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The databases below are subject guides to journals, magazines, newspapers, and so on. For more choices see the Library home page.
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- SocIndex with Full Text (SIFT) (EBSCO)-Coverage: all areas of sociology including criminology and criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, social development, social work, substance abuse, violence, etc.
-Considerable full text
-Abstracts from as far back as 1895; some full text from recent years - PsycINFO (EBSCO)-Some full text of journals and book chapters in psychology and related disciplines
-Selected topics: motivational and behavioral assessment, social psychology, community mental health, sociological factors affecting behavior, ect.
-Cited references: show citations or links to full text journal articles citing previously published items
-Dates of coverage: 1872+ - Humanities and Social Science Retrospective-Predecessor to SIFT covering older core social science journals
-Citations only. No full text
-Dates of coverage: 1907-1984 - JSTOR-Excellent full-text database covering hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities including most of the mainstream sociology journals
-Coverage begins with the first issue but does not include the last 1-7 years
-Dates of coverage: varies by title - Sociological Abstracts-Wide-ranging international coverage for journals, books, conference papers, and other materials
-1963+ - Lexis-Nexis Academic-Full-text articles from worldwide newspapers, media transcripts, newsletters, journals, etc.
-Especially important for current news stories and topics dealing with a particular geographic area
-Dates of coverage: varies by title - Ethnic NewsWatch-News and cultural materials from several hundred U.S. publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press
-Full text titles offer additional viewpoints from those of the mainstream press
-Dates of coverage: full text from the 1990's with a few as far back as the 1960's - Web of Science-Indexes thousands of peer-reviewed social science and science journals
-Citation search: shows references cited by the authors of the journal articles
-Cited reference search: finds articles citing a previously published article or book
-Dates of coverage: 1955+ - Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)-Large, interdisciplinary, full-text database covering a selection of journals from every field
-Coverage varies by title with some pdf content dating back as far as 1887 - Link to All EBSCO Databases-Simultaneously search any combination of 20+ available databases such as SocIndex Full Text, PsycINFO, Child Development and Family Studies, ERIC (education), etc.
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