Social Sciences

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Key databases

Sociological Abstracts Selected Full Text
International coverage of sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied.
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Family & Society PLUS Selected Full Text
Covers research, policy and practice issues about Australian families including child abuse and child protection issues.

JSTOR Full Text
JSTOR contains the full-text of hundreds of journals across the disciplines from archaeology to zoology. Many journal backsets begin in the nineteenth or early twentieth century, however most publishers included in JSTOR have negotiated 3-5 year embargoes, so the latest issues are not included.

ProQuest Full Text
ProQuest has 8,000 magazines and newspapers, 30,000 theses and 4,500 market reports in full text. Other content includes Hoover’s Company Records and 25,000 working papers from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

Gale Databases Full Text
These cover the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Includes peer-reviewed articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.

Taylor & Francis SSH Full Text
Access journals in the humanities, economics, management, geography, environmental sciences and the social sciences.
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Worth a look

AFPD: Australian Federal Police Digest
Supports the information needs of personnel involved in Federal law enforcement and community policing.

Anthrosource Selected Full Text
A searchable archive of the contents of all peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, and bulletins published by the American Anthropological Society.

APA-FT: Australian Public Affairs Full-Text Full Text
Provides online access to full-text articles from nearly 400 journals in the social sciences and humanities from 1995.
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CINCH: Australian Criminology Database
Covers all aspects of crime and criminal justice.

Duke Scholarly Collection Full Text
Covers humanities and the social sciences.
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PsycINFO Selected Full Text
Scholarly literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health.
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RHS: Royal Historical Society Bibliography
Provides an authoritative guide to modern works on the history of Britain and Ireland for the period from 55 BC to the present.

Social Science Plus Text Selected Full Text
Subject coverage includes addiction studies, gerontology, economics, international relations, minority studies and urban studies.

Social Science Research Network
The SSRN includes social science abstracts and over 193,000 full-text items.

Social Services Abstracts Selected Full Text
Covers current research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
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SpringerLink Full Text
Peer-reviewed journals in astronomy, chemistry, computer science, economics, engineering, environmental sciences, geosciences, life sciences, mathematics, medicine and physics.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Encyclopedia of children and childhood in history and society
Encyclopedia of genocide and crimes against humanity
Encyclopedia of social theory
Encyclopedia of sociology
Encyclopedia of terrorism
Family in society essential primary sources
Gender issues and sexuality essential primary sources
The handbook of human rights law an accessible approach to the issues and principles
International encyclopedia of the social sciences

Oxford Reference Online
Search Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias listed by subject.

The Oxford Reference online database has a number of useful online reference books such as 'A Dictionary of Sociology', 'Dictionary of the Social Sciences' and 'Science, Technology, and Society'.

SAGE eReference
SAGE eReference is a database of multidisciplinary encyclopedias.

SAGE eReference will allow you to select a number of online reference books by subjects such as criminology & criminal justice, family studies, gender & sexuality studies, sociology, social issues and social work & social policy.

High impact journals

The following sociology journals are held at UNE and have a high ranking in Journal Citation Reports and ERA's listings for Sociology:

American Journal of Sociology 1895-2007 and is in print at Call Number P305/AME
American Sociological Review 1936-2006 1988- (delayed 1 yr) and is in print at Call Number P305/AME
Annual Review of Sociology 1975-
British Journal of Sociology 1950-1998 1999-2003 2006- and is in print at Call Number P305/BRI
British Journal of Sociology of Education 1980-2005 1997- and is in print at Call Number P370.19/B862
Comparative Studies in Society and History1958-2006 and is in print at Call Number P905/COM
Journal of Gender Studies 1997-2000 1999- and is in print at Call Number P305.3/J86
Patterns of Prejudice 1999-
Sociology: The Journal of the British Sociological Association is in print at Call Number P301.05/SOC

Web sites and Internet resources

Amnesty International Human rights issues
Australian Commonwealth Government Information about the Commonwealth Government, Parliament and Federal departments and agencies
Coombsweb ANU's Social Sciences and Asian Studies research network
Parliament of NSW Information about the structure, role and functions of the Parliament of New South Wales and its Members
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: An Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 260,300 scholarly papers and an Electronic Paper Collection containing over 213,700 downloadable full text documents
SocioSite Mailing lists, departmental listings, links, research centres, associations, journals, data archives. SocioSite is a huge site hosted by the University of Amsterdam
SocioWeb Guide to sociological resources on the Internet
WWW Virtual Library: Social Sciences Links to online resources and e-journals