Humanities and Social Sciences Resources

Encyclopedic coverage in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities

An authoritative source for general information on virtually any topic.

The gateway to Oxford’s art reference works, including the peer−reviewed, regularly updated Grove® Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists.

Unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of the English language

Journal articles about most academic subject areas including science and technology, the arts, medicine, education and more.

This resource covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.

In-depth reports on current events and issues.

Scholarly articles in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Use for historical research as the last 3+ years may be excluded.

Find literary criticism, summaries of literary works, and biographies of authors

Use Social Explorer to visualize and interact with data, create maps, charts, reports and downloads. Explore hundreds of thousands of built-in data indicators related to demography, economy, health, politics, environment, crime and more.

A statistical data and research platform that consolidates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources.

Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 is a resource with many primary historical sources.