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Social Work Abstracts 1977 - present Social Work Abstracts contains citations and abstracts to articles from more than 450 journals in the areas of the social work profession, theory and practice, areas of service, social issues, and ... Access Database Social Work Abstracts

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Family & Society Studies Worldwide 1970 - present Family & Society Studies Worldwide provides comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare... Access Database Family & Society Studies Worldwide
PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts) 1800s - present This database from the American Psychological Association (APA) contains more than three million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical repor... Access Database PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts)
Social Services Abstracts Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community devel... Access Database Social Services Abstracts
Social Work Abstracts 1977 - present Social Work Abstracts contains citations and abstracts to articles from more than 450 journals in the areas of the social work profession, theory and practice, areas of service, social issues, and ... Access Database Social Work Abstracts
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO) 1895 - SocINDEX with Full Text includes full text for 397 "core coverage" sociology journals dating back to 1908 and 150 "priority coverage" journals. It also includes full text for more than 720 books an... Access Database SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
Sociological Abstracts 1952 - present The Sociological Abstracts database indexes and abstracts 2,000 worldwide journals in sociology. Relevant dissertations have been added since 1986. Also included is the Social Planning Policy and D... Access Database Sociological Abstracts

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African American Newspapers (1827-1998) 1827 - 1998 Full text searchable newspaper covergage of approximately 270 U.S newspapers documenting the African American experience in Americafrom the early 19th century to the end of the 20th century. Access Database African American Newspapers (1827-1998)
Ethnic NewsWatch 1960 - present Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW) features newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. With titles dating fr... Access Database Ethnic NewsWatch
Newspaper Source Plus Newspaper Source Plus includes 1,520 full-text newspapers, providing more than 28 million full-text articles. The database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers such as The Boston G... Access Database Newspaper Source Plus
Nexis Uni Dates vary Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) offers access to more than 17,000 news, legal and business sources, including print and online journals; television and radio broadcasts; newswires and blog... Access Database Nexis Uni

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Alt HealthWatch 1984 - present This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 internation... Access Database Alt HealthWatch
American Indian Experience "Pre-contact" - present The American Indian Experience is a portal and full-text online library of more than 150 titles; hundreds of primary documents and images, including treaties, speeches, traditional tales, and capti... Access Database American Indian Experience
APA Style Guide to Electronic References This guide (in PDF format) is adapted from the 6th edition Publication Manual of the APA; up-to-date guide to formatting electronic references in APA Style. Outlines key elements for referencing el... Access Database APA Style Guide to Electronic References
CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Nursing and Allied Health Literature) 1937 - present CINAHL (Nursing and Allied Health) Plus with Full Text provides indexing for approximately 4,500 journals, covering the subjects of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/... Access Database CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Dates Vary CMMC incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals to crea... Access Database Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC)
CountryWatch 1993 - present NOTE: This database was cancelled effective, June 1, 2020. CountryWatch is a combination of textual and statistical sources on more than 190 countries. Lengthy Country Reviews give a complete histo... Access Database CountryWatch
EconLit 1969 - EconLit indexes and abstracts more than 300 scholarly English language journals, dissertations, working papers, and books in the field of economics. Also included are the full-text of book reviews ... Access Database EconLit
Encyclopedia of Human Rights The five-volume Encyclopedia of Human Rights, edited by David Forsythe, offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history in over 300 entries signed by... Access Database Encyclopedia of Human Rights
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Filmakers Library Online 1970s to 2011 (approximately) Interdisciplinary resource of over 1,000 issue-based documentaries and independent films from the U.S. and other countries. Topics include: race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and ... Access Database Filmakers Library Online
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) 1985 - HaPI is a database of evaluation and measurement tools designed to facilitate health and psychosocial studies. The measurement instruments available include questionnaires, checklists, index measur... Access Database Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)
Health Source: Consumer Edition 1984 - Health Source: Consumer Edition is a consumer-health database providing access to nearly 80 full-text consumer health magazines covering nutrition, exercise, medical self-care, drugs and alcohol, a... Access Database Health Source: Consumer Edition
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Current (2015) The International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences is a fully revised and updated second edition of the 2001 publication. It includes nearly 4000 articles curated by 71 section edit... Access Database International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text (IIBPFT) 1998 - present IIBP Full Text includes current and selective retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from more than 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the United State... Access Database International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text (IIBPFT)
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Dates Vary JSTOR is a full-text journal database which provides access to more than 1,200 titles in the fields of African-American studies, anthropology, architecture, Asian studies, biological sciences, bota... Access Database JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive
Mental Measurements Yearbook With Tests In Print 1989 - The MMY contains descriptive information and full-text reviews of commercially published English-language tests. It covers more than 1850 standardized educational, personality, vocational aptitude,... Access Database Mental Measurements Yearbook With Tests In Print
Opposing Viewpoints in Context 1990 - present Opposing Viewpoints in Context draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to pr... Access Database Opposing Viewpoints in Context
PAIS (Public Affairs) 1972 - present Public Affairs Information Service indexes more than 900 journals; books; government documents; statistical compilations; committee reports; directories; serials; reports of public, intergovernment... Access Database PAIS (Public Affairs)
Professional Development Collection 1965 - present The database provides a highly specialized collection of electronic information especially for professional educators. This collection offers information on everything from children's health and de... Access Database Professional Development Collection
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global 1637 - present ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global includes millions of doctoral dissertations in all subject areas completed at over 700 academic institutions worldwide. Some masters theses are also included.... Access Database ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
PsycARTICLES 1894 - present The PsycARTICLES® database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 150,000 searchable full text a... Access Database PsycARTICLES
PubMed 1950 - present PubMed, developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), provides free access to MEDLINE, a database of more than 11 million bibliographic citations and abstracts from nearly 4,500 journals in ... Access Database PubMed
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Sustainability Science Abstracts 2003 - present Sustainability Science Abstracts is now part of the Agricultural and Environmental Science Database. This database covers all aspects of sustainable development, human population and demography to... Access Database Sustainability Science Abstracts
Web of Science Arts & Humanities, 1975 to present; Science, 1900 to present; 1965 - for Science; Social Sciences, 1900 to present; Conferences, 1990 to present The Web of Science is a combination of three databases: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Conference Proceedings Citation Index (... Access Database Web of Science
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 - 2000 Women and Social Movements is divided into document projects that interpret and present materials, many of which are not otherwise available online, in U.S. history and U.S. women's history. Each d... Access Database Women and Social Movements in the United States

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