Databases at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library

All of the databases listed here are available on-site at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Click on a letter to view the databases that begin with that letter.

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Career Cruising
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
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Career Library
Coin Career Library offers students, counselors, teachers, and parents a centralized location to work together on career guidance. This product brings together the proven reliability and ease of the Coin Career Guidance system, and the accessibility of the Internet, to make quick and easy-to-use career exploration and planning.

Chicago Defender (1905-1975)
Searchable full-text and page images from The Chicago Defender archive.

Chicago Manual of Style Online
Searchable, online version of the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition) providing two basic documentation systems, the humanities style (notes and bibliography) and the concise author-date system used by those in the physical, natural, and social sciences.

Chicago Tribune (1849-1986)
Searchable full-text and page images from the Chicago Tribune archive.

China Academic Journals
Full-text articles from Chinese academic journals.

Chinese E-Journal Collection (Qikan)
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
Provides access to full text of 200 popular journals in Chinese language.

Chinese Pamphlets
Chinese pamphlets, picture books and other propaganda issued during the early years of the People’s Republic of China between 1947 and 1954.

Christian Science Monitor (1988-present)
A major daily newspaper covering national and international news. Published in the US and noted for unbiased, concise and comprehensive coverage.

Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education Online is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. Published every weekday.

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.

Civil War: a newspaper perspective
Contains selected full-text articles from issues of the New York Herald, the Charleston Mercury, and the Richmond Enquirer.

Columbia Earthscape
Resource that connects the Earth and environmental sciences with their social, political, and economic dimensions. Selected full text resources on earth-systems science and impacts on public policy.

Columbia Gazetteer of the World
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
A unique world encyclopedia of geographical places and features with over 170,000 entries.

Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
This premiere poetry on-line resource contains 250,000 full text poems and 450,000 citations, as well as poetry commentary, poets' biographies, and literary glossary terms.

Congressional Indexes 1789-1969
Includes U.S. House and Senate documents and reports, committee hearings, unpublished hearings, and commitee prints.

Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980
A digital reproduction of the key publications of the United States Congress, the Congressional Serial Set documents the official activities of the House and the Senate, including the journals, reports and documents. IN PROGRESS.

Congressional Universe
Provides comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc.

Contemporary Authors
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
Biographical coverage of more than 100,000 writers, entries on contemporary authors.

Credo Reference
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
This database which includes bilingual and biographical dictionaries provides a full text collection for over 270 reference works.

Custom Newspapers
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
Searchable full-text of 300 plus newspapers, both national and international.