- Essay and General Literature Index
- Includes Indexes, Abstracts, and Articles specific to the fields of Social Sciences and the Humanities.
- You can log in with your St. Edward’s Gmail if you want to be able to save articles to the database itself.
- You can search by keywords or you can click search options below the basic search bar for more options.
- For more information on how to search the database, click the question mark on the right hand side of the search bar.
- ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
- Advances and expands social and behavioral research, by providing data stewardship and a data archive, including specialized collections in education and criminal justice.
- You can explore data by category (e.g., Child and Family Data Archive, etc.).
- Discover data related literature (click on “data related publications”).
- If you click on this, you can see searching tips.
- You can also search a broad topic in the search bar and then narrow it down using the filters on the left hand side of the screen.
- Filters include data type, collection method, time period, thematic collection, etc.
- Social Science Premium Collection
- Provides abstracts as well as full articles on a variety of topics in the social sciences.
- The database automatically opens to the advanced search. If you want to use the basic search tool, you can click “Social Science Premium Collection” and it will pop up.
- In the basic search you can limit your search to full text articles or peer reviewed articles.
- If you want to use the advanced search, you can search by publication date, publication company, subject headings, source type (i.e., book, magazine, scholarly journal), and language.
- Essay and General Literature Index
- Indexes essays and articles abstracts contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada.
- Includes a broad range of topics from the Humanities and Social Sciences.
- You can log in with your St. Edward’s Gmail if you want to be able to save articles to the database itself.
- You can search by keywords or you can click search options below the basic search bar for more options.
- For more information on how to search the database, click the question mark on the right hand side of the search bar.
- At the top of the webpage, you can click on “Thesaurus” or “Indexes” to browse those.
- Taylor & Francis Social Science and Humanities Library
- Provides an excellent foundation for research and teaching in these fields: Arts & Humanities; Criminology; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Mental Health & Social Care; Politics, International Relations & Area Studies; Psychology; Sociology & Related Disciplines.
- On the main page, you can scroll down and browse different categories such as education, law, etc.
- If you click on “advanced search”, you can see search tips as well as narrow down your search using Boolean operators, publication years, and by citation.
- Project Muse Journals and Books
- Search e-books on topics such as Political Science, Controversial Issues, Global Studies, etc.
- After you search a broad topic (i.e., history), you can narrow your search using Boolean Operators, content type, publisher, Journal, Author Name, Research Area, etc.
- Social Explorer
- Visualize and interact with data, create maps, charts, and reports.
- Explore built-in data indicators related to demography, economy, health, politics, environment, crime and more.
- You can also add in your own data.
- There are many teaching tools for professors to use in their courses.