Research Starting Points
Use the grid below as a guide to high-quality online (and a few print) information resources that were hand-selected for their utility, accuracy and authority by research librarians specializing in the resources of the social sciences and humanities.
To find:
- books at UCSD, start with Roger.
- articles in scholarly journals and magazines, try one of the three article databases listed below.
- background information on your topic, start with Encyclopedias & Dictionaries or try the SSHL Reference Resources page.
BOOKS |
ARTICLES * |
ENCYCLOPEDIAS &
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DATA &
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OTHER |
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Roger |
Academic Search Complete |
International Encyclopedia |
Getting Started with Datasets | Primary Sources |
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Circuit |
JSTOR | Oxford Reference Online | Getting Started with Statistics | Reference Universe |
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Melvyl |
Web of Knowledge | Gale Virtual Reference Library | ProQuest Statistical Insight | |
| more... | more... | ABC-CLIO Ebook Collection | Statistical Abstract of the U. S. |
* Many of these databases include links to fulltext articles online, commonly as a pdf or by linking to the text in another place via the UC-eLinks button.
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