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Previously called the Web of Knowledge. Provides access to a number of databases including Web of Science Core Collection (covering engineering, science, health, social science, humanities, etc.), BIOSIS (biological & biomedical science) and Inspec (physics, computing, electrical & electronic engineering, etc.). Select 'All Databases’ to search multiple databases simultaneously or choose an individual database.

Provides references and, in many cases, abstracts for journal articles, books and book chapters in the social sciences, from 1951 to current.

This database abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers and working papers.

The Annual Review of Criminology provides comprehensive reviews of significant developments in the multidisciplinary field of criminology, defined as the study of both the nature of criminal behavior and societal reactions to crime.

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology is the reference for students, researchers, librarians, and academics in the field. Bringing together specially commissioned entries written and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars and teachers. With over 2000 articles / 5 million words and a comprehensive program of updates to the online version adding new and revised entries.