Databases for Sociology
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Key Databases
- SocINDEX with Full Text
- Indexes and abstracts journal articles and books in sociology and includes the full text for a select number of titles, 1895 to present
- Social Sciences Abstracts
- Indexes and abstracts articles in over 550 international, English-language social science journals, 1983 to present
- PsycINFO
- Indexes journal literature, books, dissertations and reports in psychology, 1887 to present
- Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
- Indexes 5,000 scholarly journals across the social sciences, including 50 Disciplines. Unique feature allows access to the indexed articles' cited references (i.e. the bibliographies or reference list). Enables the researcher to see the relationships between the older cited references and the current work, 1956 to Present
Additional Databases
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- Indexes and provides full text of over 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the American ethnic press, 1960 to present, starting dates vary
- Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database
- Indexes and abstracts journal literature, books, reports and papers on the maltreatment of children, 1965 to present
- GLBT Life
- Indexes popular and scholarly journals, newspapers, books, dissertations, web sites, and multi-media publications concerning the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community, 1997 (and earlier) to present
- Homeland Security Digital Library
- Federal, state, and local documents as well as papers from think tanks, non-governmental and international agencies and organizations relating to the area of homeland security, primarily 2002 to present.
- Women's Studies International
- Indexes journal literature, books, and mixed media from 10 women's studies databases, 1972 to present
Multidisciplinary Databases
- LexisNexis Academic
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- Provides full-text news, business, industry and legal information
- Academic Search Premier
- Provides full text and indexing of thousands of journals in all academic fields. Dates vary according to publication
- InfoTrac Web
- Indexes and provides full text to thousands of journals and magazines in all fields, including academic disciplines, business, and health, 1980 to present
- WorldCat
- Books and other materials held in most academic, research and large public libraries worldwide
- Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
- Indexes over 1300 scholarly journals in a variety of subject areas and disciplines. Contains a limited number of full-text titles, 1995 to present
