LibGuides: SWU291- Social Service Delivery Systems: IV. Research Resources

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Journal/Magazine Databases

Use the following databases to locate articles on your topic.

Academic OneFile (Gale)

Provides peer-reviewed, full-text, scholarly content across all academic disciplines.
Academic Search Premier

A broad, interdisciplinary database that covers a wide range of subjects. It includes a mix of scholarly articles, popular publications, and newspaper coverage. It’s an excellent starting point for the kind of research you will need to do in college courses.
APA PsycArticles

It contains more than 200,000 psychiatry & psychology full-text scholarly articles from more than100 APA and allied organizations published peer-reviewed journals.
CQ Researcher

Congressional Quarterly provides in-depth unbiased reports of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.
Diversity Studies (Gale OneFile)

Explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community. This collection includes more than 2.7 million articles from 150 journals, updated daily.
Global Issues (Gale in Context)

International approach to news and current issues from multiple international sources. Includes news, viewpoints, background and country information, videos, statistics, biographies, podcasts, and links to relevant websites.
Issues & Controversies (Infobase)

Hundreds of topics. “Pro” and “Con” positions are presented. Descriptions, definitions, infographics of relevant statistics, news and histories cover all aspects of most topics.
JSTOR

JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. A digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources covering arts, education, sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)

This database brings together academic articles, audio, videos, opinion essays and primary sources about contemporary controversies and hot topics. Whether you need a balanced view or support for your position, Opposing Viewpoints is the first place to go when you're researching a controversial or contentious issue. It's also a great place to find or narrow a topic.
MEDLINE

Provides access to biomedical and health journals. Coverage includes medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and allied health.
Public Health Database

Delivers core public health literature with centralized access to over 500 full-text periodicals.
PubMed

PubMed® comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites.
SocINDEX

SocINDEX with Full Text covers sociology and related disciplines, including gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, religion, racial studies, and social work.

News Databases

Arizona Republic (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Full text of the major daily newspaper serving Arizona 1999-present. Includes local and regional news coverage information.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
News (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Library resource providing access to Provides access to more than 2300 major U.S. and international newspapers and radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
New York Times Online (NYtimes.com) - FREE! This link opens in a new window
NYTimes.com institutional subscriptions provide full access to New York Times articles published between 1851 through 1922, and between 1981 through current day. Access to the years 1923-1980 is limited for institutional subscribers. PVCC students can obtain a free 1 year subscription -http://paradisevalley.libguides.com/nytimes
U.S. Major Dailies (1980 - current) This link opens in a new window
U.S. Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers: The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal.
The titles offer researchers thorough and timely coverage of local, regional, and global events with journalistic balance and perspective. The content is available by 8 AM U.S. Eastern time each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1980.

Online Resources

Ebooks

Academic eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
More than 135,000 eBooks representing a broad range of academic subject matter.
Credo Reference: Academic Core (Infobase) This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference provides access to a large number of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books. Subjects covered include art, biography, business, history, literature, music, religion, and science and technology.
"Is the gold standard for general reference.""Is a first-rate place to visit when students are looking for validated sources of information. Essential for all libvaries".
DSM-5 - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (American Psychiatric Association This link opens in a new window
DSM-5®—the most widely used psychiatric reference in the world
To find out how to use DSMV, please watch this tutorial. - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UlE48Gu1jDspBi0-4z-z8lY4kUWb8q7J/view
Gale EBooks (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Academic reference sources on a variety of topics. A great place to get background information.Provides access to popular Gale specialized encyclopedias and resources in arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, science, social science and more.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (Gale EBooks) This link opens in a new window
This work includes 23 new ethnic groups and contains 152 revised ethnic entries on specific minority groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on culture (religions, holidays, customs, language) in addition to information on historical background and settlement patterns. The encyclopedia also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans and Amish.
JSTOR {ITHAKA) This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. A digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources covering arts, education, sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
Multicultural Studies (Gale EBooks) This link opens in a new window
Reference ebooks covering multicultural studies.
ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Find scholarly ebooks in multiple subjects from world-renowned publishers

Video/Images Databases

The following video-streaming databases provide support to all students taking classes at PVCC.
Your MEID & password are required to access them.

Docuseek2 This link opens in a new window
EBSCOHost Image Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Films On Demand (Infobase) This link opens in a new window
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
National Geographic (GALE) This link opens in a new window
PBS Video Collection (Alexander Street) This link opens in a new window
Swank Digital Campus (Swank) This link opens in a new window

SWU291- Social Service Delivery Systems

OneSearch

Journal/Magazine Databases

Use the following databases to locate articles on your topic.

Provides peer-reviewed, full-text, scholarly content across all academic disciplines.

A broad, interdisciplinary database that covers a wide range of subjects. It includes a mix of scholarly articles, popular publications, and newspaper coverage. It’s an excellent starting point for the kind of research you will need to do in college courses.

It contains more than 200,000 psychiatry & psychology full-text scholarly articles from more than100 APA and allied organizations published peer-reviewed journals.

Congressional Quarterly provides in-depth unbiased reports of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.

Explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community. This collection includes more than 2.7 million articles from 150 journals, updated daily.

International approach to news and current issues from multiple international sources. Includes news, viewpoints, background and country information, videos, statistics, biographies, podcasts, and links to relevant websites.

Hundreds of topics. “Pro” and “Con” positions are presented. Descriptions, definitions, infographics of relevant statistics, news and histories cover all aspects of most topics.

JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. A digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources covering arts, education, sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Provides access to biomedical and health journals. Coverage includes medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and allied health.

Delivers core public health literature with centralized access to over 500 full-text periodicals.

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PubMed® comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites.

SocINDEX with Full Text covers sociology and related disciplines, including gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, religion, racial studies, and social work.

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