LibGuides: Learning Resources Liaisons: Social &amp; Behavioral Sciences &amp; Human Services

Library Resources

Students and staff are invited to participate in innovative programming and skill-building opportunities offered by the Learning Resources team.

Info guides are created by SPC librarians in partnership with faculty to better support students with the research process.

American History
by Kaitlin Crockett - SPC Last Updated May 31, 2025 129 views this year
American National Government
by Kaitlin Crockett - SPC Last Updated Jun 2, 2025 1279 views this year
Career Research
by General LibGuide User Last Updated Jun 24, 2025 595 views this year
College Success Guide
by General LibGuide User Last Updated Jun 1, 2025 298 views this year
Human Services
by General LibGuide User Last Updated Jun 6, 2025 83 views this year
Independence Day and American Revolutionary History LibGuide
by General LibGuide User Last Updated Jun 3, 2025 10 views this year
Psychology
by Kaitlin Crockett - SPC Last Updated Jun 3, 2025 210 views this year
SLS 1101 - The College Experience
by Joy Scholing Last Updated Jun 4, 2025 62 views this year
Social Sciences Research
by Maria Barakovskykh Last Updated Jun 5, 2025 739 views this year
Sociology
by General LibGuide User Last Updated Jun 3, 2025 20 views this year

All Library Research Guides

SPC offers access to a wide variety of databases for research. Top resources are highlighted below.

Academic Search Complete Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Funded by: Statewide Allocation
APA PsycArticles Provides full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It contains more than 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to present. Funded by: Statewide Allocation
APPI Psychiatry Online DSM-5 PsychiatryOnline is a powerful web-based portal that features DSM-V—the most widely used psychiatric reference in the world—and The American Journal of Psychiatry as the cornerstones of an unsurpassed collection of psychiatric references from American Psychiatric Publishing, the most trusted and respected name in psychiatric publishing. Funded by: College
Criminal Justice Covers a wide variety of criminal justice topics, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law. Full-text and image coverage for about 50 journals. Funded by: Statewide Allocation
JSTOR Access back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available. Funded by: Statewide Allocation
Opposing Viewpoints Online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the new solution features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. Funded by: Statewide Allocation

For additional resources, please browse the recommended links below.

Open Educational Resources remove the cost barrier for students and provide numerous other advantages over traditional textbooks, including expanded access to continually improved, customizable course materials.

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