Sociology & Criminology

These three (see below) all-subject services, a part of the EBSCOhost system (a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet or direct connection) feature indexing and abstracting of many journals and magazines WKU Libraries receives in hardcopy, plus a large selection of articles in full text.

Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to criminal justice and criminology.

Provides coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare from 1970 to the present.

A free Web-based Google service that restricts searches to the scholarly literature. Now features linking to full-text of articles held by WKU.Social Sciences Index: A paper product that indexes a good number of social sciences-related journals REF AI3 .S62 (April 1974-).

Contains social science research data files for use with statistical software, such as SAS or SPSS. Users must create an individual account to access data. Getting Started Using ICPSR (WKU Guide)

Indexes and abstracts journals, reports, and documents relating to criminal justice and law enforcement, 1972-present

Contains bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations.

Provides access to a variety of English-language journals published in the social sciences, 1983-present.

Contains abstracts since 1953 from journals, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers in sociology and related social and behavioral sciences. Since 2001, many records also include cited references from the source article.

A database of nearly 570 full text titles; more than 500 are peer-reviewed.

Includes ERIC, IBSS, PILOTS, ProQuest Sociology, Social Services Abstracts, and Sociological Abstracts