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Complete List of Sociology Databases

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Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstract (ASSIA)

An indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional.(CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Contemporary Women's Issues

Full-text coverage of over 1500 sources published by more than 200 organizations around the world from 1992 to the present. Sources provide information dealing with women's issues in over 190 nations. Maximum number of simultaneous users: 4. (Responsive Database Services) Database Help More info

Criminal Justice Abstracts

Comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Dissertations

EBSCO Academic

Indexing and abstracts for over 8000 publications with full-text for over half of the publications. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help

eHRAF

"The Human Relations Area files in Ethnography includes 250,000 pages of primary source material in ethnography, and the collection in Archeology covers more than 28 major archeological traditions with more than 40,000 pages of primary source material (including the full-text of journal articles, dissertations and manuscripts)." (Human Area Relations File)

Ethnic NewsWatch

Full-text database providing access to articles that appeared in 200 publications of the ethnic, minority and native press. 400,000+ complete articles dating back to 1990. Database Help More info

GenderWatch

Includes 125 international publications plus reports, pamphlets, papers and conference proceedings devoted to women and gender issues. Archival material dating back to the mid 1970's. Database Help More info

The Gerritsen Collection -- Women's History Online 1543-1945

The Gerritsen Collection covers women's rights and feminist resources by providing two million page images exactly as they appeared in the original printed books and articles. More info

Health and Psychosocial Instruments

HAPI provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. (Ovid) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

JSTOR

Full-text articles from journals in a variety of disciplines, from the journals' first issues through the late 1990's. (Acrobat Reader needed to print.) Database Help More info

The Left Index

"The Left Index is a[n] ... index to the contents of periodicals of the left. Journals selected for inclusion in the index have a Marxist, radical or left perspective..." More info

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

Summaries of more than 150,000 publications on criminal justice, including government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Periodicals Index Online

Indexes the contents of older issues (1770-1995) of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. (Chadwyck-Healey) More info

Political Science Abstracts

Indexes articles from over 300 essential political science journals. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database HelpMore info

Polling the Nations

Polling the Nations is an online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 400,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the U.S. and 80 other countries. (ORS Publishing) Database Help More info

Project MUSE (mirror site)

Full-text of articles from 1990 forward in over 275 journals covering Arts, Sciences (including medicine and mathematics), Humanities and Social Sciences. More info

ProQuest Digital Dissertations

Formerly known as Dissertations Abstracts International. Contains 1.6 million citations for dissertations and theses from over 1,000 graduate schools. Provides indexing back to 1861 and full-text availability to titles back to 1997 (full-text availability varies by author's institution). Free full-text downloads can be sent to an email account. Database Help More info

ProQuest Direct

Includes a cross-section of general periodicals, ABI/INFORM business periodicals, and several national newspapers in full-text. (ProQuest) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

ScienceDirect

Indexing to journal articles in over 1,100 key scientific, technical, medical and social science journals published by Elsevier. Full-text access to articles in journals to which U of L subscribes to the print version. More info

Social Sciences Index

Index to articles in the social sciences. (H.W. Wilson) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Social Sciences Citation Index

Indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines in the social sciences. Includes and is searchable by references cited in each article. Maximum number of simultaneous users: 13 (split between Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Journal Citation Reports). (ISI's Web of Science) Database Help More info

Social Work Abstracts Plus

Coverage of more than 450 journals in Social Work and related areas. (SilverPlatter) Database Help More info

Sociological Abstracts

Abstracts to articles from 2,300 journals on all aspects of sociology. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database HelpMore info

Sociological Collection

The Sociological Collection is a comprehensive database with nearly 570 full text titles. This database provides information on all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

Statistical Universe

Contains statistical data produced by the U.S. government; important international intergovernmental organizations; professional and trade organizations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities. (Lexis-Nexis) More info

WorldCat

Books and other materials in libraries worldwide. (FirstSearch) Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

 

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