Social Sciences
Start your research
Use this guide as a starting point to find information for your assignments. Discover the best keywords and databases to use for your topic by asking a librarian for a Subject Search.Key databases
Sociological Abstracts Selected Full Text
Sociological Abstracts offers international coverage of sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied.
SAGE Premier Full Text
SAGE Premier includes 550+ journal titles in business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine with full-text back to 1999.
Humanities and Social Science Collection 
Selected Full Text
This database abstracts research on all aspects of cultural, creative, Indigenous and social life in Australia.
JSTOR Full Text
JSTOR contains the full-text journals across the disciplines from archaeology to zoology.
ProQuest Full Text
ProQuest includes academic and non-academic content in a wide range of fields, from arts, literature, and social science to business, science, technology, and medicine.
Gale Databases Selected Full Text
The Gale Databases cover the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. They includes peer-reviewed journal articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.
Taylor & Francis Full Text
Taylor & Francis journals cover the humanities, economics, management, geography, environmental sciences and the social sciences.
Worth a look
AFPD: Australian Federal Police Digest
The AFPD provides information to meet the needs of personnel involved in Federal law enforcement and community policing.
Anthrosource Selected Full Text
Anthrosource is a searchable archive of the journals, newsletters, and bulletins published by the American Anthropological Society.
APA-FT Full Text
Australian Public Affairs Full-Text provides access to articles from nearly 400 journals in the social sciences and humanities.
CINCH
CINCH covers all aspects of crime and criminal justice in Australia.
Duke Scholarly Collection Full Text
The Duke Journals deal with academic research into the humanities and the social sciences.
PsycINFO Selected Full Text
PsycINFO indexes scholarly literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. ProQuest Help
Bibliography of British and Irish History
The Bibliography an authoritative guide to modern works on the history of Britain and Ireland for the period from 55 BC to the present.
ProQuest Social Science Selected Full Text
ProQuest Social Science includes full-text materials topics such as addiction, gerontology, economics, international relations, minorities and urban studies.
SSRN
The Social Science Research Network abstracts research in the social sciences and over 200,000 full-text items.
Social Services Abstracts Selected Full Text
This database covers current research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
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
Oxford Reference Online offers a range of 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 set 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.
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