Library guides: Social Science: Key resources

General Social Science databases

See links on the left to specific subject areas to find other recommended databases

Australian Bureau of Statistics This link opens in a new window
Full text of statistical publications covering such topics as health, housing, ethnicity, family, leisure, and crime, in relation to the Australian population.

Ebsco (Humanities International Complete and Academic Search Premier)
International multi-disciplinary databases. You can expand to search additional Ebsco databases from the Choose databases link

Factiva This link opens in a new window
Full text of regional and national Australian, and international, newspapers.
InfoRMIT This link opens in a new window
An Australian group of databases. Select these: APA-FT (Australian Public Affairs Full Text), the Humanities & Social Sciences Collection, and the Families & Society Collection - for social science topics.
JSTOR - Arts and Sciences This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the complete archives of core scholarly journals in the areas of arts, humanities, music and social sciences.
ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Mainly full-text databases, international in scope, and covering a range of disciplines, including the arts and humanities.
PsycArticles (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window
Full-text database of journals published by APA and other publishers in subject areas such as applied psychology, health, theory, research, social/personality, and more.
PsycInfo (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window
A database of abstracts covering scholarly books, journals, and dissertations. More than 2 million records from the early 1800s to the present.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to journals in a range of disciplines, including social sciences and psychology.
Cambridge University Press Journals Collection This link opens in a new window
Collection of journals for the CUP Read & Publish agreement
Cambridge Books Online This link opens in a new window
Browse by subject or type in a search. Filter your results on the left by selecting 'Only show content I have access to'.

StudyHub

The StudyHub interactive modules can assist in developing better study skills (planning, searching, writing, referencing and editing), numeracy skills and digital literacy skills (digital safety, copyright, evaluating online content, collaborating online and presenting your work).

Google Scholar

Change your settings so that Find it @ SCU links automatically appear within Google Scholar in your search results:

Click the three horizontal lines (top left) then go to Settings (the cog at the bottom of the list)
Click Library links
Type in Southern Cross University and click the search button
Tick Southern Cross University - Find it @ SCU

If you use EndNote, under Bibliography Manager, select EndNote.
Click Save.

To retain these settings, you must turn on cookies in your browser settings.