Research Guides: Liberal Studies: Overview

Graduate Student Services
Research support, collections, spaces, & services for grad students.
RefWorks Citation Manager
Gather, sort, and generate citations using the style of your choice.
Research Guides Homepage
Find the best library resources for the disciplinary areas in which you are engaging for research.

APA PsycINFO
Contains info about psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines.
ERIC
Provides access to education literature and resources.
JSTOR
Provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals, as well as books and primary sources in 75 disciplines

Can be used for text mining. Data for Research is a free JSTOR service available to anyone interested in mining data for their research project.
Library Catalog
A subset of Library Search that finds only materials owned by SMU Libraries, such as books, journals, movies, etc.
Library Search
Provides all-in-one searching for articles, books, digital media, and more. Includes the SMU Libraries' collections in addition to almost all of the 300+ subscription databases.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Offers coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.

Contact:

regraff@smu.edu

Oxford English Dictionary
The definitive English language dictionary. It includes etymologies and traces historical word development, starting with the first known use.
Reference Universe
Search thousands of reference books, such as subject encyclopedias. Learn the fundamentals of your topic.