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Sage Family Studies Abstracts
Coverage: 1979-1998. Indexes journal articles on family studies, including marriage and divorce, child care, gender studies, family economics, social problems, and other topics. Reference area print index.
Sage Urban Studies Abstracts
Coverage: 1973-1998. Indexes journal articles on urban architecture and planning, environmental issues, communications and transportation, and social and political aspects of urban studies. Reference area print index.
Scientific American
The archive currently contains the entire editorial contents of Scientific American Magazine, from January 1993 through the present. The issues are presented in PDF format, which maintains the integrity of the printed page with all the graphics.
Scirus.com
Search engine for scientific information from Elsevier.
SIRS Researcher
Perfect for school and public library researchers, SIRS is a general database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues. Articles are carefully selected from domestic and international newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. Brief summaries accompany all articles added to the database since 1994. [from FirstSearch]
Standard and Poor’s Research Insight (Compustat)
Standard & Poor's most complete and current database of U.S. and Canadian public companies and indices available today. Available on Steely Library's LAN computers. Only one concurrent user. Ask at the information desk for access details.
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 development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,300+ serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. [CSA]
Social Work Abstracts
Social Work Abstracts offers extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems. [from EBSCO]
Social Work Abstracts
Coverage: 1975-present. Updated quarterly. Index to professional journals in social work. Reference area print index.
Sociological Abstracts
Covers the latest research in the fields of sociology, social sciences, and related disciplines. Abstracts and enhanced citations are available for over 1,640 journals, monographs, conference papers, and dissertations (1960-present). [CSA]
Sociological Abstracts
Coverage: 1963-present. Citations and abstracts from over 1,640 journals in the social and behavioral sciences. The print Sociological Abstracts is unabridged. Reference area print index.
Sociological Collection
Provides coverage of more than 500 full-text journals, including more than 450 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological Collection offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture, and social structure. [from EBSCO & KYVL]

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Teacher Reference Center
"Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 270 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators." [EBSCO]
Tennessee Encyclopedia
The online edition of the "Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture," a definitive and comprehensive reference work on Tennessee.
TOPICsearch
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political, and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 64,000 articles from more than 3,000 diverse sources, including nearly 1,600 full-text periodicals. [from EBSCO & KYVL]
Toxnet
"A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas."

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Ulrich's
List of periodicals in print.
USA.gov
The U.S. government's gateway to information on agency web sites.

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Value Line Investment Survey
The Value Line Investment Survey is a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks in 98 industries, the stock market, and the economy.
ViVa
A bibliography of women's and gender history in historical and women's studies journals. The entire database contains records describing articles published from 1975 onwards. For titles from 1995 onwards you can browse by year of publication.

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Wall Street Journal Index
Coverage: 1960-present. Updated monthly. Index to the Wall Street Journal. Reference area print index.
Washington Post Index
Coverage: 1960-present. Updated monthly. Index to the Washington Post. Reference area print index.
Wilson Select Plus
Articles in science, humanities, education, and business. [from FirstSearch]
WilsonWeb
Access to Art Index, Biography Reference Bank, Book Review Digest Plus, General Science Index, Humanities Index, and Library Literature.
Women's Studies Abstracts
Coverage: 1977-present. Updated quarterly. Indexes journal articles in women's studies, including history, politics and government, education, society, psychology, sports, literature, science, employment, sexuality, and other subjects. Reference area print index.
World Almanac
Includes the full text of all of the Almanac titles: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, providing key facts on a wide variety of subjects internationally; The World Almanac of the U.S.A., with essential facts about the United States - current and historical; The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, a guidebook to federal, state, and local governments; The World Almanac for Kids, covering information and facts of interest to middle-school children and teachers; and the Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, a comprehensive general encyclopedia. [from FirstSearch]
WorldCat
The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 49 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Covers information from 2100 B.C.E. to the present. Includes holdings information from libraries across the world. Now includes the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its thesaurus. Includes records produced by Connextion users. [from FirstSearch]
WorldCat Dissertations
"A database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat." [from FirstSearch]
Worldscope GLOBAL
Comprises basic financial information on public companies worldwide. Types of companies covered include industrials, utilities, transportation, banks, insurance, and others. Includes company name, telephone number, address, ticker symbol and basic stock information, SIC codes, industry classifications, and more. [from FirstSearch]

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Xreferplus
The Xreferplus database has been renamed Credo Reference.
Please see the listing for Credo Reference E-Books under Databases and Indexes "C-D" for further information.

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