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Below are some resources to get you started with your research for INT 490. Please feel free to reach out to me for any guidance you need - my contact information is on the top right of this page.
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Semester and Year:
Spring 2021
Course number:
INT 490
Instructor:
Berg, Herbert
Books
These are just some of the books (electronic and print) that might be useful for your research papers. I'd highly suggest searching the library catalog (link below this list) for your topic to find more. For instance, you might include a region or country of interest as a search term.
Contains a chapter on the sex industry.
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Article Databases
The databases you should search for articles on your individual topic will greatly depend on the disciplines associated with it. Below I am including some multidisciplinary databases, but I'd suggest consulting our Databases by Subject list for good subject-specific databases related to your research topic.
JSTOR
Scholarly journals in anthropology, art, art history, communication studies, criminology, ecology, economics, education, English, film studies, foreign languages and literatures, geography, geology, history, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, public and international affairs, religion, social work, sociology, statistics, theatre, and other humanities and social sciences.
[More details]Scholarly journal articles in almost every discipline.
Project MUSE
Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, to high quality humanities, arts, art history, creative writing, education, English, film studies, foreign languages and literatures, history, religion, theatre, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers.
[More details]Particularly good for humanities research.
Sage Journals Online
Communication Studies, Criminology, Computer Science, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Business, Humanities, Science and Technology, and Social Work. Includes Sage Journals Backfiles 1999-2009.
[More details]Especially useful for social sciences research.
Wiley Online Library
A multidisciplinary collection of academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, social work, sociology, English, computer sciences, creative writing, engineering, psychology, law and criminology, life sciences, and business. UNCW has access to 1,600+ journals (coverage dates vary) and 21,000+ online books.
[More details]Scholarly journal articles in many disciplines.
Academic Search Ultimate
Academic Search Ultimate offers a comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes. Virtually every discipline is represented, ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology and more.Academic Search Ultimate also includes more than 75,000 videos from the Associated Press. This collection of videos is updated monthly and includes footage from 1930 to the present.
[More details]Scholarly journal articles in almost every discipline.
ProQuest Central
This database serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels. Covering more than 160 subjects areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database of periodical content. This award-winning online reference resource features a highly-respected, diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos. Comparable to EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete.
[More details]Scholarly journal articles in almost every discipline. Note that it also contains quite a few non-scholarly resources.
ScienceDirect
Elsevier Journal collection covering the sciences, business, child development, computer science, clinical research, economics, history, hospitality, industrial technology, library and information science, physical education and health, psychology, social work, sociology, and tourism.
[More details]Particularly useful for science research.
Web of Science
This collection of databases offers an integrated, versatile research platform, it delivers easy access to high quality, diversified scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as search and analysis tools that enhance this content. Includes Web of Science Core Collection, which consists of multidisciplinary content covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide.
[More details]Particularly useful for science research.
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