Library & Open Learning Services

Library & Open Learning Services

Social Sciences Databases

Start with these databases:

ProQuest Sociology Collection
This collection provides access to Sociological Abstracts in combination with other databases covering the international literature in sociology and social services, along with related fields. Together, it provides abstracts, indexing and full-text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, and more, including full-text from hundreds of leading sociology journals.
MasterFILE Complete (EBSCOhost)
Multidisciplinary database designed for public libraries that covers virtually every subject area of general interest. Provides a large collection of popular full-text magazines, journals, and other sources from the world’s leading publishers as well as a large image collection of photos, maps and flags.
Sage Journals Online
General purpose database for scholarly articles.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Extensive database of Elsevier journals in a wide range of subjects. Excellent searching capabilities and full text access. An excellent resource for authoritative information in many subject disciplines.

Other article databases:

Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
A full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCOhost)
Comprised of four database files, Family & Society Studies Worldwide meets educational needs of professionals in all fields of social work, social science and family practice. It indexes publications from a wide range of social science disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history and social work.
GenderWatch (ProQuest)
Indexing, abstracts and full-text collection of journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, conference reports on gender studies sources with coverage from the 1970’s to the present.
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
An international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions and research organizations, ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.
JSTOR
A scholarly journal archive that provides image and full text access to archival (more than 5 years old) scholarly journals in a wide variety of subject areas.
Project MUSE
Provides full-text access to a selection of humanities and social sciences journals.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost)
This database covers topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. Offers full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.
Salem Press
Reference resources for psychology, health, historical topics, and literary criticism.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
Consolidated searching of Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Index. Searchable by all elements of the citation. Limited full text provided.
Web of Knowledge
Consolidated searching of citation search engines and multidisciplinary listings of articles in 8,500 major scholarly journals. Limited full text access. Clusters results in subject areas and document types.

Reference databases:

Gale eBooks
An online reference utility that hosts selected encyclopedias and other reference publications.
Oxford Handbooks Online
Provides in-depth, high-level articles written by the world’s leading scholars.
Oxford Reference Online - Premium
Language and subject reference works from Oxford Press into single cross searchable reference.
Sage Knowledge
Offers access to selected reference encyclopedias, handbooks, and videos with coverage mostly in the areas of social sciences and health care.

Other useful resources:

Library Catalog
Search for books, audio, video, and periodicals at the Utah Tech University Library.
Electronic Books
A list of ebook databases available at Utah Tech.
Full-Text Periodicals List
Find a specific journal or magazine.
Interlibrary loan
Borrow materials from other libraries.
WorldCat Discovery
Search library catalogs in Utah and beyond.