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- Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly databases offering many sources unique to this massive collection. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. [Details]
- Oxford Journals
Collections cover Life Sciences, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, Medicine, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law, and include some of the most authoritative journals in their fields. [Details]
- Wiley Online Library
A multidiscipinary collection of academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, psychology, law and criminology, life sciences, and business. [Details]
- SpringerLink
SpringerLink offers online access to several fully peer reviewed journals in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics. [Details]
- JSTOR
Archive of selected scholarly journals in ecology, economics, history, mathematics, music, political science, statistics, and other humanities and social sciences. [Details]
- MasterFILE Complete
This multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1922. [Details]
- Web of Science
The Web of Science database provides seamless access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. [Details]
Tutorials:
- Sage Journals Online
SAGE Journals Online offers full text access to journals in Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Business, Humanities, Science and Technology. [Details]
- ScienceDirect
Offers access to most of the Elsevier Journal collection covering the sciences, business, child development, computer science, economics, history, hospitality, industrial technology, library and information science and tourism. [Details]
Tutorial:
ScienceDirect Interactive Tutorials - PsycINFO
The PsycINFO database contains summaries of the world's literature in psychology and related disciplines, compiled and indexed by the American Psychological Association. [Details]
- Project MUSE
Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, to high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers. [Details]
- Sociological Abstracts
Citations to sociology journals and dissertations covering sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology. [Details]
- ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts on the Web is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional. [Details]
- ICPSR (Inter University Consortium for Political and Social Research)
ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Brought to you by the UNCW Office of Research Services and Sponsored Programs
Currently available from on campus only. [Details] - Simply Map
Map thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables. [Details]
- Polling the Nations
Allows one user access at a time. Please try again later if you are not able to access this resource.
Public opinion polls. [Details]
- PILOTS
The PILOTS bibliographic database covers the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress. [Details]
- Mental Measurements Yearbook
Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. The MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. [Details]
- EBSCOHost
Offers Academic Search Complete, MasterFile Complete, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, and many more. Several databases may be searched at once. Full text articles are offered in both HTML and PDF format on thousands of titles. [Details]
Tutorial:
EBSCOhost - Creating an Advanced Search - Anthropological Literature
Allows one user access at a time. Please try again later if you are not able to access this resource.
Anthropological Literature is a comprehensive international resource for the fields of anthropology, archaeology and related interdisciplinary research.
- PsycARTICLES
The database contains more than 150,000 articles from over 70 journals published by the American Psychological Association) and 11 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 59 journals. [Details]
- HighWire Press
HighWire Press provides access to free content from a number of Open Access journals, including Duke University Press online journals. [Details]
- PsycBOOKS
PsycBOOKS, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a database of over 30,000 chapters in PDF from nearly 2,000 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. It also includes close to 1,500 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from the 1600s, and the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology. Furthermore, digitization of the content from the Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) collection will add upwards of 2,500 works of historical significance. [Details]
- Directory of Open Access journals - (DOAJ)
The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. Includes multidisciplinary scientific and scholarly periodicals that publish research or review papers in full text. [Details]
- Emerald Full Text
Search the full text collection of 138 titles in management, marketing, engineering, and information science journals. [Details]
- Women and Social Movements in the United States - Scholar's Edition
Women and Social Movements in the United States brings together primary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, Web site reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of women’s activism in public life. [Details]
- ArticleFirst
OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals in the fields of business humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, sociology, and technology. [Details]
- Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly databases offering many sources unique to this massive collection. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. [Details]
- Oxford Journals
Collections cover Life Sciences, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, Medicine, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law, and include some of the most authoritative journals in their fields. [Details]
- Wiley Online Library
A multidiscipinary collection of academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, psychology, law and criminology, life sciences, and business. [Details]
- SpringerLink
SpringerLink offers online access to several fully peer reviewed journals in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics. [Details]
- JSTOR
Archive of selected scholarly journals in ecology, economics, history, mathematics, music, political science, statistics, and other humanities and social sciences. [Details]
- MasterFILE Complete
This multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1922. [Details]
- Web of Science
The Web of Science database provides seamless access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. [Details]
Tutorials:
- Sage Journals Online
SAGE Journals Online offers full text access to journals in Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Business, Humanities, Science and Technology. [Details]
- ScienceDirect
Offers access to most of the Elsevier Journal collection covering the sciences, business, child development, computer science, economics, history, hospitality, industrial technology, library and information science and tourism. [Details]
Tutorial:
ScienceDirect Interactive Tutorials - PsycINFO
The PsycINFO database contains summaries of the world's literature in psychology and related disciplines, compiled and indexed by the American Psychological Association. [Details]
- Project MUSE
Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, to high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers. [Details]
- Sociological Abstracts
Citations to sociology journals and dissertations covering sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology. [Details]
- ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts on the Web is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional. [Details]
- ICPSR (Inter University Consortium for Political and Social Research)
ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Brought to you by the UNCW Office of Research Services and Sponsored Programs
Currently available from on campus only. [Details] - Simply Map
Map thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables. [Details]
- Polling the Nations
Allows one user access at a time. Please try again later if you are not able to access this resource.
Public opinion polls. [Details]
- PILOTS
The PILOTS bibliographic database covers the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress. [Details]
- Mental Measurements Yearbook
Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. The MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. [Details]
- EBSCOHost
Offers Academic Search Complete, MasterFile Complete, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, and many more. Several databases may be searched at once. Full text articles are offered in both HTML and PDF format on thousands of titles. [Details]
Tutorial:
EBSCOhost - Creating an Advanced Search - Anthropological Literature
Allows one user access at a time. Please try again later if you are not able to access this resource.
Anthropological Literature is a comprehensive international resource for the fields of anthropology, archaeology and related interdisciplinary research.
- PsycARTICLES
The database contains more than 150,000 articles from over 70 journals published by the American Psychological Association) and 11 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 59 journals. [Details]
- HighWire Press
HighWire Press provides access to free content from a number of Open Access journals, including Duke University Press online journals. [Details]
- PsycBOOKS
PsycBOOKS, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a database of over 30,000 chapters in PDF from nearly 2,000 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. It also includes close to 1,500 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from the 1600s, and the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology. Furthermore, digitization of the content from the Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) collection will add upwards of 2,500 works of historical significance. [Details]
- Directory of Open Access journals - (DOAJ)
The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. Includes multidisciplinary scientific and scholarly periodicals that publish research or review papers in full text. [Details]
- Emerald Full Text
Search the full text collection of 138 titles in management, marketing, engineering, and information science journals. [Details]
- Women and Social Movements in the United States - Scholar's Edition
Women and Social Movements in the United States brings together primary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, Web site reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of women’s activism in public life. [Details]
- ArticleFirst
OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals in the fields of business humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, sociology, and technology. [Details]
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