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General
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database
ProQuest Central
Coverage of over 160 subject areas, including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, science, education, and more.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
Covering today’s hottest social issues. Includes pro/con viewpoint essays, topic overviews, primary source documents, biographies of social activists and reformers, court-case overviews, periodical articles, statistical tables, charts and graphs, images, and podcasts.
Sociology
Social Science Database (ProQuest)
Disciplines represented range from anthropology, sociology, political science to communication, education, criminology, demography, economics, and more.
SocINDEX with Full Text (Ebsco)
Comprehensive, international sociology research database
Sociology Database (ProQuest)
Coverage of the international literature of sociology and social work, including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse, and addiction, and more.
Area Specific
Journals published in other parts of the world about business, culture, and education.
- Continental Europe Database (ProQuest)
- East & South Asia Database (ProQuest)
- East Europe, Central Europe Database (ProQuest)
- Latin America & Iberia Database (ProQuest)
- Middle East & Africa Database (ProQuest)
Communications
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (Ebsco)
Journals on psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines
Psychology Database (ProQuest)
Coverage ranges from behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.
Political Science
Political Science Database (ProQuest)
Access to leading political science and international relations journals plus recent, full-text political science dissertations from U.S. and Canadian universities as well as country reports and policy papers.
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Law
Westlaw Next
Legal research: cases; statutes and court rules; regulations; administrative decisions and guidance; trial court orders; secondary sources; forms; briefs; pleadings, motions, and memorandum; expert materials; jury verdicts and settlements; proposed and enacted legislation; and proposed and adopted regulations.
Database Tutorials
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Multimedia/Primary Sources Online
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Digital Collection
- Making of America (History)
Chronicling America (History) - Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Civil Rights Digital Library
- National Security Archive
- HathiTrust Digital Library
- Fold3 (military records)
Popular Newspapers For Research
- Chicago Tribune -investigative & public service focus
- Los Angeles Times
- New York Times -news, issues, and social change
- Wall Street Journal -global & national business news
Always check the political bias of a media source at All Sides Website
Books
Search for books and ebooks in Primo.
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D World History
E &F History of the Americas
G Geography & Anthropology
HM-HV Sociology & Society
J Political Science
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Reference Books
| Social Science Encyclopedia | REF H41 .S63 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of New Media | REF QA76 .575 .E536 2003 |
| International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences | REF H40 .A2 I5 |
Facts/Statistics/Opinions
- Pew Research Center
- Gallop News (Public Opinion)
- United Nations Digital Library
- World Factbook
- Milwaukee Neighborhoods Guide (UWM)
- American National Election Studies (ANES)
High-quality data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation
Government Policy
Always use neutral and bias-rating sources below to verify information that sounds too good, bad, or strange to be true, especially when it comes to political or social opinions.
- UGA Fact-Checking the News Guide
- Fact-Checking Websites
- List of Fake News Sources (Don’t use these websites)
News Organized by Social/Political Bias
Demographic Data & Statistics
Learn about groups of people and their characteristics
- Gapminder: international economic, medical and social statistics
- UNICEF: international data about children and women
- International Database: demographic information for 228 countries with 5,000 or more people from UDS.
- Explore Census Data: United States Community Information based on the US Census (2010)
- Open Data Network U.S. Data which is organized by state and metro area.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States: historical census data 1889-2010
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