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Activism 101
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Newspaper Articles and Debates
by Simmons University Library Last Updated Jul 5, 2023 58 views this year
How to find Statistics and Demographics
by Simmons University Library Last Updated Oct 23, 2023 68 views this year
Anti-Oppression
by Hannah Gershone Last Updated Mar 22, 2024 5941 views this year
Digital Storytelling
by Simmons University Library Last Updated Sep 26, 2022 69 views this year
Zines!
by Simmons University Library Last Updated Feb 27, 2024 339 views this year

Introduction to the Library Video Series

Watch our video series here from start to finish, or click on YouTube to take you to the playlist there, where you can watch individual videos!

DATABASES

Struggling with your topic? Need to know both sides of the issues before you make a decision? Points of View allows you to hear both sides of an issue with resources from academic journals, popular magazines, media, and more.

Academic Search Ultimate Why search here? Academic Search Ultimate is a great place to start your search for both popular and scholarly articles on almost any topic. What's included? It contains a large number of journals, the majority of which are peer-reviewed, from numerous subject areas. This resource features mostly full text content, and goes as far back as 1865.
LGBTQ+ Source Why search here? This full-text database (formerly LGBT Life with Full Text) contains all of the same content available in LGBT Life, as well as full text resources for the most important and historically significant information regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Ally issues.What's included? More than 600 abstracted and indexed journals and books, 140 full-text journals, 160 full-text books, and the LGBT Thesaurus.
SocINDEX with Full Text Why search here? SocINDEX is the world's most comprehensive and highest-quality sociology research database.What's included? Provides comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. Also features over 10,000 Author Profiles covering the most prolific, most cited, and most frequently searched-for authors in the database.
Kanopy Why search here? Kanopy is a leading distributor of online educational videos across a wide variety of subject areas. Kanopy also provides access to classic Hollywood and foreign films from the Criterion Collection.What's included? Thousands of videos in the Humanities, Education, the Arts, Business, Health, Sciences and Media & Communications and more are available for the Library to license for courses. Faculty - to obtain a video for your class, submit a reserves request. Kanopy might load a page asking the user to either create a Kanopy account or “Skip” to start watching. Users should select the "Skip" button, and do not need to create their own account to view videos.
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