Social Welfare Policy Databases
Scroll down to view databases relevant to social welfare policy or select one of the following subject areas:
Public Policy & Administration Databases
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Political Science CompletePolitical Science Complete provides full text for over 400 publications, including international political, economic, and law journals, and indexes over 800 journals.
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SAGE JournalsIncludes current peer-reviewed journal articles in psychology, political science, management, education, and more.
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SocINDEX with Full TextA comprehensive social sciences database covering sociology, criminal justice, social work, family studies, and related disciplines. Materials include full text articles, books, and conference papers.
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Taylor and Francis OnlineAccess to over 1,900 scholarly journals published by Taylor & Francis covering the social sciences, humanities, and science and technology.
Social Work Databases
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SocINDEX with Full TextA comprehensive social sciences database covering sociology, criminal justice, social work, family studies, and related disciplines. Materials include full text articles, books, and conference papers.
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APA PsycInfo (formerly PsycInfo)The largest resource devoted to scholarly peer-reviewed literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. Also includes book chapters, books, dissertations, and all content from APA PsycArticles.
Human Services Databases
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Business Source CompleteThe Business Source Complete database contains both practical and scholarly business information. You can search Business Source Complete for full text scholarly journal articles, case studies, company profiles, reports, conference papers, financial data, and SWOT analyses.
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SocINDEX with Full TextA comprehensive social sciences database covering sociology, criminal justice, social work, family studies, and related disciplines. Materials include full text articles, books, and conference papers.
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APA PsycInfo (formerly PsycInfo)The largest resource devoted to scholarly peer-reviewed literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. Also includes book chapters, books, dissertations, and all content from APA PsycArticles.
Legal Databases
Click on the following databases to get started with your legal research. For a helpful introduction to these databases and other ways of doing legal research, please see our guide, Find Court Cases and Legal Research.
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Gale OneFile: LegalTracLegalTrac contains articles from major law reviews, journals, and legal newspapers on Federal and State Cases, Laws and Regulations, Legal Practice, and Taxation. Coverage includes British Commonwealth, European Union and International Law.
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Nexis UniNexis Uni provides full-text access to legal news, company information, regulations, law reviews, case law, and other legislative information.
Other Suggested Databases
Consider your specific topic of interest related to health policy and determine if other subject-specific databases fit your topic.
For instance, if you're looking at policy related to private hospital management, you might consider a Business & Management database. If you're looking at school health policies, an Education database would be a good fit.
Explore our different Subject Resource pages where you can find subject-specific databases: