If you would like to talk more about which sources would be best for you or would like assistance locating specific information, please reach out at any time! No question is too small.
nicholas.dandrea@pepperdine.edu
Payson Room 233 (behind the front desk)
This site is also a living document and if you feel certain information should be on here please let me know.
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Use these databases as starting points for searching for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles. The subjects covered and journals housed within these databases range over multiple subjects. For assistance with the databases please email me at nicholas.dandrea@pepperdine.edu.
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
You can use this search bar to locate books for your work. If you would like assistance in navigating our catalog, please email me at nicholas.dandrea@pepperdine.edu.
If you are at one of our libraries and would like to browse the books in person, use the call numbers below to locate books related to your interests.
Did you know if there is a book at any Pepperdine Library in California, you can have it placed on hold for you at Payson Library? If a book is marked as available in the catalog, just press the request button on book page and library staff will pull it for you and it will be placed on the hold shelf. This also includes books at Payson.
For a more exhaustive list of data resources, please see here
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
These sources will provide further context to various social issues and groups you may study within sociology in your text and scholarly articles.
Archive of periodicals documenting the history of African American religious life and culture between 1829 and 1922. Includes newspapers and magazines, plus reports and annuals from African American religious organizations, including churches and social service agencies. Trial ends June 4, 2024. Provide trial feedback.
Provides professionally fact-checked and footnoted reports on the most current and controversial issues of the day.
Full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press; also provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. Trial ends June 28, 2024. Provide trial feedback.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Academic journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets, and reports focused on women and gender issues. Some archival material as far back as 1974.
If you find any articles, books, or book chapters you would like to read but cannot access through the Pepperdine Libraries you can make a request for our staff to ask other libraries to send it to us. To request something, either locate it in the library catalog, open the individual library record, and click the request button. This will fill out the request form and all you need to do is update your information. You can also fill out the form manually following this link: https://pepperdine.account.worldcat.org/account/requests/
You can learn more about interlibrary loan through this guide here: https://infoguides.pepperdine.edu/interlibraryloan
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