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SOCIAL SCIENCE
Anthropology, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology

Database

Subject

Coverage

Description

Source

Academic Search Premier General

 1984-

Provides full text from 4500 serials, including over 3600 peer-reviewed titles. Contains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and more.

EBSCO

Academic Onefile General

 1980-

Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Updated daily.

Gale

ACLS Humanities
E-Book Project (HEB)
History, Humanities

eBooks 

With over 2800 titles, HEB is expanding from history titles to include most humanities disciplines and area studies. Formerly the ACLS History E-Book Project, HEB adds approximately 300 books annually to the collection.

ACLS

American History in Video History

Varies

American History in Video allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and the presentation of historical events over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.

Alexan-der St. Press

Government

 

The CQ Encyclopedia of American Government is a comprehensive overview of the American Government system. Offers over 1100 searchable topics covering the three branches of government. Usage info.: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users.

CQ

CQ Global Researcher Current Events

2007-

CQ Global Researcher provides students with definitive, in-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints.

CQ

CQ Researcher Plus Archive Current Events

1923-

CQ Researcher Plus Archive contains more than 3,000 reports and analysis of issues in the news. CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published 44 times a year.

CQ

EBSCO eBooks General

eBooks

EBSCO eBooks (formerly NetLibrary) offers more than 60,000 eBook titles in all subject areas. Includes scholarly reference and professional works from leading university, academic, and professional publishers. NOTE: Adobe Digital Editions must be installed on your computer to view EBSCO eBooks.

EBSCO

European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 History

1493 -1750

This bibliographic database is a valuable index for those interested in European works that relate to the Americas. Contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. Full texts of many books may be found in Google Books.

EBSCO

Films On Demand General

Varies

Films on Demand is a web-based digital video service providing streaming videos from Films Media Group 24/7. Choose from more than 5,500 educational titles in dozens of subject areas. Special features allow users to organize and bookmark clips, share playlists, and personalize folders.

Films Media Group

General Reference Center Gold General

1980-

General Reference Center GOLD is a general interest database from a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, and more.

Gale

HeinOnline Political Science

Varies

HeinOnline PoliSci Basic offers the full-text of 50 influential legal journals, along with all U.S. treaties and agreements and the U.S. Presidential Library collection.

Hein

HeritageQuest History, Genealogy

Varies

Brought to you by the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL), HeritageQuest offers data for genealogists and historians. Includes all U.S. Censuses until 1930, an index of 6,500 local history and genealogy periodicals (PERSI), bank records of African Americans from 1865-1874, a database of Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land warrant, plus full text of 25,000 local histories and family histories.

ProQuest

In the First Person Biography

Varies

In the First Person from Alexander Press is an index to personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories that are publicly available on the Web or held by repositories and archives.

WWW

JSTOR General

Varies up to most recent 2-5 years

JSTOR offers complete indexing to all its backfiles of core journals in various subjects: economics, education, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science and many more. Coverage begins with the first date of publication of a journal and cuts off at the most recent 2-5 years. If you need CURRENT articles, JSTOR is not for you. Full-text access is determined by subscription. CBU subscribes to three JSTOR sets: Arts & Sciences I, II, and IV.

JSTOR

LexisNexis Academic News, Legal, Business

Varies

Covers news, business, and legal research. Business covers company, industry and market news, company financial information, accounting, auditing, and tax information. Legal Research covers law reviews, federal case law, U.S. Code, and state legal research. Also includes general medical and health topics and medical abstracts.

Lexis-
Nexis

Military & Government Collection Military & Government

1990-

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.

EBSCO

Military & Intelligence Database Military & Government

Varies

Offers over 10 million articles (80% full-text) from more than 500 titles and basic reference materials. The content in this database is also part of Academic One File. 

Gale

PsycARTICLES Psychology

1894-

PsycARTICLES, from the American Psychological Association (APA), offers full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles. Contains over 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations.

EBSCO

PsycINFO Psychology

1887-

PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. 97% of this material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in over 25 languages.

 EBSCO

General, Sciences

Varies

Journals covering all subjects, including anthropology, archaeology, communication & mass media, political science, psychology, sociology, and urban studies. In addition, CBU has begun adding Wiley e-books. Includes a personal registration option for users to save references for later use.

Wiley