LibGuides: SOC 4020: Research Craft: Key Online Resources

Key Online Resources

OwlSearch This link opens in a new window
Sort of Google for library resources! Allows you to discover 80-90% of the library's collections of articles, books/ebooks, audiovisual materials, and more. You can also request interlibrary loans for items that we do not have access to.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
A simple way to search for scholarly literature from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, etc. We work with Google to link to the full text of many of the materials that we can access. See the "cited by" tab to see a list of other sources that have cited an item.
Online Journal Lookup This link opens in a new window
A useful tool for quickly determining if our library has access to a particular journal (including particular dates of coverage). So, check here if you find an article in Google or Google Scholar (or anywhere else) but are not able to retrieve the full text.
ABI/Inform This link opens in a new window
Business and economics research from journals, trade publications, market research reports, dissertations, and working papers.
Agricola This link opens in a new window
Indexes journals, USDA publications, state agricultural experiment station and extension services documents, FAO publications, foreign documents, conference proceedings, books, and audio-visual materials covering agriculture and related subjects.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Review articles that synthesize the primary research literature in 43 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences. Our coverage extends back to 1996.
Anthrosource This link opens in a new window
Includes current issues for 15 of the American Anthropological Association’s most critical peer-reviewed publications, including American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly.
Art & Architecture Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books. Includes an Image Collection of over 63,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
A widely used business research database, featuring full text and searchable cited references for top journals covering a variety of business disciplines.
Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
Coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Contains full text for more than 920 journals.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
A leading database in education and related fields. Sources include more than 980 journals, educational reports, project descriptions, curriculum guides, and dissertations, with links to many full-text documents.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Focuses on legal and government information. In addition to a large collection of journals, the database also contains the Congressional Record in entirety, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, all United States Treaties, the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations from inception, the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, and much more. Provides access to a wide array of case law at the federal and state levels and enables users to access the full text of cases.

Note the Civil Rights and Social Justice Database within HeinOnline. Here is a LibGuide on that subset database.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers and selective full text for more than 410 U.S newspapers. Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI) stories are also included. In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, National Public Radio (NPR), etc.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Newspapers (US and international), legal cases and law reviews, and company profiles.
PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
The standard resource for professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines. Provides abstracts for journals, books and dissertations. Covers around 2,500 journals dating back to the 1800s.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Indexing and full-text access for over 2,500 journals in health and life sciences, physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and a small number in arts and humanities.