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Almost any database could be appropriate for a Liberal Arts paper or project. This page will provide you with information on the databases covering the social sciences and humanities, which are the focus of many of the courses in the College Studies program.
Click on the names below to see more information about the databases and systems.
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America |
Biography Resource Center | ||
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Facts on File |
FirstSearch |
GreenFile (EBSCO) |
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) |
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| Lexis Nexis | NewsBank | Project Muse | ProQuest | |
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SocINDEX +Fulltext (EBSCO) |
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Academic
Search Premier
This database is part of the EBSCO system, and Like
ProQuest's Research Library database and its
associated Modules, Academic Search Premier is multi-disciplinary,
and therefore a good place to get started with your research. The full text of
articles from magazines and scholarly journals covering a variety of subjects
are available. Academic Search Premier should be used in
conjunction with other databases, as different databases and systems include
different mixes of sources.
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Access World News
Part of the NewsBank System, Access World News provides
the full text of 500 U.S. newspapers, in addition to several newspapers from
around the world that are not included in Lexis Nexis. Access World News is good to use when looking for
local or metropolitan U.S. newspapers, and in conjunction with Lexis Nexis for
global / world news. Articles can be e-mailed or printed.
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America: History and Life
Is an index (not full text) to publications
covering US and Canadian history. Articles cover information dating from
"prehistory to the present." The publications these articles are in date from
1964 to current.
Use Interlibrary Loan Services to
obtain fulltext of articles that are not linked to fulltext holdings in our
other systems and databases.
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Biography Resource Center
Includes over 220,000 biographies and full-text articles drawn from
several Gale Group publications and over 250 magazines. Contemporary
Designers, Contemporary Authors, Business Leader Profiles for Students
are some of the Gale publications included in this resource.
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CIAO
Columbia University Press's International Affairs database, CIAO, is
recognized as one of the leading databases in providing access to full-text
reports from a unique group of international organizations, including the
Cato Institute, The Conference Board, and the East West Institute. It
publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working
papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from
NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences,
books, journals and policy briefs.
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CountryWatch
Provides overviews and data for close to 200 countries. CountryWatch Reviews are in pdf format, and range from 50-100 pages in length.
They include information on the country's history, economic, environmental and
social climates, in addition to pressing contemporary issues. Reviews are
updated every other year, or when a major event occurs. Access to international newswire stories are also available, and a one-year
archive of news.
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Facts on File
The Facts on File suite includes three databases: World News Digest,
Issues and Controversies, and Today's Science. Facts on File is a
good source for information on significant news and events worldwide, dating
from 1980 to the current day. Editorials from major newspapers, biographies,
information on foreign countries, and coverage of controversial issues are
included, in addition to photographs and maps. The three databases are
searchable as well as browse-able by topic, to make searching easier.
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First Search
First Search offers several specialized databases in various areas. The
databases are not full-text. FirstSearch provides access to WorldCat, a database of library holdings
of libraries worldwide, and also of evaluated internet sites. Other
FirstSearch databases provide indexing and abstracting information, and indicate
whether Gutman Library has holdings of particular books and journals. First
Search offers e-mail capability. To find out more about FirstSearch databases,
connect to FirstSearch, click on "List All Databases," and click the 
icon next to the database name and description.
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Gale
Literature Resource Center: provides access to biographies,
bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary
discipline. Search by Author Name, Title, Genre, Literary Movement or Literary
Themes, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search path.
Information from this database can be e-mailed, saved, or printed.
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GreenFILE
Covers many aspects of environmental sustainability, including architecture. GreenFILE
provides mostly indexing and abstracting, with some fulltext linking from the
database's records to fulltext sources available from other EBSCO databases to
which the library subscribes, or to fulltext via other systems and e-journal
collections.
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Historical
Abstracts
Includes abstracts (not full text) for materials about
world history from 1450, excluding the history of Canada and the United States,
which is covered by America: History & Life.
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Lexis/Nexis
Provides access to thousands of full-text newspaper, magazines,
journals and documents from a wide range of global sources. Sources are
categorized into five major areas: news, business, medical, legal research and
general reference. This database provides more popular, general interest and
trade/industry publications, while it is weak on scholarly literature. Articles
can be e-mailed.
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NewsBank is a
database system to which Gutman Library subscribes in order to provide access to
the two primary Philadelphia metropolitan newspapers, the Philadelphia
Inquirer and the Daily News. The full-text of Inquirer
articles is available from 1981 to the present, and the full-text of the Daily
News is available from 1978 to the present. See "Access World News"
(above) for additional information.
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Project Muse
Project Muse is a collection of journals covering the
fields of literature, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies,
education, political science, gender studies, and many others. Gutman
Library has full-text access to the journals in Muse's Social Sciences
Collection. Indexing and abstracting is available for Muse titles in other
Collections. Individual journals may be browsed, or all Collections can be
searched at once.
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ProQuest offers access to multiple research databases, containing mostly full-text
articles from magazines and scholarly journals. A few ProQuest databases
include:
Modules, including Humanities, General Interest, Social Sciences, Psychology, International,
Multicultural, and Women's Issues.
(last 4 years) plus many national newspapers
Proquest is a good system to use to get started with your research. You may also
need to use more specialized databases such as SocINDEX (below), or an e-journal
collection like Project MUSE (above).
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SocINDEX +Fulltext
Many articles are available in fulltext,
but not all. SocINDEX + Fulltext is a sociology database, but it also includes
sub-disciplines and related topics. Some of the areas of study included in
addition to sociology are: demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies,
religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social
work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research,
sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence and many
others. Use the Subject Terms in SocINDEX to help you find
relevant articles.
Use Interlibrary Loan Services to
help you obtain fulltext for articles we do not own or have online access to via
Gutman Library.
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In addition, students might want to explore:
For additional information,
contact Jordana Shane at shanej@philau.edu
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