Social Sciences Resources

General Social Science

Citation Index (Bibliometrics)

• Social Sciences Citation Index (REF PER/IND H 1 .S6x)

Indexes and Abstracts

• International Index Continued by Humanities and Social Sciences Index Continued by Social Sciences Index (REF PER/IND AI 3)
• International Bibliography Series (REF PER/IND Z)
• International bibliography of anthropology
• International bibliography of economics
• International bibliography of political science
• International bibliography of social and cultural anthropology
• International bibliography of sociology
• International bibliography of the social sciences

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Almanacs, and Handbooks

• International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (REF H 40 .A2 I5)
• Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences (REF H 41 .R417 2001)
• Social Science Encyclopedia (REF H 41 .S63 1996)

Psychology

Indexes and Abstracts

• Psychological Abstracts (REF PER/IND BF 1 .P54) Also known as PsycAbs and as PsycINFO (EBSCOhost)
• Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection (EBSCOhost)
• Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography (REF PER/IND HQ 750 .A1)
• ERIC (Print, EBSCOhost, FirstSearch, and AskEric on the Web)
• Professional Development Collection (EBSCOhost)
• Sociological Abstracts (REF PER/IND HM 1 .S67 and EBSCOhost)
• Sociological Collection (EBSCOhost)
• Medline (Available on EBSCOhost, FirstSearch, PubMed, NLM, etc.)
• Social Work Abstracts (continues Social Work Research and Abstracts) (REF PER/IND HV 1 .S6x)
• Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature (continued by Family Index) (REF PER/IND Z 7164 .M2 I57)
  This index is no longer produced in print; it is online only. It is available online through the WKU Library Internet Resources.

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Almanacs, and Handbooks

• Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology (REF BF 31 .E52 2000)
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th ed. (DSM-IV) (REF RC 455.2 .C4 D54 1994)
• Encyclopedia of Creativity (REF BF 408 .E53x 1999)
• Encyclopedia of Human Emotions (REF BF 531 .E55 1999)
• Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence (BF 431 .E59 1994)
• The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties (REF RC 535 .D63 1989)
• Encyclopedia of Psychology (REF BF 31 .E52 2000)
• Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science (REF BF 31 .E52)
• Encyclopedia of the Paranormal (REF BF 1025 .E54 1996)
• Handbook of Applied Cognition (MAIN LIBRARY BF 201 .H36 1999)
• Handbook of Learning and Cognitive Processes (REF BF 311 .H334)
• Survey of Social Science Psychology Series (REF BF 31 .S79 1993)
• Mental Measurement Yearbook (Index Tables and online--Silver Platter)
• Oxford Companion to the Mind (REF BF 31 .O94 1998)
• Tests in Print (Index Tables)
• Test Critiques (Index Tables)
• Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol Continued by Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Other Adictive Disorders (REF HV 5804 .E53)

Sociology, Social Work, Communications, and Criminology/Criminal Justice

Indexes and Abstracts

• Sociological Abstracts (REF PER/IND HM 1 .S67 and EBSCOhost)
• Sociological Collection (EBSCOhost)
• Abstracts for Social Workers Continued by: Social Work Research and Abstracts (REF PER/IND HV 1 .S6x)
• Criminal Justice Abstracts (REF PER/IND HV 6001 .C67)
• Excerpta Criminologica Continued by Criminology and Penology Abstracts Continued by Criminology, Penology, and Police Science Abstracts (REF PER/IND HV 6001 .E9)
• Abstracts on Police Science Continued by: Police Science Abstracts (HV 6001 .E9x)
• Communications Abstracts (REF PER/IND P 87 .C59733 and WKU Internet Resources)
• Index to Journals in Communication Studies (Matlon) (Shelved with Communication Abstracts)
• Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature (continued by Family Index) (REF PER/IND Z 7164 .M2 I57)
  This index is no longer produced in print; it is online only. It is available online through the WKU Library Internet Resources.
• SAGE Race Relations Abstracts (REF PER/IND HT 1501 .S23)

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Almanacs, and Handbooks

• Communications Standard Dictionary (REF TK 5102 .W437 1996)
• Dictionary of Communication and Media Studies (REF P 87.5 .W38 1997)
• Encyclopedia of American Crime (REF HV 6789 .S54 2001)
• Encyclopedia of Child Abuse (REF HV 6626.5 .C57 2001)
• Encyclopedia of Sociology (REF HM425 .E5)
• Encyclopedia of Social Work (Ref Desk)
• International Encyclopedia of Communications (REF P 87.5 .I5 1989)
• International Encyclopedia of Sociology (REF HM 17 .I53 1984)
• Social Work Almanac (Ref Desk HV 90 .G53 1995)
• Social Work Dictionary (Ref Desk HV 12 .B37 1999)
• Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women (REF HQ 1115 .R69 2000)

Indexes and Abstracts

• Abstracts in Anthropology (REF PER/IND GN 1 .A15)
• Current Geographical Publications (REF PER/IND G 1 .C8x)
• GEOGRAPHY (SilverPlatter)
• HLAS Online (Handbook of Latin American Studies)
• Hispanic American Periodicals Index (REF PER/IND F 1408 .H16x)
• Historical Abstracts (ABC-CLIO)
• International Political Science Abstracts (REF Periodicals Indexes JA 36 .I5)
• Lexis-Nexis Government Periodicals Universe
• Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe
• Religion and Philosophy Collection (EBSCOhost)
• Sociological Abstracts (EBSCOhost)
• Sociological Collection (EBSCOhost)
• GEO Abstracts CONTINUED BY Geographical Abstracts: Physical Geography (REF PER/IND G 1 .G33x)
  • Part A: Landforms and the Quarternary
  • Part B: Climatology and Hydrology
  • Part E: Sedimentology Part
  • G: Remote Sensing Photo-Gammetry and Cartography
• GEO Abstracts Continued by Geographical Abstracts: Human Geography (REF PER/IND G 1 .G33)
  • Part C: Economic Geography
  • Part D: Social an Historical Geography
  • Part F: Regional and Community Planning
• Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (REF PER/IND QC 851 .A62)
• PAIS (REF Periodicals Indexes Z 7163 .P9)
• Social Sciences Index (REF Periodicals Indexes A I 3 .S62)
• Index to Maps in Books and Periodicals (REF Z 6028 .A5)

Geographical Resources

• Africa South of the Sahara (REF DT 351 .A37)
• Book of the States (REF JK 2403 .B6)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments (Gov Docs PREX 3.11/2: and http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1653)
• CIA World Factbook (Gov Docs PREX 3.15:; also available online at http://www.cia.gov/ and in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe)
• Countries and their Cultures (REF GN 307 .C68 2001)
• Country Reports (Economist Information Unit--EIU)*
• Country Studies/Area Handbooks (Gov Docs D 101.22:550- and online at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html) Describes & analyses the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of 102 countries; examines the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.
• Diplomatic List (Gov Docs S 1.8J)
• Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara (REF DT 351 .E53 1997)
• Encyclopedia of Islam (REF DS 37 .E523)
• Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism (REF E 184 .A1 E58 1994)
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East (REF DS 43 .E53 1996)
• Encyclopedia of World Cultures (REF GN 307 .E53 1991)
• Europa World Yearbook (Helm Reference Desk) Annual publication since 1959, covering every country of the world with an essay of approx. 30 pages. Includes information on history, economics, business, government organization, leaders, media, and demographics. Foreign Consular Offices in the United States (S 1.69/2:)
• Flags of the World (REF JA 51 .I57)
• Foreign Consular Offices in the United States (S 1.69/2:)
• International Year Book and Statesman's Who's Who (REF JA 51 .I57)
• Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (REF DS 805 .K633 1983)
• Municipal Year Book (REF JS 342 .A2 I52)
• Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (REF DS 35.53 .095 1995)
• Political Handbook of the World (REF JF 37 .P62x)
• Statistics Sources: Subject Guide to Sources of International Comparative Statistics (Helm Reference Desk A 7551 .I42)
• Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa (REF DT 729 .S7)
• STAT/USA Internet (Includes National Trade Data Bank)
• State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers and other Symbols (Ref E 155 .S44 1987)
• Statesman's Yearbook (Helm Reference Desk) Annual publication; the library has 1928 to 1993. Contains statistics for each country, including territory, social (life expectancy, infant mortality), government information, currency, natural resources, media and communications, and economics (industries, labor force, etc.).
• The Middle East and North Africa (REF DS49 .M5)
• Walden's Country Reports (Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe)
• Who's Who in the World (REF CT 120 .W5)
• World Geographical Encyclopedia (REF G 63 .E5213 1995)

Atlases and Gazetters

• Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World (Reference Atlas G 1033 .B3 2000)
• Columbia gazetteer of the world (REF G 103.5 .C65x)
• Concise Oxford dictionary of geography (REF G 63 .M39 1992)
• Dictionary of geography (REF G 63 .M39 1997)
• Dictionary of geographical literacy : the complete geography reference (Ed Center Juv G 63 .O43x 1993)
• Houghton Mifflin dictionary of geography : places and peoples of the world (REF G 63 .H68 1997)
• Index-gazetteer of the world (REF G 103 .T5)
• Mirriam-Wesbster's Geographical Dictionary (Previous edition known as Webster's New Geographical Dictionary) (Ref Desk G 103.5 .W42 1997)
• Penguin dictionary of geography (REF G 63 .C562 1998)
• National Geographic Atlas of the World, 7th Edition (REF ATLAS G 1021 .N38 1999)
• The Book of the World (McMillan) (REF ATLAS G 1021 .K3842 1999)
• Collins (New) World Atlas (REF ATLAS G 1019 .C535x 2001)
• The Times Atlas of the World, 10th Comprehensive Edition (REF ATLAS G 1021 .T5644 1999)

Anthropology, Archaeology, and Folklore

• Africa South of the Sahara (REF DT 351 .A37)
• African-American Slave Narratives (REF E 444 .A23 2001)
• American Folklore: An Encyclopedia (REF GR 101 .A54 1996)
• Catholic Encyclopedia* www.newadvent.org/cathen/ and New Catholic Encyclopedia (BX 891 .N44 1967)
• Civilizations of the Ancient Near East (REF DS 57 .C55 1995)
• Countries and their Cultures (REF GN 307 .C68 2001)
• Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Ed Center Ref E 169.1 .H6 1993)
• Encyclopedia Judaica (REF DS 102.8 .E496 )
• Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara (REF DT 351 .E53 1997)
• Encyclopedia of African History and Culture (REF DT 3 .P27 2001)
• Encyclopedia of American cultural & Intellectual History (REF E 169.1 .E624 2001)
• Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land (REF DS 111 .A2 E5)
• Encyclopedia of Islam (REF DS 37 .E523)
• Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism (REF E 184 .A1 E58 1994)
• Encyclopedia of Superstitions and Folklore
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East (REF DS 43 .E53 1996)
• Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft (REF BF 1566 .G85 1999)
• Encyclopedia of Women and Gender (REF HG 1115 .E43 2001)
• Encyclopedia of World Cultures (REF GN 307 .E53 1991)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (REF E 184 .A1 G14 1995)
• Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes (REF E 77 .G15 1998)
• Handbook of Middle American Indians (REF F 1434 .H3)
• Handbook of North American Indians (REF E 77 .H25)
• Handbook of South American Indians (MAIN LIBRARY F 2229 .S75 1963x)
• History of Physical Anthropology: An Encyclopedia (REF GN 50.3 .H58x 1997)
• Motif-Index of Folk Literature (REF GR 1 .F55)
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (REF DT 58 .094 2000)
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East (REF DS 56 .O9 1997)
• Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa (REF DT 729 .S7)
• Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (REF GN333 .W67 1998)

Political Science and Military Science

Directories and Biography

Indexes and Abstracts

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Almanacs, and Handbooks