GOV 1301: National Government: Databases for Social Science & Policy Studies Research

Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more.

Historical abstracts of North American and global history research journals, covering 1450 to the present.

HeinOnline’s Civil Rights and Social Justice database brings together a diverse offering of publications covering civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans. Containing links to more than 500 scholarly articles*, hearings and committee prints, legislative histories on the landmark legislation, CRS and GAO reports, briefs from major Supreme Court cases, and publications from the Commission on Civil Rights, this database allows users to educate themselves on the ways our civil rights have been strengthened and expanded over time, as well as how these legal protections can go further still. Also includes a varied collection of books on many civil rights topics and a list of prominent civil rights organizations.

An essential set of scholarly journals and cultural interest titles

Access several research databases covering a wide range of topics with abstracts & full text of 1000s of journals.

Online archive of eBooks and complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields.

Search full text of 3-volume electronic reference book which examines landmark pieces of legislation, explaining the historical factors of each act, the adoption process and impact.

Digital library of books and journal articles in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.

Nexis Uni provides access to more than 17,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. Nexis Uni includes: 1) full-text access to thousands of news sources (primarily newspapers, magazines and journals) in the U.S. and abroad back to the 1970s; 2) aggregated economic data - including company financial information, and SEC filings and reports - on businesses, corporations, and industries in the U.S. and abroad; 3) full-text legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, federal and state agency regulations, Shepard's Citations to Supreme Court cases (back to 1789), and law reviews from the late 18th century to present.

Full text access to scholarly humanities, social sciences, and mathematics journals.

Access more than 650 journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine.

Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus delivers the most comprehensive overview of the world’s research output in the fields of Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanities. As research becomes increasingly global, interdisciplinary and collaborative, Scopus helps ensure that crucial research from around the world is not missed.

Access to a variety of scholarly science journals and eBooks published by Springer.

Abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an electronic paper collection containing downloadable full text documents in accounting, economics, legal, marketing, financial and information systems disciplines. Some content is pay-per-view, some freely available.

Academic Video Online: Premium covers all disciplines and subject areas, with specific strengths in: Anthropology; Counseling & Therapy; Art, Fashion & Design; Business & Economics; Diversity Studies; Documentary Film; Feature Film; Education; History; Music & Dance; News & Current Events; Theatre & Drama. It also provides content in nursing; allied health; criminal justice; engineering; and science.

From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information from more than 450 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more.

A periodical collection supporting criminal justice, with articles on law, law enforcement, security, terrorism, and more

The Directory of Open Access Journals was launched in 2003 at Lund University, Sweden, with 300 open access journals and today contains over 13,000 open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social science and humanities.

The NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals. NBER-affiliated researchers study a wide range of topics and they employ many different methods in their work. Key focus areas include developing new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, and analyzing the effects of public policies. The NBER publishes working papers, books, and periodicals.

Statistical tables on social and economic conditions in the United States. Some international data also.

Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities.

Provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.

OECD.Stat offers access to OECD's core data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies.

Annual Reviews provide useful syntheses of the most significant primary research literature for a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines.
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A comprehensive periodical collection supporting significant aspects of gender in culture and society.

Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Hot issue and world news provide sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.

Abstracts on educational topics. Maintained by the Education Resources Information Center of the U.S. Department of Education. Full text non-journal documents issued 1993+ are available free.