Subject Librarian
Background Information
- Oxford Handbooks This link opens in a new windowFind detailed review essays on specialized topics across a variety of social sciences and humanities disciplines. This resource is provided with partial support from the Lou and Beth Holtz Endowment. Only the handbooks which USC has purchased are available for online access.
Top Article Databases
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new windowIndexing and full text of resources related to criminal justice and criminology.
- PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowThe premier database for psychology and related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior.
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowAbstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowAn image-based collection of legal periodicals from various time periods.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull-text of journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and also some ebooks and book chapters. *JSTOR often does not have the most recent 3-5 years of journal issues*
- Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new windowIndexes thousands of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. Also has cited reference searching and ways to refine and analyze your search results. Great database for conducted cited reference searching. Select the "Cited References" tab and follow prompts.
A complete list of databases is available from here.
Find It @ USC
- Find It @ USCSearch for articles, books, and more or limit to USC Libraries collection.
Google Scholar
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowConnect directly to USC subscription content:
*Click on the three horizontal bars in the corner, Select Settings and click on Library links
*Search and select UofSC University Libraries - ViewIt@UofSC
*Click Save
Never purchase an article! Check the library's resources or make a free ILL request.
Additional Databases
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowAccess news, business, and legal sources. These include regional, national, and international newspapers, news wires, broadcast transcripts, non-English language news sources, magazines, trade journals, business publications, SEC filings, law reviews, statutory, administrative and case law.
- IngentaConnect This link opens in a new windowSearch a collection of academic and professional journals. Only those journals to which USC Columbia subscribes are available full text.
- Sage Research Methods This link opens in a new windowProvides a variety of material types, including books, reference works, case studies, videos, and journal articles, related to research methodology.
- Sage Data This link opens in a new windowHuge collection of U.S. and international statistics and datasets. Includes data analysis tools and customizable data visualizations.