experience of a moment in time, or provide the opportunity for new insights into the course of American history. The horizons for research and interpretation are limited only by the universe of the database and the reader’s imagination. More History at: http://www.accessible-archives.com/about-accessible-archives/#ixzz4u6GlbXi9
Black Studies in Video (Alexander) This link opens in a new window Black Studies in Video is a signature Alexander Street collection featuring award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States. In partnership with California Newsreel, the database provides unique access to their African American Classics collection, and includes films covering history, politics, art and culture, family structure, social and economic pressures, and gender relations
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window Provides contextual information and opinions on social issues. Features updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazine, journal and news articles, primary sources, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
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