Social Sciences Subject Guide
Article Indexes
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Social Sciences Abstracts Indexes over 600 periodicals in anthropology, economics, ethnic studies, feminist studies, geography, human services, international relations, law and criminology, police science, political science, population studies, psychology, public administration, public health, social work, sociology, urban studies, and related social science subjects. Coverage: indexing from 1983 and abstracts from 1994. Updated weekly.
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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database that indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines, and selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Disciplines include: anthropology, history, industrial relations, information & library science, law, philosophy, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public health, social issues, social work, sociology, urban studies, women's studies. Because the information about each article includes the article's cited reference list (or bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work. Coverage is from 1956 to present. Please LOGOFF, so others may use the database.
Alternative Press Index Indexes and selectively abstracts international and interdisciplinary alternative (mostly radical and left) periodicals, newspapers, and magazines covering cultural, economic, political, and social change. Coverage 1991-present. For earlier years, see the Alternative Press Index Archive. Updated quarterly.
Print: Z 7164 .S66 A4x (Ref) 1969-present.
Alternative Press Index Archive Indexes about 300 alternative, radical and left journals, newspapers, and magazines covering cultural, economic, political, and social change. Coverage 1960-1990.
America: History and Life Indexes and abstracts 2,100 journals, book and media reviews, and dissertations about the history and culture of the US and Canada. Searches by subject, author, title, time period, or document type. Coverage from 1964 to the present. Updated monthly.
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Anthropology Plus Provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, and edited works in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture and interdisciplinary studies.
Previously Anthropological Literature and Anthropological Index Online.
Contemporary Women's Issues Full-text access to information on women around the world from a variety of journals and other publications gathered from nonprofit groups as well as governmental agencies. Coverage is from 1990 to the present.
Criminal Justice Abstracts Comprehensive coverage of journals, books, and reports from governmental and private sources about criminology and related disciplines. Subjects include crime trends, prevention, deterrence, delinquency, police, and courts. Coverage from 1968 to the present.
EconLit Indexes and abstracts over 400 journals and over 700 essay collections and other publications in economics from 1969 to the present. Updated monthly.
Ethnic NewsWatch Index and full-text to over 250 ethnic newspapers, magazines and journals in both English and Spanish. Major area of focus is ethnic area studies, but also covers arts, business, education, environment, history, journalism, political science, and sociology. Coverage from 1985.
HarpWeek Full-text as well as images from the important American magazine Harper's Weekly. Coverage: 1857-1912.
Historical Abstracts Indexes and abstracts over 2,100 journals, books, and dissertations in world history, excluding the US and Canada, from 1450 to the present. Searches by subject, author, title, time period, or document type. Coverage: 1955 to present. Updated monthly.
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Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective Indexes core journals published in the 20th century in North America and Europe. Coverage 1907-1984.
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Left Index Indexes liberal and progressive literature both inside and outside academe. Besides politics, many other subjects are included, such as economics, labor, the environment, women's studies, race, and others. Coverage: 1982-present.
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Summarizes more than 170,000 publications, including Federal, State and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles and unpublished research on all aspects of criminal justice. Coverage: 1975 - present.
Project Muse Project MUSE offers nearly 250 journal titles from some 40 scholarly publishers in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, economics, and others.
Social Work Abstracts Index of over 45,000 citations to journal articles in social work and related fields produced by the National Association of Social Workers. Also includes the latest edition of the NASW Clinical Register. Coverage is from 1977 to the present.
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Print: HV 1 .N3x (Ref) 1977-1993
Sociological Abstracts Indexes an international selection of publications in sociology and related disciplines from over 1,800 journals, serials, books, conference papers, and dissertations. Indexing and abstracting from 1952, and cited references with links from 2001. Updated monthly.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts An index with abstracts to articles from over 1,100 international journals in political science and related disciplines. Includes book reviews. Based on the Political Science Abstracts from Plenum and ABC POL SCI from ABC-CLIO. Coverage: 1975 to the present. Updated monthly.
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