Academic OneFile (Gale) is the premier source of peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines such as Biology, Chemistry, Criminal justice, Economics, Environmental science, History, Marketing, Political science, Psychology.
Academic Video Online contains over 70,000 titles of the award-winning documentaries, field recordings, interviews, lectures, and training videos. The subjects are included Business, Counselling, Film, Health, History, Music, etc. There are lots of useful resources to all types of patrons for educational use.
System Requirements:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, Firefox 3.0 or higher; Adobe Flash Player 9 or higher
APA PsycTESTS (PsycNet) is a research database that provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about the test and its development and administration.
The database brings together thousands of full-text reports covering 53 countries on a multitude of business, government, economic, and social issues. Subject coverage include finance, trade, environment, human resources development, best practices in government, fisheries, tourism, education and women's studies to name a few. Country coverage includes all of Asia, Australia/New Zealand, the Americas Pacific Rim countries, and Pacific islands.
With more than 2,500 videos and almost 3,500 books, documents, and transcripts. Behavioral and Mental Health Online is a fundamental resource for studying and teaching in the areas of behavioral and mental health. This ever-growing multi-media resource includes clinical mental health demonstrations, video of real clinical mental health sessions, largest amount of DSM-5®/ICD-10 video content, documentaries on the human condition, psychotherapy transcripts, client narratives, reference works, clinical mental health textbooks and workbooks, psychological experiments and more. New content added quarterly.
System Requirements:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, Firefox 3.0 or higher; Adobe Flash Player 9 or higher
The British Nursing Database is a full-text resource supporting the practice, education, and research for nurses, midwives and healthcare professionals in the U.K. and the greater nursing community. Bibliographic data from the British Nursing Index (BNI) underpins this product to improve the discovery of content. In addition to full-text coverage, the British Nursing Database provides abstracting and indexing for hundreds of titles dating back to 1993.
"Cambridge Online Journals: Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)” has been upgraded to the full collection “Cambridge Core. Journals: Full Collection”.
Cambridge Core is the platform for academic content from Cambridge University Press, in one user-friendly and fully searchable online platform. The full collection provides full-text access to journals published by Cambridge University Press, as well as articles from open access (OA) journals. The platform covers a wide range of subject areas, including social sciences, medicine, engineering, history, literature, philosophy, psychology, computer science, economics, and more.
Features:
More than 420 peer-reviewed academic journals
Cover subjects across the humanities, social sciences and science, technology and medicine.
Includes Open Access content (Gold OA and Hybrid OA).
Functions:
Basic Search (Relevance/ Title/Publication date)
Save searches
Bookmark content
Browse journals by subjects
Explore Gold Open Access Journals
Download PDF[s] of the selected content
Send PDF[s] of content to Kindle/Dropbox/Google drive
The database is a searchable collection containing real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material.
System Requirements:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, and Firefox 3.0 or higher.
Sources:
Diaries, letters, autobiographies, oral histories, and personal memoirs
Counseling and Therapy in Video : Volume IV: Current Practices is a multimedia collection that addresses the current best practices for counseling and therapy. It includes transcripts of real therapy sessions, video presentations by practicing therapists as well as presentations and publications by renowned academic therapists.
The collection directly discusses the CACREP 8 Core Areas required by many states for counselor certification as well as a wide range of contemporary issues from working with LGBT clients to helping clients suffering from PTSD.
System Requirements:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, Firefox 3.0 or higher ; Adobe Flash Player 9 or higher
DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) is a service of OAPEN Foundation. It aims to increase discoverability of academic, peer reviewed books published under open access license. The directory covers various subjects including arts and architecture, business and economics, history and archaeology, languages and literatures, law and political science, philosophy and religion, social sciences and more.
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) is hosted and maintained by Lund University Libraries. Click here to access DOAJ.
DOAJ provides free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects including Agriculture and Food Sciences,Arts and Architecture, Biology and Life Sciences, Business and Economics, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, General Works, Health Sciences, History and Archaeology, Languages and Literatures, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy and Religion, Physics and Astronomy, Science General, Social Sciences, Technology and Engineering, etc. and many languages.
Features:
All journal titles can be searched and browsed. Some journals are searchable at article level.
The e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection provides access to over 2,000 e-books in humanities and social sciences. Key subject areas include anthropology, art history and theory, Asian studies, cultural studies, ethnic studies, film and television, gender and sexuality studies, Latin American studies, political theory, and science studies. The collection includes term access to all available backlist titles published by Duke University Press as well as perpetual access to at least 100 new e-books each calendar year.
Features:
Print/download by chapters; search/browse; cite/share
An e-book database of encyclopedias, almanacs and reference sources for multi-displinary research. It supports full-text search within and across collections, advanced search capabilities, bookmarks and annotations. The titles can also be searched in the Library Catalogue
Academic Search Ultimate offers students an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women's studies, zoology and more.
Features:
email / print / save articles, abstract / full-text / page image available, functions: marked articles, etc.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS. ATLA Religion Database (ATLA RDB) with ATLASerials PLUS (ATLAS PLUS™) combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA's largest online collection of major religion and theology journals.
Produced by the American Theological Library Association (ATLA), ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS provides coverage extending back into the 19th century with the 1881 as the earliest date of coverage.
ATLAS PLUS offers users access to a growing list of more than 450 full-text titles, including all of the full-text titles in ATLASerials (ATLAS), in many diverse areas of religion and theology, with full-text content in 16 languages from more than 30 different countries.
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains nearly 900,000 records on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. It also includes the full content of the annual printed Bibliography of Asian Studies from the 1971 up to the 1991 volumes (published in 1997).
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text is a full-text database for criminal justice and criminology research. It provides full-text access to many of the most important journals (including open access (OA) journals) and magazines, covering all relevant topics, including forensic sciences, corrections, policing, criminal law and investigation.
Features:
Includes hundreds of active full-text, peer-reviewed journals and magazines.
Includes active global open access (OA) journals.
Some full-text journals are also indexed in Scopus.
Functions:
Searching
Basic Search
Advanced Search
Publications Search
Publications Browsing
Journal Alerts / Search Alerts in Dashboard
Text-to-Speech Feature
Online Full Text Translation
Limiters and Filters
Export Citation (RIS/ EasyBib / Endnote /Noodle)
Saving articles to Google Drive / Microsoft OneDrive
Family Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 46,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.
Features:
email / print / save articles, abstract available, functions: marked articles, etc.
This ebook reference collection offers over 200 eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for high school students. Topics include biography, history, careers, language arts, literature, government, health, math, science, current events, and social-emotional health.
Features:
Email / print / save articles, abstract / full-text / page image available, functions: marked articles, etc.
With 240 full-text journals that originate from 30 countries in 30 languages, The Philosopher’s Index with Full Text via EBSCOhost is the single, the largest collection of full-text titles in philosophy. These 240 titles broadly cover the discipline of philosophy and include subject-specific journals, which include:
Over 100 of the most esteemed journals in philosophy
This ebook reference collection offers over 100 eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for primary school students. Topics include social studies, history, language arts, geography, culture, math, and science.
Features:
Email / print / save articles, abstract / full-text / page image available, functions: marked articles, etc.
PsycBOOKS, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a database of 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.
Features:
email / print / save articles, functions: marked articles, etc.
This database provides nearly 600 full text journals. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO.
Features:
email / print / save articles, full-text and abstract available, functions: marked articles, etc.
Sociology Source Ultimate provides over one thousand full-text journals for students studying aspects of social behavior and interaction. Coverage of topics ranges from gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology.
Features:
email / print / save articles, abstract / full-text / page image available, functions: marked articles, etc.
Films On Demand: Asia Video Collection is a curated collection of educational videos focusing on Asian culture, history, and contemporary issues. It offers a diverse range of content, including documentaries, interviews, and cultural performances.
The new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Streaming Video Collection is an educational video library that introduces and provides a deeper understanding of the newest technological advances in AI. The collection includes a variety of videos covering topics from basic prompt engineering to advanced science of neural networks and machine learning, real-world applications, key concepts of AI, generative AI tools, and tools for teachers.
Features:
Exceptional Content from the World’s Top Producers Includes exceptional content from the world’s top producers, such as PBS, BBC, A&E, National Geographic, and HBO®.
Extensive Video Library Films on Demand provides access to a vast library of educational videos covering diverse topics. Users can explore content from various disciplines, including science, history, social sciences, and more.
Search and Browse Capabilities The platform offers robust search and browse features to help users discover relevant videos. Users can search for specific titles, keywords, or subjects, or browsing by subject, producer, or series for efficient exploration.
Customizable Playlists This feature allows users to create and manage custom playlists. Users can create their own playlists to organize videos for study or research purposes.
Closed Captioning and Transcripts Many of the videos feature closed captioning or transcripts. Users can enable captions or access transcripts for better understanding and study.
Easy Integration and Embedding The platform provides embedding capabilities, enabling users to embed videos in presentations, websites, or other digital platforms, such as Blackboard, Canva, Moodle, and more.
Support Innovative Instruction The AI Video Collection provides guidance on using AI in an educational setting, with both bite-size and longer form content to promote deeper learning and highlight ethical implications.
Functions:
Sharing Video Custom segments and playlists can be shared with others by permalinks, embed codes.
Playlists
Videos and segments can be added to playlists or saved as favorites for later viewing.
Simple Search and Advanced Search
You can search for videos by title, keyword, or use Boolean operators in the advanced search and filter results by subject, format, type, producer, and copyright date.
Browsing You can browse videos by subject areas, popular categories and featured produces.
Closed Captioning and Transcripts
Many videos offer closed captions and interactive transcripts, enhancing accessibility and searchability.
Google Translate With Google Translate in the footer of every page, you can translate all descriptions, transcripts, and navigation into one of more than 100 languages.
Citations All content provide MLA, APA, Chicago, and Harvard citation formats, with EasyBib, NoodleTools, and RefWorks export functionality.
Gallup Analytics is an online platform that provides subscribers with access to nearly a century of U.S. data and a decade of global tracking data from the Gallup World Poll.
Subscribers can search, examine, compare and export:
over 80 years of U.S. national data
almost a decade of U.S. data by city and state
over a decade of global data from more than 160 countries
General OneFile (Gale) is a one-stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, General OneFile serves a wide audience of readers.
Global Issues (Gale In Context) offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issues and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, relevant sources for analysis of these issues. Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal. Use Browse Issues and Topics, Country Finder, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database.
History of Feminism is an online platform that brings together the best and most relevant scholarship from Taylor & Francis, its imprints, and its authors.
This resource covers the fascinating subject of feminism over the long nineteenth century (1776-1928). It contains an extensive range of primary and secondary resources, including full books, selected chapters, and journal articles, as well as new thematic essays, and subject introductions on its structural themes:
Journal Citation Reports offers a systematic, objective means to critically evaluate the world's leading journals, with quantifiable, statistical information based on citation data. By compiling articles' cited references, JCR helps to measure research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals. Our library subscribes Social Sciences editions.
Features:
Published annually (approximately June) following the year of coverage
JSTOR's archival journal collections include more than two thousand journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Both multidisciplinary and discipline-specific journal collections are offered, covering more than 50 academic disciplines. At present, JSTOR contains a range of Arts & Sciences collections, a multidisciplinary Life Sciences Collection, discipline-specific collections across several fields, and four primary source collections.
Features:
print and email articles ; use "Adobe Acrobate Reader" to view articles
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Oxford Academic: Hong Kong Scholarship Online is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which now offers quick and easy access to the full text of over 100 Hong Kong University Press books in six subject areas: Economics and Finance, Film, Television and Radio, History, Linguistics, Literature, Society and Culture.
Features:
print and email articles ; use "Adobe Acrobate Reader" to view articles
Oxford Academic: Oxford Scholarship Online is a cross-searchable collection providing access to the full text of Oxford books in selected subject areas including: Economics and Finance, Law, Psychology, Social Work, and Sociology.
Features:
print and email articles ; use "Adobe Acrobate Reader" to view articles
The database includes collection of full text and abstracts of classic and newly published University press books in sociology module. The titles subscribed currently covers sociology modules under California Press Scholarship Online, Chicago Press Scholarship Online, and Policy Press Scholarship Online.
Features:
Print and email articles; use "Adobe Acrobate Reader" to view articles
Oxford Bibliographies provides a variety of academic topics. Every article in the database is an authoritative guide to the current scholarship, with original commentary and annotations. Oxford Bibliographies is reviewed and updated regularly, with 50-75 articles added per year to each subject area. It provides the access to the full text in selected subject areas including: Social Work, Sociology, Anthropology, Chinese studies, Cinema and media studies, Classics, Communication, Criminology, Education, International law, Linguistics, Management, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, American literature, Victorian literature, Childhood studies, British and Irish literature, Literary and critical theory (Start from early July 2017).
PEP-Web contains the premier journals and classic books in psychoanalysis. The PEP-Web Archive is updated annually in January with new books and journal titles, and current journal issues are added as they are published.
Embargoed Content: Due to contracts with publishers, there is a three to five year embargo on most current content. For the embargoed years, only abstracts and article summaries may be read on PEP-Web. However, the full text of all years is still completely searchable, making it easy to find current and relevant articles. To see the list of journal embargo dates go here.
PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. Click here to access PQDT Open. You can quickly and easily locate dissertations and theses relevant to your discipline, and view the complete text in PDF format. The authors of these dissertations and theses have opted to publish as open access. Open Access Publishing is a new service offered by ProQuest's UMI Dissertation Publishing, and it is expected to have many more open access dissertations and theses over time.
The Social Sciences Collection for journals is a subset of the Premium Collection. It is a collection of high quality, peer reviewed journals designed for institutions acquiring extensively in the social sciences. Building on MUSE's strengths in international relations and in aspects of political science and economics, this collection is designed to meet the needs of special libraries such as thinktanks, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, and related organizations. Of the new journal titles added to MUSE each year, the best of those with a clear social science focus are added to the Social Sciences Collection.
ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated full-text database in the market today. This database provides nearly 12,000 journals with over 9,000 available in full text. It also provides access to over 800 full text U.S., Canadian and international newspapers; Nearly 30,000 full text dissertations in the areas of business, psychology, physical sciences, health, education and more; Concise business information from nearly 9,000 market reports across 43 industries in 40 countries.
It boasts over 160 subjects including core subject areas such as:
Business and economics
Health and medical
News and world affairs
Science
Education
Technology
Humanities
Social Sciences
Psychology
Literature
Law
Women's studies, and more
Features:
email / print / save articles, abstract / full-text available / page image available, functions: marked articles, etc.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - Full text is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. The official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and the database of record for graduate research. PQDT - Full Text includes millions of searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDT - Full Text provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.
Features:
Searchable citations
Functions:
Basic Search
Advanced Search
Publication Search
Cite / Email/ Print/ Save
Cloud Saving
Citation Export
PDF Downloading
Generative AI Research Assistant
Sources:
Dissertations and Theses from 700 leading academic institutions worldwide
Once logged in, your borrowed eBook loans will sync across ALL your registered devices.
Users can register the app on up to 6 devices.
Research Assistant is available only on the eBook Central web platform. This feature is not available on the mobile reader app.
Any ebooks already on loan in Adobe Digital Editions will sync automatically - no re-download needed.
Descriptions:
Ebook Central is an all-in-one ebook platform for research, teaching, and learning. It brings together content from nearly every publisher into a unified experience, allowing students and teachers to easily discover and use the ebook content they need.
In addition, Ebook Central Research Assistant is an AI tool that is now enabled on eligible books and can be found on the left side of the screen for PDFs, or on the right side of the screen for EPUBs. This AI tool helps you assess literature relevance and easily review, analyze, and explore new ideas.
Now, Ebook Central platform has been upgraded and launched the new Ebook Central Reader App, replacing Adobe Digital Editions as the main full-book download service. The new Reader app allows you to read eBooks downloaded from the Ebook Central platform on your desktop and mobile devices with a streamlined, secure and accessible experience.
Features:
Instant access the largest collection of scholarly ebooks across all academic disciplines.
Discover, evaluate, and access titles easily with intuitive search and user-centred design.
Users can read the loaned eBooks via the mobile app Ebook Central in anywhere.
Integrated with Ebook Central Research Assistant, it helps you complete research assignments more efficiently, gain a better understanding of complex topics and expand research by literature relevance.
New Ebook Central Reader App offers you secure and seamless access across all desktop and mobile devices with an intuitive reading experience.
Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers and working papers. Cited references are included for many journal articles.
Functions:
Basic Search
Advanced Search
Publication Search
Cite / Email/ Print/ Save
Cloud Saving
Citation Export
PDF Downloading
Generative AI Research Assistant
Sources:
Journal, books, dissertations, conference paper and working papers
Journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association and Hogrefe & Huber. The contents are covered from 1894 to Current
Provides access to the literature in psychology and related disciplines. Produced by the American Psychological Association, it has more than 8 million cited references in 185,000 journal articles, books, and book chapters. The contents are covered from 1806 to Current.
APA PsycTherapy is an APA database of psychotherapy videos. These experts work with participants on various therapeutic topics, providing viewers with direct insights into clinical practice.
Features:
Includes live sessions from today's leading professionals.
Cover more than cover more than 140 approaches, such as integrated behavioural health care, cognitive behaviour therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy.
Synchronized transcripts which allow you to search for precise moments in therapy
Functions:
Searching Basic Search, Advanced Search and Cross-databases Search
Browsing Titles, Therapeutic Approaches, Therapists and Therapy Topics
ProQuest Research Assistant Help you quickly evaluate and understand documents and discover related research.
Transcript Translation
Full Text PDF Downloading
Citation Export Export to EndNote, Zotero, Citavi, Excel etc.
PsychiatryOnline is a website that features DSM-IV-TRR and The American Journal of Psychiatry as the cornerstones of a collection of psychiatric references, including books, journals, and self-assessment tools. Much more than individual titles, PsychiatryOnline features sophisticated searching and indexing tools that enable users to quickly target all the information needed.
Library subscribes the DSM Premium collection, which covers diagnosis and differential diagnosis, case vignettes to bring abstract concepts to life, multidisciplinary treatment guidelines, the latest research - all within a single search and navigation interface that integrates journals and books.
System Requirement:
Screen resolution of 1024 x 768 (for best results) or 800 x 600 (minimum supported resolution).
Features:
PDA downloads available for most book chapters/ email/print/alerts
Psychology (Gale OneFile) provides access to authoritative periodical content supporting research in all fields of psychology— abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social and all areas of applied psychology. Researchers, psychologists, counselors, and behavioral scientists will discover relevant information from the thoughts, views, discoveries, and reports found in this comprehensive collection.
Psychotherapy.net (Full Collection) is a complete collection of psychotherapy & counseling videos. The Full Collection will expand as new titles are regularly added throughout the subscription period.
Features:
Search/browse/click on any word to play video at that point/print or download transcript
The PubMed database includes multiple free resources supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature.
There are more than 38 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. It does not include full text journal articles; however, links to the full text are often present when available from other sources, such as the publisher's website or PubMed Central (PMC).
In 2020, the database has updated to a new user interface. The updated interface includes a responsive design to improve the mobile experience as well as improved search capabilities using the best-match sort.
Features:
Access the same trusted database of more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature.
Use the default filters or customize the filter menu to meet your needs.
The Sage Journal: Humanity and Social Science (HSS) provides access to 750+ journals, including leading international peer-reviewed titles, many of which are ranked in the Journal Citation Reports (Source: Clarivate, 2023).
Features:
Access to 750+ journals, encompassing over 760,000 articles
Over 75% of the package content is ranked in the Journal Citation reports (Source: Clarivate, 2023).
Including Open Access content (Gold OA and Green OA).
Sage Knowledge contains thousands of eBooks titles on the topics across the social sciences. These topics are included Counseling & Psychotherapy; health & Social Care; Media, Communication & Cultural Studies; Politics & international relations; Psychology; Sociology; Social Work, etc.
Our library has subscribed 37 eBooks titles on the discipline of Social Work.
Source:
Sage Knowledge
Language:
English
Features:
Search and browse
How ro screen out our collection:
On “Quick filter” > i) Books: select “All books” ; ii) Works and Sections : “Entire Works” > 37 results found
SAGE Research Methods Suite (SRM Suite) includes SAGE Research Methods (SRM), SAGE Research Methods Cases (SRMC) and SAGE Research Methods Datasets (SRMD).
SAGE Research Methods is a research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. SAGE Research Methods links over 175,000 pages of SAGE's renowned book, journal and reference content with truly advanced search and discovery tools. Researchers can explore methods concepts to help them design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings. Since SAGE Research Methods focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, it can be used across the social sciences, health sciences, and more.
SAGE Research Methods Cases is a collection of case studies of real social research that faculty can use in their teaching. Cases are original, specially commissioned, and designed to help students understand often abstract methodological concepts by introducing them to case studies of real research projects.
SAGE Research Methods Datasets is a collection of teaching datasets that can be used to support the teaching and independent learning of quantitative and qualitative analytical methods used in the social sciences. These are datasets taken from larger national and international data sources, cleaned and reduced in size and complexity for teaching and self-study purposes, perfect for researchers learning a new method or brushing up on an old one.
Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) is one of the largest open access journal publishers. It is currently publishing more than 200 open access, online, peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of academic disciplines including medical & life sciences, business & economics, chemistry & materials science, computer science & communications, earth & environmental sciences, engineering, medicine & healthcare, physics & mathematics, social sciences & humanities.
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is an open access repository of scholarly research in the social sciences. SSRN is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences including Economics, Financial Economics and Legal Scholarship.
The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 500,000 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 400,000 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format. The eLibrary also includes the research papers of a number of Fee Based Partner Publications.
Features:
Access to some features requires free registration
Social Theory offers an extensive selection of documents that explore the complexities and interpret the nature of social behavior and organization. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. Included in the more than 150,000 pages of searchable content are seminal works by such theorists as Harriet Martineau, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Max Weber, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Jurgen Habermas, Talcott Parsons, Michel Foucault and Jean Baudrillard.
System Requirements:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, and Firefox 3.0 or higher.
Social Work Online is a multimedia resource that combines video with relevant text content to illustrate the complex and challenging realities social work students will face as practitioners. This collection provides over 100 hours of video and 50,000 pages for students to understand and the best way to serve their future clients' needs.
System Requirements:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, Firefox 3.0 or higher; Adobe Flash Player 9 or higher
Sources:
Videos and text contents
Language:
English
Statista Follow these steps to access the Statistadatabase
Step 1: Enter with your Shue Yan webmail and password when you are redirected to Shue Yan Portal Login page.
Statista is one of the world's leading statistics portals offering statistics from over 22,500 sources as well as their own analytics on digital & consumer markets.
The features are:
Data aggregation and research platform with statistics and information covering 80,000 topics on worldwide markets, industries, and societal topics
All information is prepared and checked by Statista’s research team of more than 450 analysts in Hamburg, Germany
A reports database with over 50,000 studies and 5,500 exclusive dossiers and industry reports provides qualitative and quantitative data
Over 22,500 private, public, and proprietary from North American, European, and Asian sources
All statistics can be directly downloaded in PNG/PDF, Excel, and PowerPoint formats
All data prepared according to academic citation standards (MLA, APA, Harvard, Chicago, and Bluebook) with links to the original source for further research
An array of infographics used for illustration data visualization across all areas of interest including current events
All data can be published by authorized users with full-publication rights
The platform has English, Spanish, French and German versions
Features:
Browse, search, chart type setting, download in PNG, PDF, XLS, PPT, download, social media sharing
Taylor & Francis Group collaborate with researchers, scholarly societies, universities and libraries worldwide to bring knowledge to life. The Social Sciences & Humanities Library covers over 1,000 scholarly journals content spans various areas of Humanities and Social Sciences:
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