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Social Science Librarian

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Rush Rhees Library, Rm. 106
755 Library Rd, Rochester, NY 14627
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(585) 276-7845

Subjects: Anthropology, Data & Statistics, Environmental Humanities, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, News, Political Science & International Relations, Public Health, Sociology

Recommended Databases

DiscoverUR
The public search interface for all University or Rochester Libraries. It is a discovery layer rather than a single catalog, see What is a discovery layer? for more info.

America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
America: History and Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. This databases indexes journal articles, book reviews, book chapters, dissertations, and more and is an essential tool for history research.
AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
Full text electronic archive of all journals from the American Anthropological Association.
You can search the articles in the archive or browse individual journal issues. Register with AnthroSource to take advantage of its customization features
Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Articles on all aspects of speech, rhetoric, debate, broadcasting, and media studies.
Many major journals have indexing, abstracts and searchable cited references from their first issues to the present (dating as far back as 1915).
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Identifies articles and books on history since 1450, excluding the U.S. and Canada. Some links to full text.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Identifies journal articles and cited references in all social science disciplines, many with links to full text.
Social Sciences Full Text This link opens in a new window
Identifies articles in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, politics and law, many with links to full text.
Abstracts included from 1994-current; full text for many articles from 1994-current.
APA PsycINFO via ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Identifies articles, books and dissertations in psychology and related subjects, many with links to full text, 1806 to current.

Find even more databases from River Campus Library's Subject Guides

Multidisciplinary Databases

ProQuest Research This link opens in a new window

Identifies articles on all topics, many with links to full text. Includes articles in scholarly, peer-reviewed journals, news, trade journals and more
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
JSTOR This link opens in a new window

Subject areas include African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, business, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, statistics. The University of Rochester Libraries currently subscribes to the following multidisciplinary JSTOR Collections: Arts and Sciences I through XV. JSTOR also packages their content in disciplinary collections; however, the only ones of these that we have licensed are the Biological Sciences segment and the first of the Business collections. For alumni access, see also Alumni Library Gateway.
Wilson OmniFile This link opens in a new window

Includes full text from these databases, when available: General Science Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, Index to Legal periodicals & Books, Library Literature & Information Science Index, Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, and Wilson Business Abstracts.