Recommended
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Columbia Gazetteer of the World |
The Columbia Gazetteer of the World is an encyclopedia of geographical places and features covering the entire World. The entries include information on many of the following: demography; physical geography; political boundaries; industry, trade, and service activities; agriculture; cultural, historical, and archeological points of interest; transportation lines; longitude, latitude, and elevations; distance to relevant places; pronunciations; official local government place-names and changed or variant names and spellings.Their length varies from a brief notation on a small village to an essay on a country or region. |
| Roper Center iPoll 1935-current |
iPOLL is and up-to-date source for US nationwide public opinion polls. It is full-text retrieval system organized at the question-level, and includes nearly a half million questions asked on national public opinion surveys since 1935. The data is updated daily. |
| Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI) 1980-current |
The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences. |
| Sociological Abstracts 1952-current |
Sociological Abstracts indexes and abstracts the literature in socology (and related disciplines) from an international selection of journals, serials, conference papers, books, and dissertations. |
Also Useful
| Name | Description |
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| African Journal Archive Varies |
The African Journal Archive is a retrospective digitisation project of full-text journal articles published in Africa, in the Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, providing access to a multi-disciplinary, multi-country digital archive of Africa?s research and cultural heritage contained in its journal literature. |
| American History In Video 1890 to Present |
American History in Video includes approximately 1,000 hours of newsreels from the late 1890s to the 1980s. Beginning with the Spanish American War, the early films provide documentary footage of actual people, places, and events together with interviews and other broadcast content from the period. In addition to the ?officially received? perspectives offered by newsreels, this collection includes some 200 hours of rare, hard-to-find, and diverse perspectives as captured in a wide range of short films. Alongside the contemporaneous materials are some 750 high-quality documentaries from video content producers such as The History Channel that Covering the full gamut of American history from the pre-Colonial period through the twentieth century. |
| Annual Reviews Dates vary |
Annual Reviews volumes, published each year in approximately 30 focused disciplines within the biological, medical, physical, and social sciences, are thorough and timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists and academicians. |
| AP Images 1826 - Current |
an International photo archive (1826-present), a Graphics Database which contains graphics, maps, illustrations and logos, and an AP Audio Database which contains searchable audio clips dating back to the 1920s. |
| Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) 1987-Current |
ASSIA indexes over 500 journals covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. |
| Berg Fashion Library Current |
The Berg Fashion Library is an online portal which offers fully cross-searchable access to an expanding range of Berg content collections ? including the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images, and much more. For a full list of content click here. |
| Blackwell Synergy 1997-current |
The Blackwell Publishing Full Collection comprises 803 journals from across Science, Technology, Medicine, Humanities and Social Sciences collections. |
| Chronicle of Philanthropy Online 1997 - Current |
The Chronicle of Philanthropy site license offers access to the complete publication from 1997 to present, as well as access to exclusive online content and to the Chronicle's Guide to Grants. The Chronicle provides annual surveys on giving, executive compensation, endowments, and other Chronicle research projects. |
| Criminal Justice Abstracts 1968-Current |
Criminal Justice Abstracts, the criminology database from SAGE Publications, contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. |
| eHRAF Archaeology Dates vary |
A cross-cultural database containing information on the world's prehistory. |
| eHRAF World Cultures Dates vary |
A cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. |
| Historical Abstracts 1450-current |
Provides coverage of over 1,700 journal titles published worldwide and serves as a complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). |
| HLAS Online 1936-current |
The Handbook of Latin American Studies is a selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America. |
| Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective 1907-1984 |
Provides full text plus abstracts and bibliographic indexing of major scholarly sources in the humanities and social sciences, as well as numerous lesser-known specialized magazines. |
| In The First Person Dates vary |
In the First Person is an index which provides limited full-text access to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories. |
| JSTOR Dates vary |
Interdisciplinary collection of journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. |
| Left Index 1982-current |
Guide to literature of leftist and radical media, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. |
| LexisNexis Statistical |
Drexel no longer subsribes to Lexis Nexis Statistical. For questions or comments about this change, please send feedback to The Suggestion Box. |
| National Geographic Society Publications Index 1888-current |
The NGS Publications Index includes broad subject indexing to magazines, books, films and videos, educational products, map products, interactive features, and newsletters produced by the Society. |
| NCJRS Abstracts Database 1970-current |
Contains summaries of more than 160,000 publications on criminal justice, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. |
| Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Current |
An online library of current event topics: the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center's unique features include Viewpoint articles and access to statistics and government data placed in context. |
| Original Sources Prehistory-current |
Searchable full-text of Primary works by the most important figures in all aspects of World History. |
| PAIS International 1972-current |
Covers articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, hearings and statistical directories about public affairs, including public policy and social issues. |
| Project Muse Dates vary |
Project MUSE is a collaboration between libraries and publishers providing full-text access to over 300 humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. |
| PsycBooks 1806 - present |
a full-text database of over 1100 books and chapters in the American Psychological Association?s array of electronic ebooks. |
| PsycCRITIQUES Current |
full-text reviews of books, popular films, videos, and software relevant to psychology. Weekly releases may also include a review of a popular first-run film or a comparative review of several current trade books. Reviews focus on current media, with most being from the current year. |
| PsycINFO 1872-current |
Indexes and abstracts books, dissertations and journal articles in the psychological and behavioral sciences, including the creative arts therapies. |
| SAGE Journals Online :: SAGE Premier Collection 1999 - current |
SAGE Premier collection is comprised of full-text access to nearly 500 journals published by SAGE covering all academic disciplines, but specializing in Social Sciences. |
| ScienceDirect through 1995 |
ScienceDirect is a search platform which provides access to more than 1000 full-text journals in a wide range of subject areas. |
| SimplyMap |
a web-based mapping application that lets users create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using United States demographic, business, and marketing data. Data sources include the U.S. Census and Census projections. |
| SimplyMap TRIAL |
a web-based mapping application that lets users create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using United States demographic, business, and marketing data. Data sources for this trial include: 1) Access detailed profiles on over 30 million U.S. businesses provided by D&B (Dun & Bradstreet), the world's leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses. Add business points to your map to find the best place to locate your business, manage the competition, or identify services. 2) Experian SimmonsLOCAL is a powerful targeting and profiling system that provides insights into consumer behavior for all of America's 210 media markets on a local level with 60,000+ data variables, including over 450 categories and 8,000 specific brands. 3) Nielsen Claritas PRIZM defines every U.S. household in terms of 66 demographic and behavior types or segments to help marketers discern those consumers likes, dislikes, lifestyles and purchase behaviors. 4) Health Module answers frequently asked questions about disease, health status, doctor visits and more. EASI has modeled the health statistics for the U.S. population based upon age, sex, and race probabilities. The probabilities are modeled against the EASI Census, current year and five year forecasts. The sources of this data is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 5) The Historical Package includes census data going back to 1980 in current year geography for comparison purposes. It also offers a unique glimpse into current household finances ? the type and amounts of household assets, the types and amounts of household debts, and the distribution of net worth by neighborhood including forclosure data sourced by HUD (Housing and Urban Development). This trial ends January 31, 2012 |
| Social Services Abstracts 1980-current |
CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. |
| Urban Studies & Planning: A SAGE Full-Text Collection 1960-current |
Includes the full text of 12 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 37 years, and encompasses over 2,500 articles. |
| Web of Knowledge (ISI) 1980-present |
ISI Web of Knowledge is a Web portal the ISI Citation databases through Web of Science: Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index, as well as Current Contents and Journal Citation Reports. |
Content Editor: Bill Paterson
Last Updated: 01/05/2012






