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Social Sciences - Research Skills - Intermediate

In this course you will learn how to determine your need for information; find information effectively and efficiently; check information carefully; process and save information.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

IBSS, the International Bibliography of Social Sciences, is a key bibliographical database in the field of Social Sciences. In IBSS you will find more than three million references to publications of the following types:

  • Journal articles
  • Books
  • Book chapters
  • Book reviews

You can search IBSS in a number of ways:

  • Quick search: using individual words without any structure
  • Advanced search: you can generate a variety of Boolean combinations, search within specific fields like title (of document or publication) , author, abstract, key words and so on.
  • Searching: you can combine search actions, consult your own search history, generate alerts, generate your own search commands and so on.
  • Thesaurus: you can search with a thesaurus of terms or a thesaurus of places.