Spotlight on Social Sciences databases

This webinar is suitable for all students studying Social Sciences subjects.

About the session

Looking to find out more about the subject databases within Social Sciences, and how to search them effectively to find information?

This webinar will focus on a selection of the following key databases from our Social Sciences collection:

• ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts – includes social services, education)
• IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (Includes economics, political science, sociology, education)
• JSTOR (Arts and social sciences)
• Nexis (News archives)
• Project Muse (Humanities and social sciences)
• Web of Science (Multidisciplinary)

Discover their key features, and how to structure a search using a variety of techniques to help you get the best results.

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