Sociological
Abstracts
Citations and abstracts to journal articles and books in
sociology and related disciplines (anthropology, economics,
education, medicine, philosophy, social psychology, etc.) from 2500
journals in 30 languages, 1963 to present. Also included are
abstracts of sociological conference papers, relevant dissertation
listings, and citations to book reviews.
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CAB
Abstracts
Indexes books, articles, conference proceedings, annual
reports, etc. on agricultural literature in the broadest sense. Of
particular interest to sociology is the indexing of materials on
rural sociology and development, and tourism, especially in
developing countries. Covers 1990 to the present.
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Contemporary
Women's Issues
A full-text database that includes book and media reviews,
articles from journals and magazines, columns, editorials,
interviews, speeches, and research reports on present day women's
issues.
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Ethnic
Newswatch
A searchable collection of full-text articles from the
newspapers, magazines and journals of ethnic communities in the
United States, 1990 to the present. Most articles are in English, but
those from Hispanic periodicals are in Spanish.
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Expanded
Academic Index ASAP
References to articles in more than 1500 scholarly journals
and general interest magazines in the social sciences, humanities,
and non-technical sciences. 1980 to the present. Many articles in
full-text. Useful especially to identify very current publications in
major academic journals and general magazines. Includes book reviews.
Retrieval can be limited to peer review academic titles.
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Lexix-Nexis
Academic Universe
A huge web-based full-text news and information service with
date coverage from 1980-present. Of the five sections, the most
useful for sociology probably are: News (hundreds of
newspapers from all over the world in full text), and
Reference (biographical information, country profiles, polls
and surveys supplied by the Roper Public Opinion Organization,
quotations, state profiles, and the World Almanac). The
other sections are: Business, Legal, and
Medical.
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PAIS International
Especially useful to identify literature on public and social
policy worldwide. It includes citations to and abstracts of journal
articles, books, government documents, internet sites, statistical
compilations, directories, and reports of public, private and
intergovernmental organizations, 1972 to the
present.
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Population
Index
The database contains 46,035 abstracts of demographic
literature published in Population Index between 1986 and
1999. Materials indexed include books, journal articles, working
papers, and other materials on population topics. The database will
not be updated in the forseeable future.
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Statistical
Universe
Identifies by citation and abstract statistical information
from the U.S. federal government (1973- ), state governments and
private organizations (1980- ), and international and
intergovernmental organizations (1983- ). Some records include a link
to the full text, for others check the Library's catalog. A second
file available is the full text of the current issue of the
Statistical Abstract of the United States.
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STAT-USA
A service of the U.S. Department of
Commerce that provides business, economic, and trade information from
the Federal Government. There are three sections: State of the
Nation, National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), and GLOBUS (Global Business
Opportunities). The State of the Nation provides current and
historical data on the U.S. domestic economy. Economic indicators
included are General (consumer prices, producer prices, gross
domestic product, national income), Housing and Construction,
Employment, Manufacturing and Industry, Monetary Statistics, and
Economic Policy.
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Social
Sciences Citation Index
Bibliographic and citation data for more than 1,725 journals
in the social sciences 1993 to the present. Part of the Web of
Science database. Contains searchable author abstracts form
approximately 60% of the articles in the database. Especially useful
in identifying by citation search, who is currently refering to
specific older articles.
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