Social Sciences

Social Sciences

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If you are unable to locate a specific article or periodical in the library or through the article databases, consider using Inter-library Loan.

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Recommended Databases

Academic Search Complete  Help  Video Demonstration
Articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers on a variety of subjects. 

JSTOR  Help
JSTOR is a non-current multidisciplinary archive of articles typically more than 5 years old.

Project MUSE  Help
A comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities, arts, and social sciences journals to support a core liberal arts curriculum.

ProQuest Databases  Help  Video demonstration
National newspapers plus a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection 
Nearly 575 full-text publications, including some 550 peer-reviewed journals, in psychiatry, psychology, and related fields.

The World & I Journal
Full-text analysis of world politics, history, and culture; symposia, book reviews, and special collections.


Additional Databases
Communications & Mass Media Complete 
Over 390 journals in the communications and mass media disciplines in full-text, plus over 200 indexed/abstracted.

CountryWatch
CountryWatch provides critical country-specific intelligence and data including news, geographical, political, and cultural information on each of the 192 countries of the world. 

CQ Researcher 
CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Known for its original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news.

FACTS.com Reference Suite
(Facts On File News Service) World News Digest 1940-2004, Issues & Controversies, Today's Science, World Almanac & Encyclopedia. 

HeritageQuest Online
Genealogical research materials including census records, military records, and family and local histories.

Historical New York Times
ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2003), full text articles. 

InfoTrac Newspapers 
Over 400 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including several Texas newspapers. Dates of coverage vary.

MasterFILE Premier   Help
Multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,730 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Including biographies,  primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps and flags. 

NetLibrary
NetLibrary includes eBooks, eJournals, and eAudiobooks. 24 hour access.

Opposing Viewpoints 
A one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.

Texas Digital Sanborn Maps
Maps of property and land-use records for Texas towns and cities for over 100 years.

Westsaw Campus Research  Help
Legal research, business information and news sources.  

Government Periodicals related to the Social Sciences

Alphabetical List of NHC Online Government Periodicals
http://northharris.lonestar.edu/22673/

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents SuDoc No. AE 2.109
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1769

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