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Main index to research in sociology, anthropology, and related fields in the social and behavioral sciences. Covers 1963 - current.

A digital archive of important scholarly journal literature from many fields. Most journals are included from their first issue until 5 years ago. Be sure to limit by discipline to keep results manageable.

This database contains Sociological Abstracts plus more research in the social sciences, notably social work and other social science disciplines.

Search through current and historical literature in the social sciences, and perform cited reference searching to see who has cite a particular document. Covers 1898 - current.
Note: To do cited reference searching, click on "cited reference search," fill in an author's last name and publication date, figure out which of the resulting list of citations match the work you're looking for, and then "finish search" to see who has cited that work.

If you want to dive into the medical literature, Medline is the definitive place to find literature on all aspects of medical research, including clinical practice, administration, and policy

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Find reports on public policy topics from major think tanks, research organizations, and advocacy groups including the Hoover Institution, International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, RAND Corporation, and the World Bank. Covers 1990-current.

A U.S. national data and mapping tool for research related to social sciences, public health, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic developments, public administration, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, geography, and more. Find thousands of U.S. indicators to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions. Data sets are approximately 10-15 years old, and custom reports and data can be downloaded.