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Human Services

Consumer Health Complete
Provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
CQ Researcher
Offers in-depth, unbiased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on a wide range of topics.Each report is investigated and written by a seasoned journalist, professionally fact-checked, and footnoted to facilitate further research. Reports date back to 1923.
PsycARTICLES
Provides full text peer-reviewed articles published by APA and affiliated journals with current journal coverage and historical content dating back more than a century.
Social Sciences in Full Text
Covers the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences. Includes full-text articles from more than 320 journals dating back to 1972.

Culture and Ethnicity

American Indian Experience
Illuminates the histories and contemporary cultures of the Native peoples of North America.
Black Life in America
Highlights the experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today. Black Life in America offers coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day, sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.
Ethnic Diversity Source
A dedicated resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America. It provides full text from a growing list of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, e-books, biographies, and primary source documents.
Hispanic Life in America
Focuses on the experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, covering the early 18th century to the present day, sourced from more than 17,000 publications, including 700 Spanish-language newspapers and periodicals.

General

Academic OneFile
The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals, this comprehensive resource covers the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and many other subjects.
Academic Search Complete
Provides complete coverage of multidisciplinary academic journals. It supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing peer-reviewed journals, full-text periodicals, reports, books, and more. More than 9,000 full-text journals, for more than 7,800 peer-reviewed journals, dating back as far as 1887.
eBook Collection
Over 200,000 titles from leading university presses and academic publishers.
JSTOR
Over 300 titles cover humanities, literature, language, art history, education, business, and law disciplines. Dates of coverage vary by journal title. All go back to the very first issue published, but most have a "moving wall" embargo that excludes issues from the most recent 3-5 years.
Nexis Uni
Contains a large selection of sources, including full-text magazine, newspaper and journal articles, industry and company information, legal materials, medical information, and reference materials.
OmniFile full Text Select
A large of collection of multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and more.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Covers today’s hottest social issues presenting each side of a topic.
Statista
Aggregates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 18,000 sources, including market researchers, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases.

Visual Resources

Artstor Digital Library
Features a wide range of images from some of the world’s leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists.
Britannica ImageQuest
Offers nearly 3 million images rights-cleared for non-commercial, educational use and are perfect for creating exciting and visually engaging projects and presentations.
DocuSeek2
Offers access to over 800 documentary films covering a variety of topics with a focus on environmental and social justice issues.
Films on Demand
Provides access to over 35,000 educational videos covering a wide variety of disciplines.
Kanopy
Offers access to a large, curated collection of educational, entertaining, and enriching films.
Netflix Educational Documentaries
Offers a selection of Netflix original documentary features and series.

National Organizations

National Organization of Human Services (NOHS)
The National Organization for Human Services (NOHS) is a nonprofit organization representing Human Service practitioners, educators, students and future Human Service Professionals. NOHS works to support all Human Service Professionals in our primary purpose to assist individuals and communities to function as effectively as possible in all major domains of living.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services.

Colorado Organizations

Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS)
The Colorado Department of Human Services connects people with assistance, resources and support for living independently in our state. We're the people who help people. Colorado has a state-supervised and county-administered human services system. Under this system, county departments are the main provider of direct services to Colorado’s families, children and adults.
Rocky Mountain Human Services (RMHS)
Founded in 1992, Rocky Mountain Human Services is a nonprofit organization that empowers people with the resources they need to thrive, and to live the lives they envision in their communities of choice. With a staff of nearly 500 talented and dedicated employees, we support more than 15,000 Colorado residents through case management and direct service programs.