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ProQuest
Social Science Journals - ProQuest CSA
1990s-
Updated Daily
Provides access to a variety of social science journals. The database
includes over 510 titles, with more than 280 available in full text.
Coverage extends back to the early 1990s. Search Guide
ProQuest Sociology - ProQuest 1985 -
ProQuest Sociology provides access to the full-text of more than 310 journals in sociology and social work. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts. The coverage of the international literature of sociology and social work includes culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and more topics. Search Guide
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences - ProQuest 1951 -
An essential online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research, IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It provides broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,800 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books are included each year. Abstracts are provided for half of all current journal articles and full text availability is continually increasing. Search Guide
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts - ProQuest 1987-
An indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional. ASSIA currently contains over 470,000 records from over 500 journals published in 16 different countries, including the UK and US. Search Guide
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts - ProQuest 1973-
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. In addition to abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations, citations to book reviews are drawn from over 1,500 serials publications. Search Guide
Anthropological
Index Online - Royal Anthropological Inst. 1970-
Updated Monthly
Searchable database of The Anthropological Index to Current Periodicals
in the Museum of Mankind Library (incorporating the former Royal
Anthropological Institute library). WWW
The
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology - Blackwell Reference
2007
The reference for students, researchers, librarians, and academics
in the field. This 11-volume set includes 1800 entries written and edited
by an international team of the world's best scholars and teachers.
ScienceResearch.com
- Deep Web Technologies, LLC
Current File Updated Monthly
ScienceResearch.com is a free, publicly available Internet web portal
that searches thousands of high-quality journals and databases and ranks
results by relevance on a single results page. Some full text is available
but most citations include only a brief abstract. Subject areas covered
include Astronomy, Biology & Nature, Chemistry, Computers & Technology,
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, General Science,
Health & Medicine, Materials Science, Mathematics,
Physics, and Social Sciences.
PNAS
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS
1915-
Updated Weekly
Provides searchable access to the entire full text backfiles of PNAS
- one of the world's most-cited multidisciplinary scientific serials. Since
its establishment in 1914, PNAS continues to publish cutting-edge research
reports, commentaries, reviews, perspectives, colloquium papers, and actions
of the Academy. Coverage in PNAS spans the biological, physical, and social
sciences.
RePEc: Research
Papers In Economics - University of Connecticut
Current file
Updated Weekly
The largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and available
freely on the Internet. Over 325,000 items of research can be browsed or
searched, and over 225,000 can be downloaded in full text - some subcriptions
required. This site is part of a large volunteer effort to enhance the
free dissemination of research in Economics, RePEc. Includes working
papers, articles, and software components.
NBER
Working Papers - National Bureau of Economic Research
Current File Updated Monthly
Searchable database of papers on economics in numerous fields.
NBER
Working Papers on Corporate Finance - National Bureau of Economic Research
Current File Updated Monthly
Concentrates on the causes and effects of financing arrangements used
by corporations. The group also studies corporate governance, relations
between banks and corporations in different countries, and the effects
of leveraged buyouts on profits, spending on research and development,
and employment.
NBER
Working Papers on Economics of Education - National Bureau of
Economic Research Current File Updated Monthly
Analyzes numerous aspects of the virtual circle between economic analysis
and policy innovation because economics is the inspiration for, or intertwined
with, many policies: school choice, accountability, savings and aid plans
for college, incentive pay for teachers, reducing the barriers of entry
into teaching, and so on.
NBER
Working Papers on Industrial Organization - National Bureau of
Economic Research Current File Updated Monthly
Conducts empirical studies of firm behavior and government regulation.
Members of the program also examine competition and pricing behavior in
specific industries.
NBER
Working Papers on International Trade and Investment - National
Bureau of Economic Research Current File
Updated Monthly
The International Trade and Investment (ITI) Program does research
on patterns of international trade and foreign direct investment; policies
designed to influence the level of trade and investment; and their consequences
on importing and exporting countries, such as for their wages, growth,
the environment, and so on.
Other Periodical Indexes and Databases
Academic
Search Premier - Ebsco
1975-
Updated Daily
The world's largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database
designed specifically for academic institutions. With a collection of 4,000
peer-reviewed, scholarly full text journals, this database offers critical
information from many sources found in no other database. The database
includes full-page images as well as color embedded images. Scholarly,
full text resources are provided for nearly all academic areas of study:
social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering,
language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and
ethnic studies. Search Guide | Video Tutorial
Academic
OneFile - Gale
1995-
Updated Daily
Contains more than 3,000 full text journals, including peer-reviewed
journals and reference sources with extensive coverage of the physical
sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature
and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back
to 1995. Search
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General
OneFile - Gale
1980-
Updated Daily
Provides desktop access to more than 6,000 full text periodical titles
including 121 wire services; full indexing of The New York Times, The
Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and
The Christian Science Monitor newspapers; and a total of more than
10,000 periodical titles with 25 years of backfile coverage from 1980 to
present. The database uses the same search engine as our other InfoTrac
databases. Content includes more than 508 million records from
periodical and news content and indexing from a variety of mainstream and
specialized sources including refereed academic journals. WWW Search
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Expanded
Academic ASAP - IAC
1980-
Updated Daily
Access to 3,526 journals and magazines including 2,172 in full text.
WWW. Search
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JSTOR-
Jstor Inc.
Coverage Varies
Updated Daily
A full-text collection in PDF format of retrospective issues from 162
scholarly journals of prime importance in their fields. Subject coverage
includes African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology
and Botany, Economics, Education, Finance, General Science, History,
Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population
/ Demography, Sociology, and Statistics. Dates of coverage: Varies
depending on journal title; most have a moving wall that excludes the most
recent 2-5 years of coverage. Search
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Population
Index - Princeton University 1986-1998
Updated Monthly
A searchable and browsable database containing
41,103 abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index
from 1986-1998. Population Index, published since 1935, is the primary
reference tool to the world's population literature. It presents an annotated
bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers,
and other material on population topics. WWW. Search
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