Thomson Reuters launches Century of Social Sciences

Called Century of Social Sciences, the set of research delivers comprehensive backfile and cited reference data from 1900 to 1955. Researchers, faculty, authors, and students can access information dating back to the beginning of the 20th century and track research trends, authors, and articles over the entire century, and also identify seminal studies that form the basis for today's research.

Century of Social Sciences also features extensive coverage of high-impact psychology journals, including key titles associated with Sigmund Freud.

The available social science journals represent a collection of the oldest and most prestigious sources in their respective fields, from over 300 prestigious journals. Full bibliographic and cited reference data is available in disciplines such as communication, education, geography, history, law, political science, and public health.

Thomson Reuters’ The Web of Science, available on the ISI Web of Knowledge platform, provides researchers, administrators, faculty, and students with quick, powerful access to the world's leading citation databases. When combined with existing Web of Science backfiles, this selected and evaluated collection provides users the most influential scientific research information from the 20th century.

Calling the backfiles, a comprehensive and valued archive of data, Keith MacGregor, executive vice president at Thomson Reuters said: "This archive of social sciences data - available nowhere else - continues in the tradition of Century of Science, which was released in 2004.

According to the intelligent information provider, the published research during the first half of the 20th century is reflective of the great changes of the period. The ability to search this information in one place, across many disciplines of the social sciences, following paths forward and backward in time through cited reference navigation, and with links to archival full text makes for a simply invaluable resource for academic study at all levels.

In addition to tracking trends, authors, institutions, and journals in the social sciences and identifying how past ideas became the basis for today’s findings, researchers can also prove the impact of their research findings by citing respected works from the past; identify; produce high quality papers that reflect how past work forms the context for today’s knowledge; and learn how and when problems and ideas were first encountered.