Library Research Guides: ENGR/PEAC 305: Intersections of Technology, Social Justice, and Conflict: Databases and Journals

Engineering Resources

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Interdisciplinary subject searching of scholarly articles in the social sciences (1898-present) physical & life sciences (1899 to present), and arts & humanities (1975 to present). Search for articles that cite known journal articles or books.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Research, discovery, and networking platform containing full texts of all Association for Computing Machinery publications.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Search engine for scholarly literature in all disciplines; link to fulltext articles in Wellesley-licensed databases.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Articles in all fields of medicine and biomedicine, with abstracts and links to additional resources from the National Library of Medicine, 1950 to present.
arXiv This link opens in a new window
Open access to over 1.4 million e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics.

MIT Library Guides
If we are having trouble finding resources - we can poke around MIT and see if it's worth a trip.
Olin College of Engineering Library
Olin may also have resources close at hand for us to use!

Peace and Justice Studies Resources

Politics Collection This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, think-tank reports, working papers. Comprised of four political science databases, which can also be searched individually: PAIS Index (Public Affairs Information Service), Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Political Science Database, and Policy File Index
Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Articles on world history from 1450, excluding US & Canada, written since 1955. Can be co-searched with America: History & Life
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Indexes international scholarly literature in sociology, 1952 to present.
Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index to the literature of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research, from the 19th century to today.
HUDOC This link opens in a new window
Database providing access to case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the European Commission of Human Rights and the Committee of Ministers.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Collection of key scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences & natural sciences, starting from the first issue but not the latest 3-5 years. Especially helpful when you have an article title you're looking for.
Alt-PressWatch This link opens in a new window
Articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press, 1995 to present.
Independent Voices This link opens in a new window
Digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals during the latter half of the 20th century.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
With a focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas, this collection gathers historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgender community, and changes in gender roles, including articles dating back as far as the 1970s.