The purpose of the IBSS blog is to provide a place where social scientists can examine topical issues and explore how material available on IBSS can deepen understanding of these issues. The blog also aims to highlight some of IBSS’s hidden treasures, thus showing users how to get more out of using the database.
We welcome comments on our blog posts, particularly from anyone involved in the social sciences, including undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers, academics and librarians. Whether you wish to comment on posts, share information about resources you’ve found useful, or ask questions about searching, do feel free to join in. Blog visitors can also suggest a topic to be covered in the future or volunteer to be a guest author.
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The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an important online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research and is produced at the London School of Economics and Political Science. It includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles, books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. IBSS focuses mainly on the four core social science disciplines – anthropology, economics, politics and sociology – but it also covers a number of interdisciplinary subjects, such as development studies, human geography and environment and gender studies. IBSS is especially strong on international material with 25 per cent of references in languages other than English. Over 2,800 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books included each year. Abstracts are included for 80% of current journal articles. Further details on coverage and details about support materials are available on the IBSS website.
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