Archive for the ‘Social Sciences’ Category

AnthroSource

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Provides current issues of American Anthropological Association’s journals and bulletins as well as archived issues of all the AAA’s journals, newsletters and bulletins. Journal issues generally appear online prior to distribution in print.

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Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective (1905-1983)

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective is a bibliographic database that indexes articles and book reviews of key library and information science periodicals. Books, chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses, and pamphlets are also indexed. Coverage also includes full text content from 69 years of the Wilson Library Bulletin (the classic trade magazine for librarians, founded in 1914).

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Communication & Mass Media Complete

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline.

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Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Do you need to find the impact factor for a particular journal? The Thomas Cooper Library and the School of Medicine Library have partnered to bring you Journal Citation Reports online access! Both the Science and Social Sciences journals are included in this resource.

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Oxford African American Studies Center

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

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The Oxford African American Studies Center combines the authority of carefully edited reference works with sophisticated technology to create the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. The core content includes:

  • Africana
  • Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895
  • Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present
  • Black Women in America
  • African American National Biography
  • Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature

Available through August, 2008.

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

Friday, July 13th, 2007

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Provides reference for students, researchers, librarians, and academics in the field of sociology. Contains over 1800 specially commissioned entries written and edited by an international team of scholars and teachers. Entries range from short definitions of key terms to extended explorations of major topics; historical materials and recent developments; sociological theories; timelines; extensive bibliographies.

Online access is available until 12/2007.

Women and Social Movements - Scholar Edition

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

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We have upgraded to the Scholar’s Edition of this database. In addition to the basic content, Scholar’s Edition adds an important new resource: The Women’s Commission Reports collection is an archive of the publications and documents of local, state, and federal Commissions on the Status of Women from 1963 to the present. A future release of the Scholar’s Edition will also include the full text of the complete five volumes of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, available for the first time in electronic form.

Dissertations & Theses @ University of South Carolina

Monday, May 28th, 2007

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Current Research@ the University of South Carolina: A Digital Library of Dissertations and Theses has changed titles to Dissertations & Theses @ University of South Carolina. The database is now on the Proquest platform. It is currently listed under both titles on the Electronic Resources page.

Environment & Energy Publishing

Monday, May 28th, 2007

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Environment & Energy Publishing provides comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy politics and policy. E&E’s online publications include Environment & Energy Daily, Greenwire, E&E News PM, and Land Letter as well as E&E TV daily news reports and Onpoint, a webcast program.

The PILOTS Database

Monday, May 28th, 2007

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The PILOTS bibliographic database covers the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress (PILOTS). Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage.