Social Sciences Subject Heading Scope Note Selector E-Journal Only
         
  Anthropology The study of human beings and communities in physical, social, material, and cultural contexts. Major subfields are cultural anthropology (human culture, especially with respect to social structure, language, law, politics, cognition, religion, magic, art, and technology), and physical anthropology (comparative study of human evolution, variation, and classification). See also Archaeology. Kathy Creely  
         
  Archaeology The interpretation of past human life and societies through the scientific study of material remains. At UCSD, there is a special research emphasis on the archaeology of the Middle East. Kathy Creely  
         
  Business   Adele Barsh  
         
  Cognitive Science An interdisciplinary field that concerns itself with the brain, behavior and capacity of mathematical and computer systems to model cognition and neural phenomena Alice Perez  
         
  Communication Interdisciplinary study of how communication systems in all forms (mass media and use of language) shape economic, social, political, and cultural life. Includes journalism, broadcast media, other performance media, telecommunications, and computer-mediated communication. Excludes business communication and rhetoric and strictly technical treatment of telecommunication and computer networks Elliot Kanter  
         
  Data (Social Sciences)   Berenica Vejvoda  
         
  Economics   Adele Barsh  
         
  Education   Alice Perez  
         
  Environmental Studies Environmental engineering, pollution, remediation Rebecca Hyde (SSH), Deborah Kegel (S&E), Jeff Williams (BML)  
         
  Geography Geography--includes all aspects of geography, cartography, mapping, and related literature. Mike Smith  
         
  Geographic Information Systems (GIS)   Tracey Hughes  
         
  History of Science   Sam Dunlap  
         
  Human Development   Marlo Young  
         
  International Studies   Annelise Sklar  
         
  Law   Annelise Sklar  
         
  Library and Information Science     E-journal only
         
  Marine Affairs and Policy All political or legal aspects of the marine environment, including coastal zone management, law of the sea, government policy, international laws and conventions, exclusive economic zone. Peter Brueggeman
         
  Military and Naval Science     E-journal only
         
  Miscellanea Use for social sciences journals that are not broadly based but for which no other tertiary headings are appropriate   E-journal only
         
  Paranormal     E-jounral only
         
  Political Science   Annelise Sklar  
         
  Population Studies     E-journal only
         
  Psychology The science that deals with the experimental and theoretical analysis of human and animal behavior. UCSD programs focus primarily on human information processing, sensation and perception, learning and motivation, as well as developmental psychology and social psychology Alice Perez  
         
  Social Sciences (General) Use for social sciences journals that are broadly based and do not have any other appropriate tertiary headings   E-journal only
         
  Sociology The study of societies and human groups: their composition, organization, culture, and development - from social interaction in everyday life to changes on a global scale. Includes social movements, third world development, sexuality studies, mass media, suicide, ethnic relations, law, violence, and more. Alanna Aiko Moore  
         
  Tourism     E-journal only
         
  Transportation     E-journal only
         
  Urban Studies and Planning   Rebecca Hyde  
         

rev. 2/27/08
Elliot Kanter