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Use the Find Databases tool > Communication > Social inquiry [2]  for a full listing of databases on social inquiry. 

  • Academic Search Premier [3]
    Multi-disciplinary database offers full text for nearly 2,050 scholarly journals. Contains a wealth of information on social issues. Carries the journal titles Journal of Asian Studies, Information Society, Social Studies and the Annual Review of Sociology.
    Tutorial [4]
  • Communication Studies SAGE Full Text [5] 
    Full text coverage of 16 SAGE communication journals. A focussed collection, all peer-reviewed, that contains titles like Discourse Studies, Discourse and Society, and the Journal of Communication Enquiry. Great for the intersection of society and media/technology.
    Tutorial [6]
  • Expanded Academic ASAP
    [7]A multidisciplinary periodicals index and full-text periodical article database. Subjects covered include communication, current events, the general sciences, history, the humanities, law, psychology, religion and sociology.
  • Informit Complete [8]
    More than 80 Australian databases, comprising full text, index only and e-press resources. Covers just about every aspect of Australian academia, including sociology and public affairs. The APA-FT database [9] within Informit Complete is the most focussed on social issues.
  • In the first person [10]
    (index to letters, diaries, oral histories and personal narratives)
  • JSTOR [11]
    Multidisciplinary scholarly full-text database. Contains a pretty good humanities collection, with specialities in American Studies, Feminism, the History of Science, Political Science and Education.
    JSTOR Tutorial [12]
  • NewsBank  [13]
    Full-text content 129 Australian newspapers and 809 international titles. Primarily an Australian news resource. Quite easy to use.
  • Project MUSE [14]
    Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics.
  • Sage Journals Online [15]
    Contains Communications Studies but expands the collection to include additional humanities focussed content.

Streaming Video

  • Kanopy [16]
    Kanopy is streaming database portal. Major subjects covered include: The arts, business and training, health sciences, media and communication, natural
    sciences, social sciences, and teacher education
  • Ethnographic Video Online [17]
    Ethnographic Video Online is described as a 'visual encyclopedia of human behavior and culture'. It contains classic and contemporary documentaries; previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers in the field; and select feature films

EBooks

  • CRC Netbase [18]
    Has a pretty large and diverse range of Ebooks covering various aspects of social inquiry, politics and culture. 

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Source URL (retrieved on 20/05/2013 - 06:07): http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/guides/communication/social-inquiry/databases

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[10] http://www.inthefirstperson.com/firp/index.shtml
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