This page contains links in resources in the Social Sciences, including administration of justice, anthropology, counseling, criminal justice and criminology, economics, education, library science, political science, psychology, social work, sociology.
Link to all Miller Nichols Library subject guides
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| F | R | 19th Century Masterfile (Paratext) 1786 - 1922. 19th Century literature. Link to a description of the database. |
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) 1975 - present. Selected full text 1975 - present. Science, technology, humanities, public administration, social sciences. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Academic Universe See LexisNexis Academic |
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African
American Experience (Greenwood Press) 18th century - present. Full text. Historical and cultural information about African Americans. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | African-American Newspapers: The Nineteenth Century, Part I (Accessible Archives) Full text. Nineteenth century newspapers published by and for African-Americans. Link to a description of the database. |
| W | Ageline
(AARP) 1978 - present, with selected coverage 1966-1977. Citations and abstracts for articles and other publications related to older adults (age 50+) and aging. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R | America:
History and Life (EBSCOhost) 1964 - present. History of the U.S. and Canada. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | W | American Religion Data Archive See ARDA |
| F | R | Annual Reviews (Annual Reviews) 1996 - present. Selected full text 1996 - present. Reviews of primary research in 30 focused disciplines in the biomedical, physical and social sciences. Link to a description of the database. |
| R | Anthropological Literature See Anthropology Plus. | |
| R | Anthropology Plus (FirstSearch) 19th century - present. Anthropology, archaeology and allied fields. Link to a description of the database. Provider: UMKC subscription |
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ARDA
(Association of Religion Data Archives) 1855 - present. Full text. Statistical data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Arts & Humanities Citation Index See ISI Web of Science |
| F | R | ArticleFirst (FirstSearch) 1990 - present. Links to full text 1997 - present. Business, science, humanities, social sciences, technology. Link to a description of the database. |
| Biography and Genealogy Master Index. 1995. Accessible only from the computers in the Information Commons on the First Floor of the Miller Nichols Library. Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. Biographical information for people from the beginning of time. Link to a description of the database. |
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| R | Biography Index (FirstSearch) Note: This database is no longer available. Biographical information from English language sources. Link to a description of the database. |
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| Black Studies On Disc. 1600s - present. Accessible only from the computers in the Information Commons on the First Floor of the Miller Nichols Library. Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. African American studies. Link to a description of the database. |
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| R | Book Review Digest (FirstSearch) Note: This database is no longer available. Book reviews for U.S., Canadian and British publications. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R |
Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities. Current edition.
Full text. Manuscript guidelines for peer-reviewed journals in business, education, and psychology. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Congressional Research Digital Collection
(1830 - present.) Full text 1830 - present. Access is through LexisNexis Congressional. Full text of Congressional Research Service reports and committee papers of the U.S. Congress. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | ContentsFirst See ArticleFirst |
| F | R | Contemporary Women's Issues (FirstSearch) 1992 - present. Selected full text 1992 - present. Women's issues. Link to a description of the database. |
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CQ
Almanac - 1945 - 2006. Full text 1945 - 2006. Authoritative coverage of the people, elections, legislation, and controversies in the U.S. Congress. Link to a description of the database. |
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CQ
Researcher Online 1923 - present. Full text 1923 - present. Offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political, economic and social issues. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | CQ
Weekly 1983 - present. Full text, 1983 - present. Magazine on U.S. government, commerce and politics. Link to a description of the database. |
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Criminal Justice Periodicals Index Online (ProQuest) 1981 - present. Selected full text 1994 - present. Criminal justice, law and related disciplines. Link to a description of the database. |
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CUFTS Journal Search Current edition Online journal locator. Link to a description of the database. Provider: Free on the Web |
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| F | R | Current Contents (Ovid) July 1993 - present. Links to full text 1998 - present. Science, engineering, medicine, technology, humanities. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R |
Discovering
Collection (Gale) Current edition. Full text; includes images, sound and video. Basic overview of topics in history, science, literature, geography, cultures, and social studies. Link to a description of the database. |
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Dissertations
& Theses (ProQuest) 1861 - present. Selected full text 1963 - present (Includes UMKC dissertations and theses only). Citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses. Link to a description of the database. |
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Dissertations & Theses @ University of Missouri - Kansas City (ProQuest) 1958 - present. Selected full text 1963 - present. Citations and abstracts of UMKC dissertations and theses. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | e-Duke Scholarly Collection (Duke University Press) Coverage
varies by title. Full text; coverage varies by title. Full text of selected Duke University Press journals. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | EconLit (EBSCOhost) 1969 - present. Links to full text 1995 - present. Note: UMKC access to this database has switched to EBSCOhost. Economics journals, books and working papers. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R |
Economagic Current
edition. Full text. Economic times series data. Link to a description of the database. |
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Education Full Text (Wilson) 1983 - present. Selected full text 1996 - present. Education. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Eighteenth Century Collections Online (InfoTrac/Gale) 1701-1800. Full text 1701-1800. Eighteenth-century English-language books in full text. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (Dekker) Current edition. Full text. Library and information science. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | ERIC (CSA) 1966 - present. Links to selected full text, 1993 - 2004. Education. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) 1990 - present; coverage varies by title. Full text 1990 - present; coverage varies by title. Current news from ethnic American publications. Link to a description of the database. |
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Feminae:
Medieval Women and Gender Index 1990 - present. Indexes scholarly resources related to women and gender issues in the Middle Ages. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R | Freedom Collection See ScienceDirect |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac) Full text. Electronic reference books. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Godeys
Ladys Book (Accessible Archives) 1830 - 1855. |
| F | W | Google Scholar Access for UMKC students, faculty and staff. All others should use the link detailed here. Links to full text. A search engine providing results from a variety of scholarly resources. Link to a description of the database. |
| R | Health and Psychosocial Instruments (Ovid) Current edition. Measurement instruments for medical or medically related conditions and treatments. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | W | HighWire Press, Stanford University 1844 - present, coverage varies. Selected full text, coverage varies by title. Access for UMKC students, faculty and staff. All others should use the link detailed here. Electronic journals in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social science, some humanities. Link to a description of the database. |
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Hispanic American Periodicals (HAPI) 1970 - present. U.S.-Hispanic & Latin American topics. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R | Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost) 1954 - present. Selected full text 1954 - present. World history excluding US and Canada. Link to a description of the database. |
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Historical Statistics of the United States (Cambridge University Press) Millenium Edition Online. Data sets range from 1790 through late 20th century. Quantitative data on numerous topics in American history. Link to a description of the database. |
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HLAS Online (Library of Congress) 1935 - present. Bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Link to a description of the database. |
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Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Current edition. Social science. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R |
International
Financial Statistics Online 1948
- present. |
| R | ISI Web of Science Note: This database is no longer available. Science, social science, arts and humanities. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R | JSTOR 1838 - present. Full text. Coverage varies by title. New Additional journals are now available with the addition of these collections: A&S Complement, A&S V, and Business II. Multidisciplinary database. Link to a description of the database. |
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KCResearch (Kansas City Public Library) 1990 - present. Full text 1990 - present. Research about issues in the bi-state area surrounding Kansas City. Link to a description of the database. |
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Latino-American Experience (Greenwood Press) 1984 - present. Full text 1984 - present. Historical and cultural information about Latinos. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | LexisNexis Academic 1969 - present. Selected full text 1980 - present. Current topics, industry, politics, law. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | LexisNexis Congressional 1789 - present. Selected full text 1830 - present. US Congressional publications and information. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | LexisNexis Statistical 1960 - present. Selected full text 1960 - present. Government and private statistics. Link to a description of the database. |
| W | Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) (EBSCO) 1966 - present. Access for UMKC students, faculty and staff. All others should use the link detailed here. Librarianship, information science, information management. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R | Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (Wilson) 1984 - present. Selected full text 1994 - present. Library sciences and information sciences. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Marquis Who’s Who on the Web Current edition Full text. Biographical information. Link to a description of the database. |
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MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost), 1975 - present; coverage varies by title Selected full text 1975 - present; coverage varies by title. Science, technology, humanities, social sciences, business. Link to a description of the database. |
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Mental Measurement Yearbook (EBSCOhost) Current edition. Reviews of tests in psychology, education, business, and leadership. Link to a description of the database. |
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| R | NASW Clinical Register (Ovid) Current edition. Note: Now available through Ovid. Directory of clinical social workers. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | W | NCJRS:
National Criminal Justice Reference Service 1958 - present. Links to selected full text 1995 - present. Criminal justice topics. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | OmniFile V Full Text (Wilson) 1982 - present. Selected full text 1994 - present. Science, technology, humanities, social sciences, business. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Oxford Reference Online Premium (Oxford University Press) Current edition. Full text. Online access to 170 Oxford reference books. Link to a description of the database. |
| R | PAIS International (CSA) 1915 - present. New Now available: entries for the years 1915 - 1971 have been added through purchase of the PAIS Archive. Political, social and public policy issues with an international scope. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R | The Pennsylvania Gazette (Accessible Archives Web Interface) 1728 - 1750. Selected full text. Newspaper published in colonial Pennsylvania. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Poole's Plus See 19th Century Masterfile |
| F | R | Project MUSE (Premium Collection) Full text 1993 - present. New Additional journals are now available with the upgrade to Project MUSE Premium Collection. Literature, history, the visual and performing arts, education, political science, and gender studies. Link to a description of the database. |
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PsycARTICLES (Ovid) 1894 - present; coverage varies by title. Full text; coverage varies by title. Search using PsycINFO (Ovid) 1985 - present. Psychology. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost Web Interface) 1965 - present. Selected full text 1965 - present. Psychology. Link to a description of the database. |
| R | PsycINFO (Ovid) 1872 - present. PsycINFO (Ovid) 1967 - present. PsycINFO (Ovid) 1985 - present. Psychology. Link to a description of the database. |
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| R | Public Administration Abstracts (EBSCOhost) 1974 - present. Public administration. Link to a description of the database. |
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PubMed 1951
- present. Links to full text. Citations to biomedical articles. Many entries include links to full text. Link to a description of the database. |
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| R | Sage Public Administration Abstracts See Public Administration Abstracts | |
| R | Sage Urban Studies Abstracts See Urban Studies Abstracts | |
| F | R | Science Citation Index See ISI Web of Science |
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ScienceDirect Selected full text 2000 - present; Clinics of North America titles 1996 - present. New Additional journals are now available with the addition of the Freedom Collection. Multidisciplinary. Electronic journals. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Serial Set See U.S. Congressional Serial Set |
| F | R | SimplyMap (Geographic
Research, Inc.) 2000 - present. Full text. GIS thematic mapping resource using demographic data. Note: You must set up a free account to use the database. Any login name and password is acceptable--you DO NOT have to use you UMKC library or email user name and password. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Social Explorer 1940 – 2000 (New York City data 1910 – 2000) Full text 1940 – 2000 (New York City data 1910 – 2000) U.S. census data. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Social Sciences Citation Index See ISI Web of Science |
| F | R | Social Sciences Full Text See OmniFile V Full Text |
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Social Services Abstracts (CSA) 1980 - present. Social work, human services, and related areas. Link to a description of the databases. |
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| R | Social Work Abstracts (Ovid) 1977 - present. Note: Ovid has a new look and easier searching – to switch to the traditional search options, click on the "Advanced Ovid Search" tab. Social work and human services. Link to a description of the database. |
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Sociological Abstracts (CSA) 1963 - present. Sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Replaces SocioFile. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R | SpringerLink (Springer) Coverage varies. Selected full text. Coverage varies by title. Science and social science full-text journals. Link to a description of the database. |
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Test Reviews Online (Buros
Institute) 1985 - present. Indexes the Mental Measurements Yearbook back to 1985. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R |
Testaments to the Holocaust (InfoTrac/Gale) 1889 - 1965. Full text. Digital collection of materials describing World War II-era Jewish life. Link to a description of the database. |
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Tests in Print (EBSCOhost) Current edition. Reviews of tests in psychology, education, business, and leadership. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R | Times Digital Archive (InfoTrac/Gale) 1875 - 1985. Full text 1875 - 1985. Provides page-by-page access to The Times of London. Link to a description of the database. |
| R | Urban Studies Abstracts (EBSCOhost) 1973 - present. Urban studies. Link to a description of the database. |
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| F | R |
U.S. Congressional
Serial Set (Readex/NewsBank) 1817 - 1941. Full text 1817 - 1859. Publications of the U.S. Congress. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | Web of Science See ISI Web of Science |
| F | R | Who's Who on the Web See Marquis Who’s Who on the Web |
| F | R | Wiley InterScience (Wiley) 1946 - present; coverage varies by title. Full text 1996 - present; coverage varies by title. Science and social science. Link to a description of the database. |
| F | R | World Development Indicators Online. Current edition. Full text. Data on national and regional economies worldwide. Link to a description of the database. |
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA) 1975 - present. Political science and related fields. Link to a description of the database. |
Link to all digital collections
AnthropologyUCLA Cuneiform Digital Library(cdli.ucla.edu/) The University of California- LosAngeles digital library of Middle Eastern tablets dating from the 3rd millenium BC includes images and additional information for more than 3,500 cuneiform tablets from museums in Berlin and Paris and from the University of California at Berkeley's Hearst Museum of Anthropology. Each image of a tablet is accompanied by a transliteration of its cuneiform text to the Roman alphabet. EconomicsATHENA Authors and Texts(un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/html/authors.html) Includes nearly 10,000 multilingual links to books on philosophy, science, classics, literature, history, economics, etc. The collection is searchable by author, title, language, and keywords.
Political scienceCornell University Collection of Political Americana(cidc.library.cornell.edu/political/) The Susan H. Douglas Collection of Political Americana was acquired from an individual collector in 1957 for Cornell University Library (CUL). The range and variety of content includes: buttons, badges, posters and prints, songbooks and sheet music, cartoons, parade equipment, and souvenirs such as plates, cups, and games. There are approximately 5,500 objects of political memorabilia dating from 1789 to 1960. SociologyATHENA Authors and Texts(un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/html/authors.html) Includes nearly 10,000 multilingual links to books on philosophy, science, classics, literature, history, economics, etc. The collection is searchable by author, title, language, and keywords. |
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