SSIR 1010 Social Entrepreneurship & Sustainability: Home

Good for background information on contemporary issues affecting the U.S.

Database of encyclopedia articles and other specialized reference resources from a variety of disciplines.

The Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues.

Multidisciplinary index to thousands of popular and scholarly journals, including engineering trade journals, from 1975 to current.

Covers global public policy and social issues.

Scholarly articles in the fields of addition studies, anthropology, criminology, economics, family studies, gerontology, ethnic studies, political science, psychology, social work, and urban studies. Includes the following collections: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson), Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)

Papers focused on habit, pollution, and ecosystem management and modeling.

A search interface that provides access to audio, video, and text resources from Alexander Street Press.

Kanopy offers over 8,500 streaming films, documentaries, educational and training videos from an array of producers and distributors including BBC Active and Criterion Collection/Janus films. All videos work on PCs with Flash, iPads, iPhones, and mobile devices.

Photos from the Associated Press, illustrating major news events and important figures over the last 160 years.

Detailed information about Congress and domestic and foreign policy issues.Hearings are good primary sources for almost any issue. Includes Hearings 1824-Present, CRS Reports 1916-Present, House and Senate Documents 1817-Present, Legislative Histories 1969-Present, Bills and Laws 1776-Present, Miscellaneous Publications 1789-Present, Vote Reports 1987-Present, Mapes 1789-2007, Congressional Record 1789-Present, Executive Branch 1789-1952, Presidential Materials 1789-Present.

Statistics about people, social characteristics, and the economy of the U.S., with Census data from 1790 to the present.

Collection of international and comparative country data on a wide variety of topics from the United Nations and related organizations.

Comprehensive index for local, state, national, and international statistics. Contains interdisciplinary data and reports, and indexes older statistical publications held on microfiche (1973-present).