LibGuides: American Studies: Secondary Sources

Academic Sources: Multidisciplinary

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window
An online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. Over 2.5 million bibliographic references to journal articles, books, reviews and selected chapters from 1951.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database, which provides access to academic journals, books, conference proceedings, and patents from 1788–present.
Advanced Features: citation analysis, author profiles, journal metrics; data export and analysis, search alerts.
Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Engineering ; Life and Health Sciences ; Social Sciences, Psychology and Economics ; Biological, Agricultural; Environmental Sciences.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Access to the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.

National and International Libraries

Worldcat database This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database of the holdings of various libraries throughout the world. After locating a source on this database, you can then request it through interlibrary loan on the Sussex library homepage.
Library Hub Discover This link opens in a new window
Access to the combined online catalogues of many of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland, plus the British Library, the National Library of Scotland and the National Library of Wales.

Academic Sources: Full Text

America: History & Life with full text This link opens in a new window
An index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present, providing full text access to articles. 1,700 journals from 1964 to present with citations and links to book and media reviews.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of volumes covering histories of the US and Britain, as well as more general areas covering economics, politics, religion, music, literary studies and language.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) This link opens in a new window
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Also includes: 34,000 research reports from more than 140 policy institutes on climate change, cybersecurity, energy policy, international relations, terrorism, and various public health issues. Primary sources from important and rare collections from libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies around the world including Global Plants, 19th Century British Pamphlets and Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa. Thematic collections focusing on emerging areas of research includes Lives of Literature, Security Studies, and Sustainability.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
High quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers.

Dictionaries

Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) This link opens in a new window
A record of American regional vocabulary and pronunciations, from Adam’s housecat to Zydeco.