Subject Guide Social Sciences

Shortened print version of the subject guide social sciences (PDF)

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Databases

• wiso Sozialwissenschaften
  German database on economic and social sciences; research projects in social sciences. Order documents via Interlibrary Loan or Document Delivery Services. - Help (PDF)
• Sowiport
  The social science portal Sowiport brings together and links quality information from German and international providers
• GESIS
  Specialized information for the social sciences, also contains the databases SOLIS, SOFIS and SocioGuide: institutions, networks, collections, events, journals
• Web of Knowledge - Information on Isi Web of Knowledge
  International bibliographic records of articles with abstracts. Accessible 1945 to present. Contains:
  • Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-expanded)
  • Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)
• Scopus . - Tutorials
  Sciences, social sciences, engineering sciences
• Munzinger Online - Info zu Munzinger online
  Access to Persons (biographical reference) and Countries (reference on geographical, historical and political data)
• Socindex with Full Text
  Report period: from 1908 on
• DBIS Sociology
  free online databases (incl. National licenses)
• OECD iLibrary
  Databases and electronic full texts of the OECD. - Getting started (PDF)
• Unesco Documents and Publications
  Bibliographic records and full text of Unesco documents, publications, periodicals
• Unesco Thesaurus

Branches

• Anthropological Abstracts
  Cultural/Social Anthropology from Austria, Germany, Switzerland.1.1999-
• Ariadne
  Online database on women's and gender studies
• BLDS Bibliographic Database
  Database of the British Library of Development Studies. 130,000 documents, monographs since 1987, articles since 1990
• Dortmunder Statistik: Jahresberichte
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Fis Bildung Literaturdatenbank
  German Education Index. - Contains bibliographic records from all fields of educational sciences and specialized didactics. Report period: 1980 -
• FemBio Frauen-Biographieforschung e.V.
  Biographical research on women
• Gerolit
  Database on gerontology and geriatric care
• GeroStat
  Relevant statistical data of official statistics on gerontology
• proArbeit-online
  Database of literature, research and institutions of IAB (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Nuremberg)
• Search Population Index: ab 1986
• Statistisches Jahrbuch für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Download free of charge
• Landesdatenbank NRW
  "A database which contains official statistical data in great detail. Its content is continuously enlarged. The tables provided can be retrieved free of charge and be adjusted to the individual needs of users"
• Statistisches Jahrbuch Österreich
• Statistik Schweiz Bundesamt für Statistik Schweiz

Electronic Full Texts

• Kinder in Deutschland 2007, 2010, World Vision's children's study
• The Making of the Modern World - Accessible throughout Germany: Information on The Making of the Modern World
• North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories - Accessible throughout Germany: Information on North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories
• Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR)
  Open access full text server for the social sciences
• Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
  Research projects, working papers, abstracts, many full texts. In English
• Springer e-books social sciences
• Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive - Accessible throughout Germany: Information on TLS

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