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LaptopJournalsEBSCOhost premium research databases provide access to high-quality, peer-reviewed academic and professional research literature. Each can be searched on its own or in combination with others, depending on your individual research needs.

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Social sciences - General & multidisciplinary
  • SocINDEX with Full Text (default database)
    Extensive, interdisciplinary social sciences resource with over 2 million articles, abstracts, books and conference papers from more than 5,800 sources (1,800 in full text) in sociology, criminal justice, demography, gender studies, psychology, racial studies, social work, substance abuse, violence and other areas.  Read more.
Education
  • Teacher Reference Center (TRC)
    Indexing, abstracts and selected full text for almost 300 magazines and peer-reviewed journals in early childhood learning through higher education; includes assessment, best practices, pedagogy, curriculum development, school administration, teacher education, etc. Read more.
Criminal justice, criminology & violence
  • Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full-Text
    600 worldwide journals (320 in full-text) provide in-depth coverage of criminology; criminal justice; corrections and prisons; criminal investigations; forensic sciences and investigation; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole. Read more.
  • Violence & Abuse Abstracts
    350,000 references from 1971 to present cover family and intimate partner violence, sexual assault, emotional & physical abuse, violence and aggression in schools, LGBTQ issues, elder abuse, human trafficking, and cyberbullying. Read more.
Family studies, psychology & behavioral sciences
  • Family & Society Studies Worldwide
    1.6 million records from 1930 onward cover academic policy and practice literature in family science, human ecology, human development and social welfare. Includes anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history and  social work. Read more.
Dissertations & theses
  • Open Dissertations
    Free open access to historical and contemporary academic dissertations and theses, combining content from the American Doctoral Dissertations database with additional metadata from a growing list of colleges and universities worldwide. Links to full text at the publishing schools or institutional repositories are included. Read more.

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