Databases

The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies offers access to the following databases for members of the institute (further information

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import information only for members)

Sorted by: Subjects | Alphabetical

Available Subjects:

[]   Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

Metasearch in Sociological Abstract, WPSA, PAIS and ERIC.

[]   Ebsco (Business Source Premier, Socindex...)

SocINDEX, Humanities International Complete, Business Source Premier.

[]   JSTOR

Discipline-specific and multidisciplinary journal collections, full text.

[]   Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK)

Meta search interface for German and international library catalogs.

[]   Lexis Nexis News

News sources from around the Globe with up to 30 years’ archive.

[]   Scopus

Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with tools to track, analyze and visualize research

[]   SpringerLink

Journals and Ebooks. Contains Springer, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Gabler.

[]   VLIB - Max Planck Virtual Library

Max Planck Society information portal, allows you to search certain different databases in parallel.

[]   Web of Knowledge / Web of Science

Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage (SSCI, SCI, AHI).

[]   wiso Sozialwissenschaften

Information on German social science literature and research projects.

[]   wiso Wirtschaftswissenschaften

References with abstracts to publications published by leading German economic research institutes.

Sociology

[]   50 Klassiker der Soziologie

Sociology’s major classic scholars.

[]   Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

Multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text.

[]   Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)

This database spans the literature of health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.

[]   CAIRN

Collection of journals available online in French language for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

[]   International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ)

Interdisciplinary bibliography of academic periodical literature mainly from the Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts.

[]   JSTOR

Discipline-specific and multidisciplinary journal collections, full text.

[]   Max Weber im Kontext

"Max Weber in context" contain his major works.

[]   OLC-SSG Social Sciences

Provides access to the tables of contents of journals in the field of sociology and social policy

[]   Oxford Reference Online

English & bilingual dictionaries, politics & social sciences & economic reference works.

[]   Periodicals Index

Article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years.

[]   Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR)

Scientific electronic documents from the social sciences.

[]   Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Social science research paper.

[]   Social Services Abstracts (ProQuest)

Social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development.

[]   Social Theory

Sociological thought from the eighteenth century to the present day, fulltext.

[]   SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)

Fulltext articles: political sociology,social structure, anthropology, sociological history, sociological theory, demography…

[]   Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)

International literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

[]   Sowiport

German subject gateway for the social sciences.

[]   SpringerLink

Journals and Ebooks. Contains Springer, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Gabler.

[]   The Classical Treasury

Founders and Pioneers of the Social Sciences.

[]   UDB-EDU Social Sci & Humanities e-Journals (East View)

Major Russian periodicals on social sciences

[]   Web of Knowledge / Web of Science

Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage (SSCI, SCI, AHI).

[]   wiso Sozialwissenschaften

Information on German social science literature and research projects.

[]   World Bank eLibrary

Books, reports, journals, and working papers

Politics and International Relations

[]   Agence Europe

Only daily in the world focused on European Union news.

[]   CAIRN

Collection of journals available online in French language for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

[]   Columbia International Affairs Online

Database for theory and research in international affairs.

[]   Datenbank zur Europ. Gewerkschaftspublikationen (DEGPOL)

Trade union press in Western Europe since 1987.

[]   DIP Informationssystem für Parlamentarische Vorgänge

Information System of German Parliamentary Documents.

[]   Econlit (Ebsco)

Economic journals, fulltext. Topics: capital markets, country studies, econometrics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory.

[]   Einiras Database Network (EDN)

International relations and area studies.

[]   Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung / Bibliothekskatalog

Largest specialised library on the German and international labour movement.

[]   German Bundestag / Library catalogue

Politics, public administration, law, economics, social sciences and modern history.

[]   IMF e-Library

Books, papers, journals and statistics of the International Monetary Fund.

[]   International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ)

Interdisciplinary bibliography of academic periodical literature mainly from the Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts.

[]   Making of Modern World / Goldsmiths-Kress Libr. Of Economic Lit. 1450-1850

Digital facsimile images of literature on economic and business

[]   Marxists internet archive

The most complete library of Marxism.

[]   NationMaster

Compilation of data from CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank.

[]   OLC-SSG International Relations and Area Studies

Political science, economics, the Middle East and other regional special subject collections.

[]   OLC-SSG Political Science and Peace Research

Provides access to the tables of contents of journals in the field of Political Science.

[]   Oxford Reference Online

English & bilingual dictionaries, politics & social sciences & economic reference works.

[]   Periodicals Index

Article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years.

[]   Poldok - Die Politik der 80er Jahre

Articles from German political science journals of the eighties. Good source for older literature.

[]   ProArbeit

Information related to the German labour market and vocational research.

[]   Public Affairs Information Service International - PAIS (CSA)

Bibliographic index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general.

[]   PW-Portal

"Portal für Politikwissenschaft". German Book Reviews.

[]   Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Social science research paper.

[]   Sozialpolitik aktuell

Information about German welfare state, social security, labor, working conditions.

[]   SpringerLink

Journals and Ebooks. Contains Springer, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Gabler.

[]   ViFaPol

Virtual library for political science.

[]   Web of Knowledge / Web of Science

Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage (SSCI, SCI, AHI).

[]   World Affairs Online / Int. Beziehungen u. Länderkunde

International relations from a European perspective.

[]   World Bank eLibrary

Books, reports, journals, and working papers

[]   Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (ProQuest)

Journal articles in political science , including international relations, law, and public policy.

Economics

[]   ABI/Inform (Lexis Nexis)

Full-text and abstract documents from over 1,000 business publications.

[]   Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

Multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text.

[]   Business Source Premier (EBSCO)

Business research database, providing full text for nearly 8,200 serials.

[]   Econlit (Ebsco)

Economic journals, fulltext. Topics: capital markets, country studies, econometrics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory.

[]   Economics Research Network (ERN)

Economics Research Network Research Paper Series.

[]   German Company Directory (German Companies in China)

Directory of German companies in China.

[]   IMF e-Library

Books, papers, journals and statistics of the International Monetary Fund.

[]   Labordoc

All aspects of work, work-related aspects of economic and social development and human rights.

[]   Labourline

ETUI Documentation Centre: Labour, industrial relations, socio-economic issues, trade unionism.

[]   Lexis Nexis Companies

Profiles of companies and company executives, annual reports and other SEC filings, merger and acquisition transactions, earnings reports.

[]   Lexis Nexis Industry Reports

News from over 25 industries.

[]   Lexis Nexis News

News sources from around the Globe with up to 30 years’ archive.

[]   Making of Modern World / Goldsmiths-Kress Libr. Of Economic Lit. 1450-1850

Digital facsimile images of literature on economic and business

[]   Max Weber im Kontext

"Max Weber in context" contain his major works.

[]   New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online

Over 1,850 articles from more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.

[]   OECD iLibrary

OECD’s Online Library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data.

[]   OLC-SSG Economics

Provides access to the tables of contents of journals in the field of Economy, Business Economics, Economic Sectors.

[]   Oxford Reference Online

English & bilingual dictionaries, politics & social sciences & economic reference works.

[]   Regional Business News (EBSCO)

Journals and newspapers from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

[]   RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet

ASA Guide, lists over 2000 Resources in 97 sections available on the Internet.

[]   Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Social science research paper.

[]   SpringerLink

Journals and Ebooks. Contains Springer, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Gabler.

[]   The Economist Historical Archive 1843 - 2006

Complete content of all printed editions of the Economist from the years 1843 - 2006.

[]   Web of Knowledge / Web of Science

Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage (SSCI, SCI, AHI).

[]   wiso Fachzeitschriften

wiso Fachzeitschriften enables full text access to periodicals and magazines (Handelsblatt, Wirtschaftswoche)

[]   wiso Firmeninformationen

wiso Companies enables full text access to company databases and commercial registers.

[]   wiso Marktdaten

wiso Markets enables full text access to market-related data (Germany)

[]   wiso Wirtschaftswissenschaften

References with abstracts to publications published by leading German economic research institutes.

[]   World Bank eLibrary

Books, reports, journals, and working papers

Law

[]   Beck online

Juristische Literatur des Beck-Verlages.

[]   Gesetze im Internet

Comprehensive and complete online texts of current German Federal law.

[]   Jurion (formerly LexisNexis Recht)

German law information system, including laws and decisions, all relevant legal standards plus version documentation.

[]   Juris

German legal informations.

[]   KrimDok

Database of criminological literature.

[]   Lexis Nexis international law

American, UK and European law Databases, law journals online

[]   OLC-SSG Law

Provides access to the tables of contents of journals in the field of law.

[]   Swisslex

Swiss law.

[]   The Making of Modern Law

Full-text collection of Anglo-American legal treatises, 1800 - 1926.

[]   Verhandlungendes deutschen Reichstags

Session proceedings of the Reichstag.

[]   Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Recht

German law sources.

[]   Westlaw International

Online legal research service. US Law Reviews.

History

[]   Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

Multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text.

[]   American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection (EBSCO)

Collection of American periodicals published between 1691 and 1877

[]   Clio-online

Central Internet gateway for historical scholarship in teaching and research.

[]   Early English Books Online (EEBO)

Facsimile page images of works printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.

[]   Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)

History of the world, 1450 to the present.Journal articles.

[]   historicum.net

Entry point for historical sciences and arts.

[]   IDZ - Index Deutschsprachiger Zeitschriften 1750 - 1815

German-language newspapers from the years 1750 through 1815.

[]   International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ)

Interdisciplinary bibliography of academic periodical literature mainly from the Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts.

[]   Making of Modern World / Goldsmiths-Kress Libr. Of Economic Lit. 1450-1850

Digital facsimile images of literature on economic and business

[]   New Pauly Online

Encyclopedia of the Ancient World

[]   Periodicals Index

Article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years.

[]   Post-War Europe

Primary sources for the study of the challenges facing the European peoples in the aftermath of World War II.

Education and Psychology

[]   Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)

This database spans the literature of health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.

[]   ERIC (ProQuest)

Educational Resources Information Center. Largest education database in the world.

[]   FIS Bildung Literaturdatenbank

Educational science from Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Articles, books, papers.

[]   SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)

Fulltext articles: political sociology,social structure, anthropology, sociological history, sociological theory, demography…

[]   Sowiport

German subject gateway for the social sciences.

[]   Web of Knowledge / Web of Science

Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage (SSCI, SCI, AHI).

Philosophy and Religion

[]   Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

Multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text.

[]   Early English Books Online (EEBO)

Facsimile page images of works printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.

[]   Kant im Kontext

"Kant im Kontext" contains his major works

[]   Periodicals Index

Article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years.

[]   Philosophers Index (ProQuest)

All areas of philosophy. Includes journal articles, books, book chapters.

[]   Platon im Kontext

Platon im Kontext contains his major works.

[]   World Christian Database

Information on 9,000 Christian denominations and on religions in every country of the world.

[]   World Religion Database

Detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world.

Science and Technology

[]   Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

Metasearch in Sociological Abstract, WPSA, PAIS and ERIC.

[]   IEEE Xplore

Full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in engineering and technology

[]   MEDPILOT (German National Library of Medicine)

Online Catalog for medicine and health.

[]   Web of Knowledge / Web of Science

Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage (SSCI, SCI, AHI).

Multidisciplinary

[]   Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

Multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text.

[]   BASE

Metadata from scientific repository servers.

[]   Brockhaus Library Information Portal

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias by Brockhaus, Duden, Harenberg and Meyers.

[]   Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

Metasearch in Sociological Abstract, WPSA, PAIS and ERIC.

[]   Datenbank-Infosystem (DBIS)

A gateway to (free) electronic resources at German universities, arranged by subject.

[]   DigiBib

Information portal of NRW-Libraries.

[]   DIP Informationssystem für Parlamentarische Vorgänge

Information System of German Parliamentary Documents.

[]   Ebsco (Business Source Premier, Socindex...)

SocINDEX, Humanities International Complete, Business Source Premier.

[]   EconBiz

Virtual library for economics.

[]   Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek EZB

German central database for electonic journals with holding information for the MPIfG. Journal titles only.

[]   Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Britannica online, Academic Edition.

[]   HBZ-Verbundkatalog

Bibliographic and holdings statements of academic libraries in North Rhine-Westphalia.

[]   IDZ - Index Deutschsprachiger Zeitschriften 1750 - 1815

German-language newspapers from the years 1750 through 1815.

[]   International Bibliography of Book Reviews (IBR)

Book reviews from the years 1985ff, mainly in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

[]   International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ)

Interdisciplinary bibliography of academic periodical literature mainly from the Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts.

[]   JCR - ISI Journal Citations Reports

Resource for journal evaluation.

[]   JSTOR

Discipline-specific and multidisciplinary journal collections, full text.

[]   Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK)

Meta search interface for German and international library catalogs.

[]   Lexis Nexis News

News sources from around the Globe with up to 30 years’ archive.

[]   MPG eBooks Catalog

Holdings of electronic books licensed for users in the Max Planck Society.

[]   MPG Journal Index

Journal Index of all Max-Planck-Institutes, kept as print version or electronically accessible.

[]   NationMaster

Compilation of data from CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank.

[]   OECD iLibrary

OECD’s Online Library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data.

[]   Oxford English Dictionary

Most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English online.

[]   PaperC

Over 4,100 German and English specialist books in full text and at no charge.

[]   Philosophers Index (ProQuest)

All areas of philosophy. Includes journal articles, books, book chapters.

[]   ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

Dissertations - full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997.

[]   Research Library (ProQuest)

Access to a wide range of popular academic subjects -from 1971 forward.

[]   Scirus

Science-specific search engine.

[]   Scopus

Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with tools to track, analyze and visualize research

[]   VLIB - Max Planck Virtual Library

Max Planck Society information portal, allows you to search certain different databases in parallel.

[]   Web of Knowledge / Web of Science

Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage (SSCI, SCI, AHI).

[]   Worldcat

Connects you to the collections of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide

[]   Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)

Specialized database for serial titles with holdings information.

Statistics

[]   China Statistical Yearbook

Statistical data in a Zip-File

[]   CNTS - Cross-National Time-Series

Longitudinal data series

[]   Destatis

Basic statistical information Germany.

[]   ECMI Statistical Package 2011 - Excel Version

Data on the dynamics of various segments of the European capital markets

[]   Eurostat

Key to European statistics.

[]   IMF eLibrary - Data

The IMF publishes a range of time series data on lending, exchange rates, and other economic and financial indicators.

[]   Lending to Households in Europe

Covers the entire retail loan market, including time series on consumer credit, housing loans and other loans

[]   NationMaster

Compilation of data from CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank.

[]   OECD iLibrary

OECD’s Online Library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data.

[]   OECD.Stat extracts

Data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies.

[]   Penn World Table

Purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 188 countries

[]   Sozialpolitik aktuell

Information about German welfare state, social security, labor, working conditions.

[]   Statista (Lexis Nexis)

German statistics web portal.

[]   Statistisches Bundesamt | Genesis (basic, guest account only)

Data collection of the Statistical Information System of the German Federal Government, original interface.

[]   World Bank eAtlas of Global Development

Maps and graphs more than 175 thematically organized indicators for over 200 countries.

[]   World Christian Database

Information on 9,000 Christian denominations and on religions in every country of the world.

[]   World Development Indicators
[]   World Religion Database

Detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world.

[]   ZA Online Study Catalogue (ZACAT) - survey data online

Access to 200 studies with a focus on international comparative studies and election studies.

Newspapers

[]   Agence Europe

Only daily in the world focused on European Union news.

[]   Financial Times Historical Archive

Complete facsimile run of the world’s most authoritative daily business newspaper.

[]   Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Online version of one of Germany's most important newspapers. The archive dates back to 1949.

[]   Gale NewsVault

Ability to cross-search our library's historical newspaper like FT, Times, Economist.

[]   Handelsblatt & Wirtschaftswoche

Fulltext version of the German newspaper Handelsblatt and Wirtschaftswoche. Login see info button!

[]   Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)

Guardian, Observer, NYT, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Washington Post

[]   Lexis Nexis News

News sources from around the Globe with up to 30 years’ archive.

[]   Library Press Display

Up to 60 days access to international newspaper in their traditional format.

[]   Newspaper Archives Online

Online access to nationally read newspapers archives and weeklies.

[]   The Economist Historical Archive 1843 - 2006

Complete content of all printed editions of the Economist from the years 1843 - 2006.

[]   The New Republic Archive (EBSCO)

All editions of the journal "The New Republic" in full text

[]   The Times Digital Archive

Historical Archive from 1785-1985.

[]   The Times Literary Supplement

The Times Literary Supplement reviews titles from all academic disciplines as well as literature, current theater and cinema productions, and exhibitions.

[]   Westlaw International

Online legal research service. US Law Reviews.

[]   wiso Fachzeitschriften

wiso Fachzeitschriften enables full text access to periodicals and magazines (Handelsblatt, Wirtschaftswoche)

Biography

[]   Biographical Sources - freely available

Compilation of freely available biographical internet sources.

[]   Biographies in our Library

Printed biographical sources.

[]   Lexis-Nexis Biographies

Biographical sources and people-related news sources.

[]   World Biographical Information

Biographical articles from printed reference works.

Information Portal

[]   Clio-online

Central Internet gateway for historical scholarship in teaching and research.

[]   DigiBib

Information portal of NRW-Libraries.

[]   historicum.net

Entry point for historical sciences and arts.

[]   Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK)

Meta search interface for German and international library catalogs.

[]   Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

Social science research paper.

[]   Sowiport

German subject gateway for the social sciences.

[]   ViFaPol

Virtual library for political science.

[]   Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Recht

German law sources.

[]   VLIB - Max Planck Virtual Library

Max Planck Society information portal, allows you to search certain different databases in parallel.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

[]   Brockhaus Library Information Portal

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias by Brockhaus, Duden, Harenberg and Meyers.

[]   Chicago Manual of Style

Style guide for American English.

[]   Credo Reference

Full text access to a selection of reference books (Sociology, Economics, Law)

[]   Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Britannica online, Academic Edition.

[]   Langenscheidt Fremdwörterbuch

Free online version.

[]   Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

One of the most popular English language dictionaries.

[]   New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online

Over 1,850 articles from more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.

[]   Oxford English Dictionary

Most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English online.

[]   Oxford Reference Online

English & bilingual dictionaries, politics & social sciences & economic reference works.

[]   Pons - the Online Dictionary

Online dictionary - English French Spanish Italian Polish Russian German.

[]   World Encyclopedia

World affairs, science and technology, the arts, history, religion, sports, and popular culture.