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America: History & Life can be used to look for historical antecedents to contemporary social issues, as well as scholarly examinations of somewhat recent historical events

Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) contains databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies. It includes CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index.

For topics related to gender and sexuality, GenderWatch provides a deeper dive than ProQuest Social Science Journals. In addition to scholarly journals, it includes magazines, newspapers, regional publications, and reports from government agencies and non-governmental organizations

Note: This is an upgrade from Historical Abstracts.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). It includes journals in the social and humanities sciences, covering 1953-present.

Proquest Social Science covers a wide array of disciplines including Sociology, Economics, Policy Studies, Social Work, and Education, making it a good "one-stop" source for academic information on social issues