Databases
Databases are computerized subject guides to magazines, journals, newspapers, and other materials. For more choices than those listed below, go to the University Libraries home page, then click on Databases.
PsycINFO
(EBSCO)
- Indexes 1300 periodicals, book chapters and books in psychology and related disciplines such as sociology.
- Large number of foreign language titles. The University Libraries own many of the core, English-language titles.
- 1872 to present
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- Articles from more than 1,800 scholarly and popular science, health, social sciences and humanities periodicals, two-thirds of them full text
- Includes pamphlets and some newspapers
- Very good source of information on HDFS topics
- 1984 to date. Full text since 1990
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SocIndex with Full Text (SIFT) (EBSCO)
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Offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence and many others.
- Covers articles from over 4,000 journals and the full text of more than 700 books and thousands of conference papers
- Abstracts of some of the core journals date as far back as 1895.
Child Development and Adolescent Studies (BilioLine)
- Covers materials relating to the growth and development of children through the age of 21.
- Included are book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals, and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations that cover the biomedical and social sciences worldwide.
- 1927 to present
- Citations, abstracts and some full-text for several thousand English-language general periodicals and scholarly journals dealing with all subject areas including sociology, social work, and family studies.
- Covers a wide range of current events, news, and scholarly articles with emphasis on business, law, and technology.
- Most materials available in the University Libraries.
- 1980 to present; full text varies by title
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
- Our largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database.
- Abstracts and indexes over 7,900 journals (over 6,175 of those are peer-reviewed).
- Provides the full text of over 4,500 journals (over 3,600 of those are peer-reviewed).
- About one third of the journals cover the social sciences, including sociology, social work, and family studies.
- Dates of coverage vary by title; full text for about one-third of the journals since 1990.
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Education
Full Text (Wilson)
- Indexes almost 500 English-language periodicals and yearbooks as well as some books.
- Strong on educational and psychological topics including child care, preschool education and child development.
- More complete coverage of individual journals than ERIC.
- Citations since 1983, abstracts since 1994, full-text since 1996
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- Citation and abstract information for 750 educational journals and over 400,000 research and technical reports on every aspect of education including infant and child development and school-family relationships.
- Most major EJ journals available in print or as full-text electronic journals in other databases.
- Most ERIC Documents (ED) are on microfiche in the Documents/Microforms area on 2nd Floor Main
- 1966 to present; Many recent ED publications available in full text
- More info on ERIC via EBSCO
- More info on ERIC via Institute of
Education Sciences
PsycArticles (EBSCO)
- Full text of about 50 journals from the Amer. Psychological Assn, Canadian Psychological Assn, and Hogrefe & Huber Publishers. These journals are also indexed in PsycINFO above
- Covers all aspects of psychology. Includes related areas such as marriage and family therapy, divorce and remarriage, and childrearing.
- Mainly 1988 to present but varies by title
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Family & Society Studies Worldwide (BiblioLine)
- Over 180,000 bibliographic records and abstracts drawn from over 1,000 professional journals as well as books, popular literature, conference papers, and government reports.
- Includes research, policy and practice literature in the fields of family science, human ecology and human development.
- Considerable Australian material. Limited number of indexed materials available in the University Libraries.
- 1970 to present
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Child Abuse, Child Welfare, and Adoption Database (BiblioLIne)
- Covers the maltreatment, safety, permanency, and well-being of children.
- Provides citations and abstracts to books, journal articles, final reports from federally-funded grant, conference papers, unpublished papers, reports on completed or continuing research, as well as descriptions of service programs and prevention and treatment strategies.
- Focuses on the United States
- 1965 to date
- Mix of 2,500 scholarly and popular journals, many full-text, from a variety of disciplines including sociology, psychology and family studies.
- 1971 to present
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- Over 33,000 abstracts of periodical articles and dissertations on social work and related disciplines such as child and family welfare, sociology, crime and delinquency, and community health.
- International in scope. Some foreign language materials.
- Major journals in these fields available in the University Libraries.
- 1977 to present
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- Abstracts for over 2,000 journals plus books, conference papers, book reviews, and other materials in sociology, social psychology, social work, community development, criminal justice, demography and feminist studies.
- International in scope. Many foreign language titles.
- Major journals in these fields available in the University Libraries.
- 1963 to present
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- Indexes more than 8,100 peer-reviewed science and social science journals cover-to-cover, providing complete bibliographic data, full-length author abstracts, and cited references.
- The citation databases contain the references cited by the authors of the journal articles they cover. You can use these cited references as search terms. A cited reference search enables you to use a published work that you know to find other, later works that cite it.
- In addition to cited reference searching, you can search these databases by topic, author, source title, and address.
- Indexes articles, bibliographies, book reviews, editorials, letters, meeting abstracts, notes, review papers, reviews of software, and more
- Includes Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index.
- 1985 to date
Human Development and Family Studies Resources
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