Research Guides: Pathways & Libraries: Social Sciences & Education

Social Sciences & Education Research Guides

Social Sciences & Education Research Guides

Research Step By Step An introduction for all students/courses on finding, evaluating, and citing information.
Careers/SDV Research Guide
African American Studies Research Guide
Early Childhood Education Research Guide
Education Research Guide
Human Services Research Guide
Primary Sources/Primary Research Topic Guide
Psychology Research Guide
Social Sciences Research Guide
United States History Research Guide
Western Civilization & World History Research Guide

Suggested Databases

Suggested Databases

The following databases are available for researching topics related to Social Sciences & Education.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Films On Demand This link opens in a new window
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window

Additional Databases

Additional Databases

The following databases are available for researching discipline-specific information within the Social Sciences & Education Pathway.

Archives of Sexuality and Gender This link opens in a new window
A robust and significant collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender.
Contemporary Women's Issues This link opens in a new window
Full-text information on women from 200 countries; sociology, psychology, health, education, and human rights.
- Help Searching EBSCO Databases (video 2:57)
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text articles, books, and conference papers covering all areas of education.
- Help Searching EBSCO Databases (video 2:57)
ERIC Education Resources Information Center This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to journals related to education from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
- ERIC Basic Search (video 5:58)
Ethnic Newswatch This link opens in a new window
Full-text; newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press; includes Spanish language publications and a Spanish language search.
- Help Searching EBSCO Databases (video 2:57)
Global Issues in Context This link opens in a new window
Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.
- Global Issues Tutorial (video 1:57)
HarpWeek 1857-1912 This link opens in a new window
Full text access to “Harper's Weekly,” the illustrated 19th-century "Journal of Civilization," for a 56-year period: 1857-1912.
- Help Searching Harpweek (video 4:58)
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. Now with downloadable OCR of articles
- Help Searching Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (video 2:54)
Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new window
Full-text journal articles, primary sources and more on topics related to African American studies.
PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Full text/scholarly peer-reviewed journals published by the American Psychological Association.
- Help Searching EBSCO Databases (video 2:57)
U.S. History In Context This link opens in a new window
Full-text journals and primary sources in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
- Topic finder (video 1:38)
Videatives This link opens in a new window
Video clips for early childhood and child development.
World History in Context This link opens in a new window
Full-text scholarly articles, primary sources, images, maps and charts; ancient Europe to Latin America, the Far East to the Renaissance.
- Topic Finder (video 1:43)