LibGuides: LRU 382: COVID Class- A Liberal Arts Exploration of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Policy/Education/Social Sciences

Highlighted Library Databases for Policy, Education, and the Social Sciences

Library databases require a LRU login.

CQ Researcher

CQ Researcher is the choice of students and librarians for a balanced view of today's most pressing social, political, and economic issues. Each weekly report covers the given topic in a non-sensationalized manner, and many reports feature a pro/con debate, highlighting both sides of the argument.
ERIC (Education)

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, it is an essential tool for education researchers of all kinds.
Gale eBooks

Electronic database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary subjects.

Formerly known as the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
Gender Studies Database

Gender Studies Database provides indexing and abstracts covering the full spectrum of gender-related scholarship inside and outside academia. It indexes scholarly and popular publications including journals, books, conference papers and theses.
Education Database

Education Database supports the study and application of education across all levels of education, including early childhood education, primary and secondary education, and higher education. The database supports global study and research, including thousands of full-text journals, dissertations and other relevant sources.
Psychology Database

This database provides abstracts and indexing for key Psychology titles, many which are available in full text. Many titles are indexed in PsycINFO. Coverage ranges from behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.
Social Science Database

Social Science Database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.
PsycINFO

This ever-expanding collection of behavioral and social science research, dissertations, and scholarly literature abstracts offers a broad view of the field. With relevance to a host of related disciplines, including neuroscience, business, nursing, law and education, APA PsycInfo delivers the peer-reviewed content and abstracts students and researchers need, and does so with remarkable precision and a dedication to scholarly and scientific excellence.

Resources from the Web

CIA World Fact Book
The World Factbook, produced for US policymakers and coordinated throughout the US Intelligence Community, provides facts on every country, dependency, and geographic entity in the world, including information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Congress.gov
Official website for U.S. federal legislative information. Provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public.
This website is replacing Thomas.gov, which is being retired July 5th, 2016.
Council of State Governments: COVID-19 Resources for State Leaders for State
Contains states reporting cases of COVID-19, schedule of legislative sessions by state, executive orders, school closures, available federal resources
COVID Racial Data Tracker
advocates for, collects, publishes, and analyzes racial data on the pandemic across the United States. It’s a collaboration between the COVID Tracking Project and the Antiracist Research & Policy Center (ARPC).
Homeland Security Digital Library
Documents from the public collection on COVID-19 related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management.
ICPSR: COVID-19 Data Repository
Repository for data examining the social, behavioral, public health, and economic impact of the novel coronavirus global pandemic.
NC.gov:government
Links to NC state laws, session laws, administrative code and NC Register.

Open Search Databases

Open Search Databases do not require an LRU login. Content from the Directory of Open Access Journals is freely available; other search tools may have limited access to free content.

Google Scholar
Freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
ERIC: Institute of Education Science
From the US Department of Education, provides access to an extensive body of education-related literature including journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers and more.
SSRN: Social Science Research Network
Wide variety of social science research from a number of specialized networks including cognitive science, leadership, management, and social insurance.
The SocioWeb
Guide to the sociological resources available on the Internet