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Databases of Social Sciences

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Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Sisältää sosiaalitieteiden, politiikan tutkimuksen, kasvatustieteiden, kielitieteiden, informaatiotutkimuksen ja kriminologian viite- ja kokotekstitietokantoja. Provides access to reference- and full-text databases covering the international literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology, information studies, linguistics and education
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Monitieteinen tietokanta sisältää yli 10 000 lehteä, joista yli 9000 tieteellisesti arvioitua kokotekstilehteä lähes kaikilta tieteenaloilta. EBSCO Mobile App - start guide The database includes full text for more than 10 000 journals which over 9000 are peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study.
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Sociology Source Ultimate (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window Sisältää yli 1300 lehtinimekettä kokoteksteineen sosiologian alalta. Aihealueina on mm. sukupuoli-identiteetti, avioliitto ja perhe, väestötiede, poliittinen sosiologia, uskonto, ja sosiaaliantropologia. Topics range from gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology. Includes over 1300 fulltext journals.
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These three databases are included in the Social Science Premium collection, but can also be searched separately:

Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Viitteitä ja tiivistelmiä terveyden, sosiaalityön, psykologian, sosiologian, talouden, politiikan rotusyrjinnän ja koulutuksen aloilta. The Reference database covers health, social services, economics, politics, race relations and education.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Sisältää sekä lehtiartikkeliviitteitä että kirjaviitteitä yhteiskuntatieteiden aihealueilta. An essential online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. Includes bibliographic references to journal articles and to books.
Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Sosiologian, sosiaalipolitiikan ja muiden yhteiskuntatieteiden kansainvälinen viitetietokanta. Sisältää lehtiartikkeliviitteiden lisäksi viitteitä konferenssijulkaisuihin Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Other useful databases

Mutlidisciplinary databases

JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR on yli 500 lehden kokotekstitietokanta alkaen ensimmäisestä lehtivuosikerrasta. Aihealueet kattavat laajalti yhteiskuntatieteitä, humanistisia tieteitä, liiketaloutta ja taloutta. JSTORissa ei ole uusimpia lehtiartikkeleita: julkaisurajoitukset (embargo) ovat tavallisesti 1-5 vuoden mittaisia. Tilaus sisältää seuraavat kokoelmat: Arts & Sciences Collections I-IV ja Business Collection JSTOR is a fulltext database in the fields of social sciences, arts and business. The database includes over 500 journals in fulltext from the first volume, but the latest volumes are not included. Subscription includes following collections: Arts & Sciences Collections I-IV and Business Collection
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SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window Sisältää yli 940 lehteä vuodesta 1999 lähtien mm. kasvatustieteen, psykologian, viestinnän, liiketalouden, tekniikan, luonnontieteiden, lääketieteen, yhteiskuntatieteiden ja humanististen tieteiden aloilta. Contains over 940 journals from 1999 in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window Yli 2200 lehden kokotekstiartikkelit pääosin luonnontieteiden ja lääketieteen aloilta, mutta myös taloustieteiden, yhteiskuntatieteiden sekä humanististen tieteiden aloilta. 1995-, 4925 kirjaa, 33 hakuteosta. Multidisciplinary. Technology, nature sciences, mathematics, business. 1995-, over 14 million articles, over 2200 full text journals, 4925 books, 33 reference works.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window Yli 2200 lehteä matematiikan, fysiikan, kemian, lääke-, luonnon-, ympäristö-, geo-, insinööri-, tietojenkäsittely-, taloustieteiden ja humanististen tieteiden aloilta. Multidisciplinary. Technology, nature sciences, medicine, business, social sciences. +2200 full text journals, +41 000 books, 177 reference works. Includes book series Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
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Taylor & Francis Online This link opens in a new window Monitieteinen Taylor & Francis Library (SSH+S&T) sisältää n. 2000 e-lehteä. Lehdet ovat saatavilla vuodesta 1997 lähtien. The multidisciplinary Taylor & Francis Library (SSH+S&T) contains about 2000 e-journals. Journals are available since 1997.
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Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window Sisältää tieteellisiä lehtiä lääketieteen, luonnon-, yhteiskunta- ja humanististen tieteiden sekä tekniikan, biotieteiden ja kemian aloilta. Sisältää myös e-kirjoja ja hakuteoksia eri aloilta. Multidisciplinary. Technology, nature sciences, medicine. 1997-, about 1400 full text journals. Reference Works licensed perpetually.
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Multidisclipinary databases that are often used for information searching

Scopus (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window Monitieteinen viittaus- ja tiivistelmätietokanta Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database.. Technology, nature sciences, mathematics, business. 1823-, over 60 million references. 21 500 journals, 7,2 million conference proceedings, 360 trade publications, 530 book series. 27 million patents from five patent offices. Note: If the website asks for login information, empty the browser' cache and restart it.
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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window Sisältää viitetietoja n. 2700 yhteiskuntatieteellisen alan merkittävimmistä julkaisuista. Tietokannan avulla voi myös tarkastella julkaistuihin artikkeleihin tehtyjen viittauksien määriä ja lehtien impact factor -lukuja. 2,700 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals

Psychology database

PsycInfo (Ovid) This link opens in a new window American Psychiatric Association -järjestön ylläpitämä kansainvälinen psykologian ja sen lähialojen viitetietokanta. Viitteitä vuodesta 1806 alkaen. PsycInfo is maintained by American Psychiatric Association, and it provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. PsycInfo database features coverage beginning from 1806.
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Andor search service

In Andor you can find information about library's printed collections and a vast collection of international e-resources. When searching for material for your thesis it is recommended that in addtion to searching in Andor, you'll also search the article databases on your field of science. Please note that Andor does not cover the content of all the other databases.

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Databases A-Z

Research methods database

SAGE Research Methods database contains tools and other materials regarding methods and how to conduct research (such as writing a literature review). Try the interactive Methods map or use the Project planner to map out your project.

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Social sciences: Articles and databases