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Social Sciences| Yocum Library

Today a library can be open 24/7 for its patrons by accessing library resources online through the Internet. On campus, to access these online resources, just click on the links embedded in the database titles. Off-campus, RACC students, staff, and faculty should use the links in the Launchpad section of the myRACC portal to reach most of the library databases. There are a few databases that use passwords which are in a document under the Yocum Library section of the myRACC portal.

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PsycARTICLES Full-text journals published by the American Psychological Association with advanced search limiters for qualitative and quantitative studies.
ProQuest Central Social Science Databases ProQuest Central includes many databases covering the fileds of psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, criminal justice, economics, and other social science fields.
Project Muse Over 130 full-text peer-reviewed journals in the social sciences.
eHRAF World Cultures Ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life. eHRAF is unique in having subject indexing at the paragraph level.
Social Problems † The official publication of The Society for the Study of Social Problems and one of the most widely respected and read professional journals in the social sciences.

† Not Available Off-Campus

 

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