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Social Sciences databases for Broward patrons

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1. Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Provides indexing and abstracting for 650 journals covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
2. Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCOhost) - EBSCOhost
Citations and abstracts for literature on research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of family science, human ecology, human development, and social welfare. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
3. ProQuest Social Science Journals - ProQuest
Full-text articles from over 230 periodicals covering the social sciences. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
4. Social Sciences Citation Index - Thomson (Web of Knowledge)
Provides abstracts, cited references, times cited, and links to full text when available for articles in the social sciences (1975 to present). Part of Web of Science.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
5. Social Sciences Full Text - WilsonWeb
Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text articles covering a wide range of social science and interdisciplinary fields from 1983 to present. For earlier citations, see Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.
6. Sociological Abstracts - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Citations and abstracts to research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Scholars tab provides author profiles from Scholar Universe. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.


Also recommended

1. Academic OneFile - Gale Cengage Learning
Provides citations and abstracts for articles from over 7400 primarily peer-reviewed journals in science, technology and medicine, as well as the humanities, social sciences, and more. Full text is available for 3300 of the journals. Also includes podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full text for The New York Times.  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
2. Clase and Periódica - FirstSearch (OCLC)
Index of Latin American and Caribbean journals in the social sciences, humanities, science, and technology. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
3. Daily Life Online - Greenwood Publishing
Recommended for K-12Combines Daily Life through History, Daily Life Premium, and World Folklore and Folklife databases to provide full text information, maps, images, website links, etc. on folklore, cultures, and customs of peoples around the world from ancient times to the present. Teacher resources available.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU, Broward, and Alumni.
4. Demographics Now - Gale Cengage Learning
Presents preformatted and customizable data reports on demographic data including age, income, housing, employment, consumer expenditures, and race. Includes census data and projects data for the future. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
5. Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences in Wiley InterScience - Wiley - Blackwell Publishers
e-Book database Provides full-text entries on all aspects of the statistical sciences.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
6. Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective - WilsonWeb
Provides citations for articles in the humanities and social sciences published 1907-1984. For more recent coverage, see Humanities Full Text and Social Sciences Full Text.
NOTE: Limited to one simultaneous user. If you are unable to access, please try again later.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.
7. In the First Person - Alexander Street Press
Indexes oral histories in English from thousands of web repositories and archives, and includes full text links for licensed Alexander Street Press databases.
Local access for all users. Remote access is not available.
8. JSTOR - JSTOR
Full-text articles from scholarly journals are available (from Volume 1 to issues published 2-5 years ago) in the arts, business, humanities, literature, social sciences, general science, mathematics and statistics. More info
NOTE: To view full-text PDF articles, you must allow popups for this site.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
9. Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for literature of disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language and various fields of linguistics. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
10. PAIS Archive - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Provides citations and abstracts related to mid-twentieth century public and social policies, and international relations. Includes references to many types of documents. 1915-1976.  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
11. PAIS International - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Provides citations and abstracts related to current issues and public affairs. Includes references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Websites, and more. Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed. 1972 - present.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
12. Periodicals Archive Online - ProQuest (Chadwyck-Healey)
Full-text articles on the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Extensive backfile of early issues. Coverage: 1802-1995.  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
13. Periodicals Index Online - ProQuest (Chadwyck-Healey)
Comprehensive database with nearly 16 million citations for journal articles on the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Provides links to selected full-text in other databases. Coverage: 1665-1995.  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
14. Project Muse - Johns Hopkins University Press
Full-text articles from scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences, including arts, history, literature, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and more. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU, Broward, and Alumni.
15. ScienceDirect Reference Works - Elsevier
e-Book database Full-text reference works including: Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology, Encyclopedia of Information Systems, Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy, Encyclopedia of Social Measurement, Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, and International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences.
NOTE: Click on "Reference Works" tab after login.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
16. Social Theory - Alexander Street Press
Offers documents that explore the complexities and interpret the nature of social behavior and organization. The current release features more than 122,000 pages of content by major theorists. Highlights include 33 volumes of the Complete Works of Marx & Engels.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Broward users.
17. Web of Science - Thomson (Web of Knowledge)
Provides abstracts, cited references, times cited, and links to full text when available for articles in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities (1975 to present). Tools allow citation tracking, exporting of citations, saved searches, and other personalization. WOS includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index which can also be searched separately.
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
18. Wiley InterScience - Wiley - Blackwell Publishers
Full-text of selected Wiley Blackwell journals. Covers business, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental sciences, education, engineering, law, life sciences, mathematics and statistics, medicine and healthcare, physics and astronomy, polymers and materials science, psychology, social sciences, and more. More info
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU.
19. Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega - WilsonWeb
Multi-disciplinary database provides all full-text articles from all subscribed WilsonWeb databases. Plus indexing and abstracts for major subscribed WilsonWeb databases. More info  - Tutorial
Local access for all registered users. Remote access only for NSU and Alumni.

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