Social Problems and Issues

Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [WWW]

Contains nearly 51,000 full text articles on a wide range of topics, including 15,000 biographies, maps, speeches, and more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references to link relevant information.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online [OhioLINK users only]

Access over 75,000 quality full text articles, as well as 200,000 selected Web sites and 2,000 videos on virtually every topic. Also includes special sections and resources on presidential campaigns, atlases, year in review, timelines, and highlighted research topics.

Encyclopedia of Bioethics

Provides information on ethical and social issues in the life sciences, medicine, health care, and the health professions, including topics such as abortion, euthanasia, and gene therapy.

Encyclopedia of Social Work

Provides information on a wide variety of social issues and problems, social work practice, and professional issues, as well as biographies, statistical information, and references for further research.

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American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition [WWW]

Searchable database of English language words, including definitions, pronunciation, origins, synonyms, and usage.

Social Work Dictionary

Defines words and concepts relevant to the field of social work.

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Academic Search Premier [OhioLINK users only]

Full text articles from over 3,400 publications, as well as indexing to identify articles found in 900 other academic publication, for information on a wide range of topics in art, computer science, education, engineering, ethnic studies, humanities, language, literature, medical sciences, social sciences, and more.

BioethicsLine [OhioLINK users only]

Provides citations on such topics as euthanasia, organ donation and transplantation, the allocation of health care resources, AIDS, patients' rights, codes of professional ethics, new reproductive technologies, genetic engineering, abortion, behavior control, mental health therapies, and human experimentation.

Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) [OhioLINK users only]

Access to thousands on online, full-text journals on a wide variety of topics and searchable by title or subject.

Newspaper Source [OhioLINK users only]

Full text articles from over 200 regional and international newspapers, news wires, The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, and USA Today, along with abstracts to identify articles from the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition.

PAIS Database (Public Affairs Information Service) [OhioLINK users only]

Broad coverage of social science issues worldwide, including public policy, economics, business, government, public administration, political science, legislation, and statistics.

Periodicals Contents Index [OSU users only]

Indexes every article from thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1990-1991, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and other Western languages.

Social Issues Researcher (SIRS) [OhioLINK users only]

Provides thousands of full text articles on social, scientific, historical, economic, political, and global issues from 1,200 newspapers, journals, magazines, and government publications

Social Sciences Abstracts [OSU Columbus campus users only]

Indexes journals in political science, economics, anthropology, psychology, sociology and other fields.

Social SciSearch [OhioLINK users only]

Citations to important articles from over 1,700 of the world's leading social sciences journals in a broad range of disciplines.

Social Work Abstracts [OSU Columbus campus users only]

Indexes and abstracts journals on all aspects of social work, including homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging and substance abuse.

Sociological Abstracts [OhioLINK users only]

Indexes approximately 1,500 journals in political sociology, family, culture, mass phenomena, social problems, social psychology and more.

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OSCAR [WWW]

Locate books, journals (after you have used an index to identify specific articles), and other materials in the OSU Libraries.

OhioLINK [WWW]

Locate books, journals, and other materials in major Libraries throughout the state of Ohio.

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Access catalogs for the Big Ten Catalog, Center for Research Libraries, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Ohio Public Libraries, Library of Congress, and other collections.
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Infoplease.com [WWW]

Vast resource of full-text information, statistics, and articles from almanacs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias on the world, sports, entertainment, U.S., people, business, living, society, science, and technology.

A Matter of Fact [OhioLINK users only]

In-depth statistics, charts, essays, tables and abstracts from newspapers, periodicals and the Congressional Record on current news and issues.

Social Sciences Data Center [WWW]

Outstanding source for statistics from research libraries, county and city data books, county business patters, election data, income, crime, world resources, world tables of economic and social indicators, and links to related resources.

Social Work Almanac

Provides statistics on population, children, older adults, education, crime, and health.

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Associations Unlimited [OhioLINK users only]

Contains descriptions and information for over 80,000 associations worldwide, including national, international, regional, state and local associations.

Biographical Information in OhioLINK Databases [OhioLINK users only]

Links to general and subject-specific online OhioLINK databases and help on how to search these resources for biographical information.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index [OSU users only]

Indexes dictionaries and directories for basic data such as birth dates, education. and addresses of over 5.5 million people, as well as some sources for extensive essays.

Biography.com [WWW]

Read first chapters and reviews of current best-selling biographies, or search an online database of 15,000 short biographical entries drawn from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia, access the A&E and Biography Channel television program guides.

Biography Index [OSU users only]

Indexes biographical materials in more than 3,000 periodicals, 2,000 books, autobiographies, memories, journals, diaries, letters, interviews, bibliographies, obituaries, biographical novels, drama, pictorial works, poetry, and juvenile literature.

National Association of Social Workers [WWW]

NASW, the largest organization of professional social workers, provides links to current social work issues, issues in diversity, jobs, meetings, social action alerts, and a Register of Clinical Social Workers.

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Book Review Digest [OhioLINK users only]

Online index to reviews for fiction and non-fiction published in the United States, including excerpts from reviews.

Editorials on File

Contains reprints of editorials on important national and international news topics selected from a variety of U.S. newspapers.

Opinion-Pages [WWW]

Full Text editorial, opinion, and comment pages from English newspapers around the world, searchable by keyword, geographic region, or subject including political and general, business and finance, technology, sports, health, and arts and leisure.

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Bioethics Online Service [WWW]

Provides access to Medical College of Wisconsin's Bioethics Database, which includes articles, legislation, court decisions on ethical issues in medicine.

Education, Human Ecology, Psychology, and Social Work Library (OSU) [WWW]

Includes materials on education, psychology, physical education, sports, human ecology, and social work, as well as related areas of family relations, nutrition, food management, housing, textiles, clothing, consumerism, family resources, home economics, social welfare, and social problems.

Fourth World Documentation Project [WWW]

Texts from around the world document the social, political, strategic, economic and human rights situations faced by Indigenous Peoples. Documents include essays, position papers, resolutions, organizational information, treaties.

Great WWW Links-Social Science [WWW]

Quick subject access to Internet resources in social research, sociology/demography, psychology, education, government, disability resources, AIDS/HIV, family planning, and more

National Coalition for the Homeless [WWW]

Resources include factsheets on homelessness and related social problems, news, legislative information, publications, research, and links to other useful sites.

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