The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an essential online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes over six million bibliographic references to journal articles books, newspapers, dissertations and more dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and includes content in over 40 languages.
Subject Coverage
Major areas of coverage include:
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- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Communication and media
- Cultural studies
- Demography
- Economics
- Education
- Finance
- History
- International relations
- Law
- Policy studies
- Political science
- Psychology
- Public administration
- Regional studies
- Sociology
- Social sciences
- Urban and rural studies
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