Specialized Databases
- Sociological abstracts This link opens in a new windowAbstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Includes citations to book reviews and abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. It includes the companion file Social Services Abstracts. Records. Searchable by author, title, keyword, descriptors, source, and 26 other fields. Covers the years 1952 to the present time. ProQuest/CSA.
- ProQuest social sciences premium collection This link opens in a new windowCovers all of the social sciences with deep coverage of sociology and politics, and extending to criminal justice, education, linguistics, and language behavior. Offers abstract and indexing files on over 14 000 titles, totaling around 15 million records. This is combined with more than 1 800 full-text scholarly journals and other sources including full-text dissertations, SSRN Political Science Research Network working papers and most recently added, sociology videos from INTELECOM. ProQuest.
- Family studies abstracts This link opens in a new windowIncludes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, and family therapy.
- APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Provides citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 99 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. The database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law, and others. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from nearly 2 000 periodicals in more than 25 languages. Can limit by publisher, publication year, publication status, publication type, document type, book type, peer reviewed, language, population group, age group, intended audience, methodology and classification codes. EBSCOhost. - Criminal justice abstracts with full text This link opens in a new windowProvides comprehensive coverage of all areas of criminal justice. Topics include criminology, probation and parole, substance abuse and addiction, history of crime, forensic sciences and investigation, criminal investigation, police and policing, corrections and prisons, criminal law and procedure, and criminal justice.
- Gale OneFile Diversity Studies This link opens in a new windowCovers ethnic and social diversity issues. Includes news sources (the largest group of publications), magazines (the second largest group of publications), and academic journals. This collection is part of the larger Academic Onefile database. Searchable by keyword, entire document, subjects, abstracts, author, brand name, company name, person name, place name, document title, etc. Coverage: 1980 to present day. Gale Cengage.
- Race relations abstracts This link opens in a new windowCovers essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Coverage is from 1975 to the present. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Race, Ethnicity & Education and Ethnic & Racial Studies.
- Social theory This link opens in a new windowProvides an extensive range of influential writings representing the most important trends of sociological thought from the eighteenth century to the present day. Offers a large selection of full text-documents that explore the complexities and interpret the nature of social behavior and organization. The author index is searchable by author, gender, year of birth, year of death, place of birth, place of death, nationality, race, religion and affiliations, and any combination of the preceding. The source index is searchable by author, source title, editor/translator, journal, source type (book, journal, or pamphlet), original language, language of this edition, publisher, publication place, year of publication, and subject headings. Alexander Street Press.
- AgeLine This link opens in a new windowContains detailed summaries of publications about older adults aged 50+ and about aging. Includes books, journal and magazine articles, research reports, dissertations, and videos. Searchable by author, title, subject, keywords, etc. publication coverage is from 1978 to the present, with selected coverage from 1966-1977. Original abstracts are generated for every citation, with index terms drawn from AgeLine's Thesaurus of Aging Terminology. Indexes over 200 journals, books, book chapters, and reports. Designed for researchers, professionals, students, and general consumers, this database addresses aging issues from individual, national, and global perspectives. EBSCOhost.
- America : history and life This link opens in a new windowIndexes articles from scholarly journals on the history of the United States and Canada only. Provides abstracts for most articles. Also includes book reviews in scholarly history journals but does not index book publications. Features: simple, advanced, and visual search features, and search alerts. The first place to look for scholarly literature on America and Canada. (N.B.: For the rest of the world, use Historical Abstracts). EBOSCOhost.
- Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America This link opens in a new windowIndexes popular and scholarly journal articles, essays, indigenous/First People's newspapers, books, and book reviews on all aspects of indigenous people of North America. Contains citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Covers history, biography, anthropology, politics, literature, governance, gaming, culture, archaeology, and many other fields. Searchable fields include author, title, abstract, keyword, people, company, geographic terms, and publication. EBSCOhost.
- Gale OneFile Gender Studies This link opens in a new windowProvides a collection of peer-reviewed, full-text articles in HTML and PDF format covering gay and lesbian studies, intended primarily for academic researchers. Includes academic journals, magazines, and news sources. This collection is part of the larger Academic Onefile database. Searchable by keyword, entire document, subjects, abstracts, author, brand name, company name, person name, place name, document title, etc. Coverage: 1980 to present day. Gale Cengage.
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) abstracts database This link opens in a new windowContains summaries of U.S. and international publications, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, audiovisual presentations, and unpublished research on criminal and juvenile justice and drug control. Excludes most legal decisions, opinions, and statutes. Intended to meet the needs of criminal justice professionals, researchers, policymakers, and technical and legal experts. Unique elements of the collection include agency-produced documents and final grant reports of the Office of Justice Programs sponsored research. Documents are either written in English or have an English-language summary. No print version of the database is produced. Covers 1972 to the present. ProQuest
- Psychology & behavioral sciences collection This link opens in a new windowProvides a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, education, social work, sociology, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. A subset of Academic Search Complete. Searchable by author, title, subject, geographic term, abstract, and journal name. EBSCOhost.
- African American Communities This link opens in a new windowFocuses predominantly on Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and towns and cities in North Carolina presenting multiple aspects of the African American community through pamphlets, newspapers and periodicals, correspondence, official records, reports and in-depth oral histories, revealing the prevalent challenges of racism, discrimination and integration, and a unique African American culture and identity. Key themes covered are desegregation, urban renewal and housing problems, civil rights activities and protests, race relations and community integration, and African American culture from the mid-19th to the late 20th century. Adam Matthew Digital.
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