Pontious Learning Resource Center

Databases: Social Sciences

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EBSCO
Description: "EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. The comprehensive databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries." Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
Findlaw
Description: Displays a directory of over ten thousand law resources on the Internet. Information covered includes: Case Law and Codes; Legal Associations; Law Schools; Law Reviews; and Legal Publishers.
The Great American Web Site
Description: This site is a citizen's guide to U.S. government resources on the WWW and is maintained by Inside Information Inc., a research firm in Bethesda, Maryland.. Coverage includes: all branches of the U.S. government; reviews of the best, newest, or most useful U.S. government sites; and lists recommended and the ten most used sites. Recommended sites include: Agency or Department; Statistical; Business and Market Research; Explore U.S. History; and the Best Encyclopedias of International Relations. Some of the most visited sites include: the Smithsonian Institute, the Library of Congress, the Peace Corp, the CIA World Factbook, and the Holocaust Memorial.
Issues & Controversies in American History (Facts on File News Service)
Description: Step back into history and view the issues of the past that have shaped our world. Enjoy the indepth explorations on issues such as religious freedom in the colonies, the Civil War Reconstruction, women's suffrage and more. A great database to provide researchers with quick access to primary source documents, timelines, biographies, images, charts, historical texts, interviews and more. Once you access the site, you will be prompted for a username and password. Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
LexisNexis™ State Capital
Description: This database provides state information concerning bills, laws, constitutions, proposed and enacted regulations and legislature membership.
LexisNexis™ Statistical
Description: A variety of statistical information is presented in this database including statistics on national income and production, economic indicators, demographic statistics and much more.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Description: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles
Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection
Description: The Oxford Refence Premium Collection enhances the 100+ books in the Core Collection with an expanding range of key titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. This means an additional 140,000 entries, including 50,000 longer, in-depth, signed entries with bibliographies. Username: wsc     Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
ProQuest: Psychology Journals
Description: ProQuest Psychology Journals has complete information from over 400 top psychology and related publications; this database meets the needs of both students and mental-health professionals. Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
PsycArticles
Description: PsycARTICLES® contains more than 25,000 full-text articles from 42 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations. Coverage includes general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.
Thomas (site maintained by the Library of Congress)
Description: An excellent site for legislative analysis, information provided includes bill summary and status as well as Congressional records and activities.
Thomason Gale PowerSearch (InfoTrac)
Description: The Thomason Gale PowerSearch is a cross-searchability interface, enabling users to search across multiple Thomson Gale online collections. It simplifies navigation with a "breadcrumb trial" that shows the path the search has taken, letting the user easily return to a previous step. Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number
Xreferplus
Description: Applicable History holdings: A Dictionary of Contemporary History, Andromeda Encyclopedic Dictionary of World History, Concise Atlas of World History, Andromeda Dictionary of British History, The Companion to British History, The Encyclopaedia of the Renaissance, The Great American History Fact-Finder, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Houghton Mifflin, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of the Italian Renaissance, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge, Who's Who in The Roman World, and more. Username: wsc   Password: First nine digits of Warner barcode number