Social Sciences Librarian
Elizabeth Young-Miller
she/her/hers
Contact:
E. W. Fairchild-Martindale Library
Room 511
Room 511
(610) 758-6233
Interlibrary Loan
Use Interlibrary Loan to request a PDF of an article that isn't available at Lehigh or a scanned PDF of a print article that Lehigh owns. You will get an email when the article is ready for download.
Finding Articles
- Political Science Complete This link opens in a new windowCovers political topics with a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse.
- Politics Collection This link opens in a new windowPolitical science, public policy, and international relations database of scholarly articles with full text of many documents.
- Sociology Source Ultimate This link opens in a new windowSociology research database that covers aspects of social behavior and interaction. Topics range from gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology.
- Jet Magazine Archive This link opens in a new windowFull-text and images from 1951-2014 for a key source of news, information and entertainment for American Black Life and culture.
- New York Times (Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new windowA full-image archive that includes the entire historical run of The New York Times, since 1851.The database delivers every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
- Philadelphia Inquirer (Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new windowA full-image archive that covers the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1860-2001. The database delivers every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new windowA full-image archive that covers the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from 1786-2003. The database delivers every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Finding Data and Statistics
- Data.govThe purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
- PolicyMap This link opens in a new windowOnline mapping tool with data on demographics, real estate, health, jobs and more from communities across the US
- Social Explorer This link opens in a new windowEasy access to demographic information about the U.S. Create custom maps and reports. Covers 1790 to present.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowData on over 600 international industries from more than 18,000 sources. Includes market researcher, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases.
- U.S. Census Data This link opens in a new windowProvides access to US Census data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.
Tracking Policy Changes and Regulations
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowLegal history and documents in an online, fully-searchable, image-based format. Find law journals, the Congressional Record in entirety, coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, famous world trials back to the early 1700's, legal classics, the United Nations and League of Nations Treaty Series, all United States Treaties, the Federal Register from 1936, the CFR from 1938, and much more.
- NexisUni This link opens in a new windowDatabase from LexisNexis® featuring more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Primarily in English but some foreign language news as well.
- Regulations.GovFind proposed regulations and related documents published by the U.S. Federal government, including: Final Regulations, Notices, Scientific and Technical Findings, Guidance, Adjudications, Comments Submitted by Others, and the Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan