Key E-Resources

Dictionary of the Social Sciences

Oxford's Dictionary of the Social Sciences is designed to break down the barriers between social science disciplines, as well as to make social scientific language comprehensible to general readers.

Encyclopaedia Judaica

Online version of Encyclopaedia Judaica,2nd. ed.,published in print in 2007. This encyclopedia covers all aspects of Jewish history and culture in the Diaspora and in Israel from ancient times to the 20th century.

Fo jing san lun (Three Treatises of the Buddhist Canon)

This database allows searching of the text of three Chinese Buddhist works, the Zhong lun, Shi er men lun and Bai lun. The results page provides the sentence in which the search term appears, along with a citation. Surrounding paragraphs may be viewed by scrolling through, but the database is not designed for convenient reading of full text. Results may be printed or saved.

Historical Abstracts

Historical Abstracts is a reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Currently over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the database, including key historical journals from virtually every major country. All abstracts are written in English. In addition to articles, Historical Abstracts includes citations to historical books and to abstracts of dissertations completed worldwide of particular interest for historical research.

JStor

JSTOR is comprised of the full text of more than 500 academic journals covering a wide range of disciplines. The latest three to five years of many journals are unavailable in JSTOR.... Read more about JStor

Nation Digital Archive

The Nation Digital Archive offers searchable full text of all issues of The Nation magazine, America's oldest weekly magazine of reporting, commentary, and opinion on national and international politics, government, social policy, economics, arts, religion, and culture.... Read more about Nation Digital Archive

Oxford Companion to Archaeology

Provides authoritative entries on a range of subjects, including engaging biographies of the great figures in the field, extensive coverage of the methods used in archaeological research, together with essays that examine human evolution and the many general facets of culture.

PAIS

PAIS International indexes the public and social policy literature of public administration, political science, economics, finance, international relations, law, and health care. International in scope, PAIS indexes publications in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.... Read more about PAIS

African American Newspapers: Guide to Databases at Harvard

This research guide identifies and links directly to Harvard's major collections of African American news sources in databases. It also points to African American news sources on microfilm, microfiche and in print.  By identifying key background and scholarly studies, the guide also invites you to situate these sources historically and socially. 

Social Services Abstracts

Social Services Abstracts focuses on social work, human services, and related areas, including community and mental health services, social and health policy, family and social welfare, poverty, homelessness, and gerontology. The database provides abstracts for journal articles and dissertations and citations to book reviews.

Daily Mail (1896-2004)

The Daily Mail Historical Archive 1896-2004 is an online digital collection that allows users to search, retrieve and browse articles, pages and whole editions of the paper, providing a gateway to engaging stories, controversies and social issues of the last 100 years.

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