History & Political Science

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History & Politics Databases

Name Abstracts or Full Text? Description

Academic Search Premier

Abstracts and selected full text

Selected full-text articles from newspapers, magazines and journals 1975 - present.

eBooks on Ebscohost 
(formerly NetLibrary)

Full-text

 

 This collection of ebooks covers a diverse array of topics, including business, natural and health sciences, humanities, education, psychology, criminal justice, and information science.

Humanities Full Text
(WilsonWeb)

Abstracts and selected full text

References journal articles in the humanities, including history, social studies, and politics. Provides indexing from 1984 and selected full text articles from 1995 on.

In the First Person

Links to summaries and full-text oral histories

Links to 2,500 collections of oral history, including first-person accounts of the civil rights movement, military events, and even drug addiction. Search the database by keyword, or use the menu to browse through interviews by name, place, date, or topic.

JSTOR

Full text

Provides full-text of journals in history, political science, and other topics. No current journals, only those 2-5 years old or older.

Legal Periodicals Full Text
(WilsonWeb)

Abstracts and Selected full text

References articles and legal information from journals, books, and court decisions. Provides indexing from 1981 and selected full text articles from 1994 to the present. Select "Legal" in the "Subject Area" dropdown menu to search.

NetLibrary Electronic Books

 

See eBooks on Ebscohost

Reader's Guide Full Text
(WilsonWeb)

Abstracts and selected full text

References articles in general interest, popular magazines. Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full text articles from 1994 to the present.

SAGE Premier
(SAGE Journals)

Abstracts and full text

Provides full text from 1999 through the present from hundreds of leading peer-reviewed journals. SAGE journals cover business, humanities, social science, criminology, science, technology and medicine. For a complete list of titles, click here.

Social Sciences Full Text
(WilsonWeb)

Abstracts and selected full text

References articles concerning all aspects of the social sciences, including: psychology, sociology, social work, criminology, addiction studies, family studies, anthropology and related fields. Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full text articles from 1995 to the present.

Current Holy Family students, faculty, and staff may obtain the current database logins by contacting the Northeast Philadelphia Library (267-341-3315), Newtown LRC (267-341-4010) or by sending email to reference@holyfamily.edu .

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Journals
Many history journals are available to the Holy Family University community. Use our research databases to find journal articles on a specific topic.

If you know the name of the journal you need, try our Journal Locator.

If the library does not own the journal you need, try our Interlibrary Loan service.

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Reference Sources
History books are generally found in the D-F call number range.
Legal and Political science books are in the J-K range.
Look in the Family Cat Library Catalog for more print resources in our collection.

American Eras
NEP REF E169.1 .A4719

Ancient Europe
NEP REF D62 .A52 2004

Cambridge History of China NEP Ref DS 735 .C3145

Europe 1450-1789
NEP REF D209 .E97 2004

Greenwood Dictionary of World History
NEP REF D9 .B87 2006

Historic Documents
NEP REF E 839.5 .H57

Latin American History & Culture
NEP REF F 1406 .E53 1996

Encyclopedia of women in American history
NEWT & NEP REF HQ1410 .E53 2002

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
NEP Ref KF4548 .E53 1990

Supreme Court Yearbook
NEP Ref KF8741. A152 .S95

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Research on the Web

American Government & Law
Elections and Politics

International Relations
Statistics

About.com - US Politics
Articles, news stories, and links to United States political science info compiled by a scholar in the field.

American History Internet Resources
Links to historical information, maintained by Rutgers University.

American Memory Project
Multimedia Resources on all aspects of American History, collected by the Library of Congress.

Internet Public Library - Political Science
Links to information on various political science topics.

Librarians Index to the Internet -- History
Links to a variety of history resources, organized by topic.

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Statistics

Fedstats
Gateway to over 100 Federal agencies searchable by state and topic

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Compendium of national and state data covering social, economic, and demographic information from the US Census Bureau.

County and City Data Book (US Census Bureau)
Data from the 1988 and 1994 Data books compiled by the U. Va. Allows for customized printouts by state, county, city, place, and rankings of socio-economic information.

Historical Census Data Browser
Data describe the people and economy of the US for each state from 1790 – 1960.

Social Science Data on the Internet (U. Ca. San Diego)
Searchable index to over 850 statistical worldwide databases and archives

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book (US Census Bureau)
Collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the US, States and cities of various population density. Also provides rankings of major metropolitan areas.

US Census Bureau Subjects
Alphabetical list of data arranged by specific subjects such as population, trade, taxes, transportation, maps, etc.

Statistical Resources on the Web Political Science (U. Michigan)

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