## IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

IBSS: International Bibliography of Social Sciences ​​​​​​is a database for the social science disciplines anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology, as well as related interdisciplinary fields.

What makes IBSS special is its international focus, with publications in more than 100 languages.
In IBSS you can find the following types of publications:

- journal articles

- books

- book chapters

- book reviews

### Why use IBSS?

There are two important reasons to choose IBSS:

- You search only in journals from a limited number of social science disciplines. This reduces noise and makes it easier to find relevant articles.

- You are looking for scholarly literature in languages other than English.

### How to search in IBSS:

Quick search: unstructured searching with individual keywords.

Advanced search: you can use different Boolean combinations and search in various fields such as title (of both document and publication), author, abstract, keywords, etc.

Searching: you can combine search queries, review your search history, sort the results, create alerts, build your own search commands, etc.

Thesaurus: search with your keywords in the thesaurus for exact terms and related concepts.