Databases and Indexes
Social Sciences:
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- RefWorks
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- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Coverage: 1965-present. Database of documents and articles related to child abuse and neglect.
- Criminal Justice Abstracts
- Coverage: 1988-1998. Index to the scholarly and professional journals in criminal justice studies. Reference area print index.
- Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
- Comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals which provides research support for students interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security. The database includes abstracts and indexing for over 235 titles, with more than 80 available in full-text. [Proquest]
- Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
- Coverage: 1975-present. Updated 3 times per year. Index to journals in criminal justice and police science. Closed stacks.
- Exceptional Child Education Resources
- Coverage: 1983-1998. An index to journal articles, books, dissertations, and nonprint media related to disabilities and giftedness. Reference area print index.
- JSTOR
- Journal archives across the curriculum. The individual titles can be found in NKUIRE.
- PAIS [Public Affairs Information Service]
- Coverage: 1960-present. Indexes literature on public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, and reports of public, intergovernmental, and private organizations from all over the world. Reference area print index.
- Population Index
- Coverage: 1996-1998. International index to demographic and population studies journals. Reference area print index.
- Project Muse
- Coverage: 1995-present. Full text of over 100 scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, from Johns Hopkins University Press, Duke University Press, Oxford University Press, and others. Search full text across all journals in the database or in selected journal titles. Individual titles listed in NKUIRE.
- 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.
Anthropology:
- Anthropological Literature
- The most comprehensive international resource for the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research. The database indexes articles, reports, commentaries, and obituaries found in approximately 4,000 journals and monographic series.
- Anthropological Literature
- Coverage: 1989-present. Updated quarterly. Indexes journals in the fields of archaeology, physical and biological anthropology, cultural and social anthropology, linguistics, and related fields. International coverage. Reference area print index.
Psychology:
- PsychArticles
- Contains full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals with the exception of advertisements and editorial board lists. In 2006, the historical backfiles of the journals were added to the database.
- Also: PsychArticles Advanced Searching Interface
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
- This database provides coverage of nearly 500 full-text journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full-text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. [from EBSCO & KYVL]
- PsycInfo
- Contains more than 1.8 million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which dates back to the 1800s, includes international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals in over 30 languages. More than 60,000 records are added each year. [from EBSCO & KYVL]
Social Work:
- 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 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]
Sociology:
- 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]
Women's Studies:
- Contemporary Women's Issues
- Covers sources (periodical and nonperiodical) published by more than 100 organizations around the world. Focuses on timely and relevant topics and meaningful issues for women, including health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more. [from FirstSearch]
- 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.
- 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.
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