Social Sciences Resources

https://dl.acm.org/
ACM has opened the articles published during the first 50 years of its publishing program. These articles, published between 1951 and the end of 2000, are now open and freely available to view and download via the ACM Digital Library.
ACM’s first 50 years backfile contains more than 117,500 articles on a wide range of computing topics. In addition to articles published between 1951 and 2000, ACM has also opened related and supplemental materials including data sets, software, slides, audio recordings, and videos.

https://www.doaj.org/
This independent database contains over 15,000 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities. Open access journals from all countries and in all languages are welcome to apply for inclusion.

https://www.elsevier.com/open-access/open-access-journals
From the Elsevier website: “All articles in open access journals which are published by Elsevier have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.”

https://eric.ed.gov/
From the Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, thousands of freely available academic and research articles in the education field. On the search page, make sure to check the ‘Full text available on ERIC’ to make sure your results only include those with full text access.

https://pep-web.org/
"PEP-Web contains more than 136,000 articles covering over a million pages"

https://www-proquest-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/intermediateredirectforezproxy
This is the most comprehensive business database available today, and comprises three separate databases: ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry. The combined package includes over 7,800 journal titles, and can be searched all at once. Subjects covered include business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques and competitive and product information, both nationally and internationally. Browse a list of titles available in ABI/INFORM Complete. (Please note: due to publisher restrictions, some journals are not available to alumni. Please contact the Hopkins KnowledgeNET librarian for further information.) Click here to view a short video [2:13] with search tips!

https://www-proquest-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/intermediateredirectforezproxy
Proquest's Alumni Research Library contains over 5,300 journal titles across all subject disciplines, including arts, business, education, humanities, literature, political science and psychology. For many of these journals, citations and abstracts are available from 1971 to the present. Full text coverage varies by journal, but typically begins with the mid-1990s. Also includes citations and abstracts to the New York Times and USA Today. Browse a list of titles included in ProQuest Research Library. (Please note: due to publisher restrictions, some journals are not available to alumni.) Click here to view a short video [2:13] with search tips!

https://www.amexplorer.amdigital.co.uk/
From Adam Matthew, publisher. Primary resources generally from the National Archives, UK. Subjects span African, Asian, European and Latin American studies, French, German, Italian and Spanish language and literature, history, humanities, Jewish studies, Middle East studies, Political Science.

https://www-annualreviews-org.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Founded in 1932, Annual Reviews provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in 45 scientific disciplines. Annual Reviews saves you time by synthesizing the vast amount of primary research literature and identifying the principal contributions in your field. Editorial committees comprised of the most distinguished scholars in the discipline select all topics for review, and the articles are written by authors who are recognized experts in the field. Annual Reviews publications are among the highest cited publications by impact factor according to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). This resource is also available as a Hopkins KnowledgeNET primary resource.

https://britishonlinearchives.com/
BOA provides researchers in the humanities and social sciences with access to unique collections of primary source documents. The JHU subscription includes: Antigua, slavery and emancipation in the records of a sugar plantation,1689-1907; Colonial Africa in official statistics,1821-1953; Slavery in Jamaica, records from a family of slave owners,1686-1860; South Africa in records from colonial missionaries,1819-1900; and The West Indies: slavery, plantations and trade,1759-1832.

https://shs.cairn.info/
Founded in 2005 by four Belgian and French academic publishers, Cairn.info offers the most comprehensive online collection of francophone publications in social sciences and humanities.

https://go-gale-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/ps/start.do?p=GDCS&u=jhu_alum
Primary sources from over 48 databases covering everything from literature to historic newspapers to public health archives to Indigenous Peoples of North America and more. Searchable separately or all at once.

https://hstalks-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/business/
Offers case studies and video lectures from world-renown experts!

https://muse-jhu-edu.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
For nearly 30 years, Project MUSE has been the trusted and reliable source for access to essential humanities and social science research, as an integral part of the scholarly communications ecosystem and platform of choice for respected not-for-profit publishers. Currently, Project MUSE hosts more than 800 journals and more than 90,000 books from nearly 400 leading university presses, scholarly societies, and related publishers [from the website]

https://data-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
SAGE Data, formerly Data Planet, is a collection of billions of multidisciplinary, global statistics for research and instruction. It is a data aggregation tool that allows you to create custom tables and charts.

https://journals-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Provides full-text access to over 1,000 scholarly and professional journals spanning a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine.

https://sk-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Sage's social science ebook platform, where you will find a range of SAGE eBook and eReference content. Also contains CQ Press ebooks, including Historic Documents of 2020, The CQ Press Guide to Radical Politics in the Unites States, Guide to U.S. Elections, 7th ed., Washington Information Directory 2022-2023, Congress A to Z, Vital Statistics on American Politics 2017-2020, State Rankings 2017: A Statistical View of America, State Rankings 2018: A Statistical View of America.

https://methods-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
“SAGE Research Methods is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The site is designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research. Built upon SAGE’s legacy of methods publishing, SAGE Research Methods is the essential online tool for researchers.”

https://methods-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/cases
“SAGE Research Methods Cases are stories of how real research projects were conducted. The collection provides more than 1100 case studies, showing the challenges and successes of doing research, written by the researchers themselves.  They explain why the researchers chose the methods they did, how they overcame problems in their research and what they might have done differently with hindsight: the realities of research that are missing from journal articles and textbooks. Cases are peer-reviewed and come with pedagogical tools including learning objectives and discussions questions. They can be used as a teaching tool to demonstrate a particular method and how it is applied in real research, or as inspiration to students who are preparing for their own research project.”

https://go-gale-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/ps/start.do?p=USDD&u=jhu_alum
Gale's U.S. Declassified Documents provides online access to over 700,000 pages of previously classified government documents. Covering major international events from the Cold War to the Vietnam War and beyond, this single source enables users to locate key information underpinning studies in international relations, American studies, United States foreign and domestic policy studies, journalism and more. 

https://americananthro.org/
"The American Anthropological Association (AAA), the primary professional society of anthropologists in the United States since its founding in 1902, is the world's largest professional organization of individuals interested in anthropology."

https://www.aeaweb.org/
The purposes of the American Economic Association are: 1. The encouragement of economic research, especially the historical and statistical study of the actual conditions of industrial life. 2. The issue of publications on economic subjects. 3. The encouragement of perfect freedom of economic discussion. The Association as such will take no partisan attitude, nor will it commit its members to any position on practical economic questions.

https://apsanet.org/
"The American Political Science Association is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and serves more than 14,000 members in over 70 countries. With a range of programs and services for individuals, departments and institutions, APSA brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors within and outside academe in order to expand awareness and understanding of politics."

https://www.asanet.org/
The ASA is a non-profit membership association whose mission is advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good.

https://www.state.gov/reports-bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor/
"The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the US Department of State to the US Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."

https://www.loc.gov/collections/country-studies/about-this-collection/
Historical, geographic, current information. "Each study is written by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists. The authors seek to provide a basic understanding of the observed society, striving for a dynamic rather than a static portrayal. Particular attention is devoted to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, their common interests and the issues on which they are divided, the nature and extent of their involvement with national institutions, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order."

https://www.bea.gov/
The BEA is a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The website features both historical and current tables of data regarding U.S. national accounts and international transactions. It also includes analytical working papers and the monthly publication, "Survey of Current Business". An excellent resource for tracking and analyzing U.S. economic issues.

https://www.childstats.gov/
This web site offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. A special section, called The Forum, fosters coordination, collaboration, and integration of Federal efforts to collect and report data on conditions and trends for children and families. (from the website)

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/
"Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map."

https://www.usa.gov/census-data
Compiles data from 100 U.S. government agencies. Searches can be performed by agency, state or general subject area. Also provides full access to the U.S. Census Bureau's "Statistical Abstract of the United States".

https://archive-it.org/collections/10637
The National Statistics Offices and Central Banks Web Archive is a collection developed by librarians at Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton University in partnership (as Ivy Plus Libraries) with Brown University, Cornell University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, and Yale University. The collection is curated by James Adams (Dartmouth), Marcella Barnhart (Penn), Bobray Bordelon (Princeton), Gwyneth Crowley (Yale), and Joann Donatiello (Princeton). The Archive aims to preserve country statistical office and central bank websites that often contain ephemeral statistical data on topics such as economic conditions, population, education, housing, environmental conditions, transportation, health, social services, vital statistics, and more.

https://data-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
SAGE Data, formerly Data Planet, is a collection of billions of multidisciplinary, global statistics for research and instruction. It is a data aggregation tool that allows you to create custom tables and charts.

https://State Elections Web Archive
The State Elections Web Archive is an initiative developed by librarians at Columbia, Duke, Harvard, and Princeton Universities in partnership (as Ivy Plus Libraries), with Brown University, the University of Chicago, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University. The collection is curated by Kristina Williams (Columbia), Keely Wilczek (Harvard), Jeremy Darrington (Princeton), and Ryan Denniston (Duke). The State Elections Web Archive aims to preserve campaign websites of declared candidates running for state elective offices in order to assure the continuing availability of these important, ephemeral documents for use by researchers and scholars. This initiative initially intends to preserve campaign content and websites for candidates in states with an Ivy Plus Libraries institution — California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island — with the hope of adding additional states and / or other subnational elective offices as resources permit.

https://www.bls.gov/
From website: "The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision-making. As an independent statistical agency, BLS serves its diverse user communities by providing products and services that are objective, timely, accurate, and relevant."

https://www.census.gov/
The most comprehensive collection of data and statistics about the United States, including people and households, business and industry, geography, education, health services, etc.

https://wdi.umich.edu/
From the website: "The William Davidson Institute (WDI) is a non-profit research and educational institute established at the University of Michigan in 1992...WDI is the only institution of higher learning in the United States that is fully dedicated to understanding and promoting actionable business and public policy approaches to addressing the challenges and opportunities in emerging market economies."