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Abstracts in Anthropology

Abstracts for articles in several hundred anthropology periodicals, covering a broad spectrum of significant current topics....

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Academic Search Complete

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Offers a good starting point for research on nearly any topic, covering most areas of academic study and containing full text for 5,500 periodicals, including 4,600 peer-reviewed publications....

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Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online

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Provides access to the most authoritative and up-to-date scholarship in the field of sociology....

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EbscoHost

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All EBSCOhost databases, cross-searchable, providing coverage for journal articles and other information in academic disciplines....

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eHRAF Archaeology

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eHRAF Archaeology is an online cross-cultural database containing descriptive information on archaeological traditions of the world and is is unique because each archaeological tradition contains a variety of full-text source documents (books, articles, and dissertations) that have been indexed and organized according to HRAF's comprehensive tradition and subject classification systems: the Outline of Archaeological Traditions (OAT), and the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM)....

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eHRAF World Cultures

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The eHRAF World Cultures is an online cross-cultural database containing descriptive information on cultures and ethnic groups from around the world-- unique because each culture contains a variety of full-text source documents (books, articles, and dissertations) that have been indexed and organized according to HRAF's comprehensive culture and subject classification systems: the Outline of World Cultures (OWC), and the Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM)....

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GenderWatch

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Focuses on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas, providing historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgendered community, and the changes in gender roles over the years....

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ICPSR -Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research

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ICPSR is the world's largest collection of digital social science data which can be used for secondary research, instructional activities, and to write articles, papers or theses - set up MyData account to begin....

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JSTOR

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JSTOR is an archive of more than 1,000 scholarly, interdisciplinary journals, with full coverage for all but the most current 3-5 years....

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NCJRS

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NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide....

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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

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This database is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses, spanning from 1861 to the present day and offering full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997....

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Sage Criminology

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Electronic journal collection covering criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, correctons, penology, policing, forensic psychology, and family and domestic violence....

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Sage Reference Online

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A collection of authoratative encyclopedias in the social sciences, including coverage for anthropology, criminology, environment, psychology, research methods, sociology, and women's studies....

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Social Sciences Citation Index

Part of the Web of Science, covers high impact research journals in each field of the social sciences and offers cited reference searching as an option for tracing scholarship....

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Social Services Abstracts

Current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development....

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Social Work Abstracts

Coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965....

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Sociological Abstracts

Research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences....

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Women's Studies International

Covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research....

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