Social Sciences

Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business from 1994 to present.

Information in 53 databases on a wide range of subjects including: Arts & Humanities, Biography, Business & Economics, Conferences & Proceedings, Consumer Affairs & People, Education, Engineering & Technology, General Science, Life Sciences, Medicine & Health, News & Current Events, Public Affairs & Law, and Social Sciences.

Discussions of current social issues --the facts, as well as the arguments, of each topic's proponents and detractors. Includes statistics, government data, legislation and more.

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: agriculture, broadcast news, business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, general news, government, health care, hobbies, humanities, industry, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.

The databases Davenport University subscribes to from ProQuest cover business, computing, social science and general subjects. This link allows you to search all the ProQuest databases together.

A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources. Find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. For searching help, click on "Help" on the left side of the opening screen.

Global Issues in Context offers global news and perspectives from international newspapers and magazines on social, political, military, economic, science, health, environment and cultural issues and events of international importance. Provides expert perspectives analyzing issues from cultural, religious, political, social, economic, scientific and health standpoints while providing background information on them, placing them in context. Develops critical thinking about global connections and the interdependence of all nations.

Scholarly articles and literature (some in full-text and some with citations and abstracts only) on a variety of subjects: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.

Heritage Quest is a genealogy tool which includes images and extensive indexing from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses, over 250 primary-source documents (such as tax lists, city directories, probate records, and more), and over 20,000 book titles (including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories).

Full-text articles from over 100 Spanish-language magazines and pamphlets from 1996 to the present on business, health, technology, culture and current events. Updated daily. Includes a thesaurus and interface in Spanish.