Social Sciences
Number of resources: 135
ABSEES Online ![]() Principal record on North American research on Russia & Eastern Europe. Records from late 1980s - date. Materials in all formats. [more information] [ |
Academic Search Premier ![]() This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly (peer-reviewed) publications back to 1975. [more information] [ |
Academic Search Premier ![]() This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly (peer-reviewed) publications back to 1975. [more information] [ |
Access: The Supplementary Index to Periodicals ![]() Access offers indexing for approximately 85 unique popular periodicals that may not be indexed elsewhere. Abstracts Only [more information] [ |
AccessUN ![]() AccessUN provides access to bibliographic citations of current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications including:
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AccessUNDP ![]() Indexes United Nations Development Programme Project Reports issued and held by UN headquarters between the years 1972-1998. Provides access to evaluative, technical and terminal reports submitted to the UN by numerous participating and executing agencies. The Government Publications Library holds the corresponding full-text microfiche collection from NewsBank/Readex, which also produced the index. [more information] [ |
| ADAMS ADAMS has the full text of regulatory and technical documents and reports written by NRC, NRC contractors, or NRC licensees. Documents include NRC regulatory guides, NUREG-series reports, correspondence, inspection reports, and others, all searchable and accessible from the NRC Web Site. [more information] [ |
| ADT: Australasian Digital Theses Program The aim of the ADT program is to establish a distributed database of digital versions of theses produced by the postgraduate research students at Australian universities. [more information] [ |
Africa-Wide Information ![]() A compilation of databases covering African studies, including among others, the Index to South African Periodicals and South African National Bibliograpy. Contains data previously covered by "South African studies" and "African studies" databases [more information] [ |
African American Newspapers ![]() This collection of African-American Newspapers contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the 1800s. It also contains large numbers of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements, all of which embody the African-American experience. This database will ultimately contain the complete text of seven African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century, including Freedoms Journal, The Colored American, The National Era, and The Christian Recorder. See Database Description for detailed information about individual newspapers. [more information] [ |
| Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals Indexes articles, news items, and editorials in approximately 80 English language military and aeronautical periodicals. (See also printed version, for earlier years...WILSON Quarto TL501 .A5571x) [more information] [ |
Aluka ![]() An international, collaborative initiative building an online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. The Aluka website includes a wide variety of high-quality scholarly materials contributed by Aluka’s partners, ranging from archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, and reference works, to three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant specimens, photographs, and slides. [more information] [ |
America: History and Life ![]() This index provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present with over 2,000 journals including all key English-language historical journals. [more information] [ |
Anthropology Plus ![]() Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index offers excellent coverage of all core periodicals in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present. [more information] [ |
| Army Electronic Library Consolidated index of Army publications & blank forms; electronic libraries of publications & forms provide official electronic versions of Army forms & publications. Search by entering key words or publication numbers such as "AR 1-1". Users may also use the Series Title and Proponent Collection pulldown boxes. [more information] [ |
ArticleFirst (OCLC) ![]() Index of articles from the contents pages of journals. Includes items listed on the table of contents pages of journals. Describes one article, news story, letter, or other item from a journal in each record. Provides a list of libraries that have the journal title for most items. [more information] [ |
Asia-Studies Full-Text Main Service ![]() Asian-Pacific Social Sciences, Economic Development, Business and Industries, International Relations, Politics [more information] [ |
| Austrian Newspapers Online Historical Austrian newspapers and periodicals scanned and delivered online by the Austrian National Library. Access the newspapers by title and date. [more information] [ |
| Bibliografia Mesoamericana "A joint project of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies and the Library of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology." [more information] [ |
Bibliography of Asian Studies ![]() References principally western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971 - broad, but not comprehensive. [more information] [ |
Bibliography of Native North Americans ![]() Covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life with 80,000+ citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present. [more information] [ |
Biography and Genealogy Master Index ![]() A comprehensive index to more than 12 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering over 4 million contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. [more information] [ |
| British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service (BOPCRIS) BOPCRIS currently contains 18,279 citations to key British Official Publications 1688-1800 and 1833-1983. Users can search by time period and/or subject area. Once a citation is found the user should check MNCAT to be sure that we own the publication cited. [more information] [ |
| Campbell Collaboration C2 Register of randomized, and possibly randomized, trials in education, social work and welfare, and criminal justice. [more information] [ |
Central & Eastern European Online Library ![]() C.E.E.O.L. is an online archive which provides access to full text PDF articles from 301 humanities and social science journals and re-digitized documents pertaining to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European topics. [more information] [ |
CEPR Discussion Papers ![]() The The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) network consists of over 750 Research Fellows and Affiliates based in over 237 different institutions in 28 countries (90% in the European Union). Because it draws on such a large network of researchers, CEPR is able to produce a wide range of research that reflects a broad spectrum of individual viewpoints and perspectives. The mission of the Centre is to to promote research excellence and policy relevance in European economics. The Centre has made contributions to a wide range of European policy issues for decades. The Centre disseminates its research through the CEPR Discussion Paper Series. It publishes almost 700 papers annually. Over 3000 Discussion Paper Abstracts are currently available online and all Discussion Papers published since the beginning of 1999 are available. [more information] [ |
Chicano Database ![]() Subjects include Mexican-American and Chicano studies topics. Index to books and articles in English and Spanish languages. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 5 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ |
| Child Welfare Information Gateway Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The site has an adoption literature database, NAIC fact sheets and information on State and Federal adoption laws. Listings of articles on adoption statistics can be found by searching the literature database. Also this site has adoption statistics. [more information] [ |
China Academic Journals Full-Text 中国学术期刊网 ![]() Chinese Academic Journal Database (CAJ) contains 2424 titles of journals in History/Literature/Philosophy and Education & Social Sciences since 1994. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [more information] [ |
| China National Knowledge Infrastructure Databases (CNKI) 中国知网 CNKI comprises four databases including Chinese Academic Journals Database (CAJ), China Core Newspaper Database (CCND), China Dissertations (CDMD), and China Conference Proceedings (CPCD). Searching is freely available online. The China Academic Journals (CAJ) Database puts over 9.5 million full text articles of all academic subjects contributed by over 5,000 serials titles, nearly 2,000 in social sciences and humanities alone, at the fingertips of users. The archive begins with 1994. With an archive beginning in 2000, the China Core Newspaper Database collects full text articles from hundreds of newspapers from every province of China. CDMD compiles full text masters and doctoral dissertations on all subjects from over 250 Chinese universities, colleges and institutes. These include the 211 Project universities selected by the Chinese government to receive special funding to support advanced research in crucial subjects. The China Conference Proceedings Database collects documents and articles from the conferences of over 340 national and international societies and associations holding conferences in China. [more information] [ |
Choice Reviews ![]() CHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. ChoiceReviews is the Internet version of the print magazine CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Each year CHOICE publishes more than 6,500 reviews by subject experts. ChoiceReviews.online provides Web access to the entire database of CHOICE reviews published since September 1988. The database is updated monthly, generally at mid-month, with reviews that will be printed in the next monthly issue of CHOICE. [more information] [ |
CIAO ![]() Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. [more information] [ |
| Civil War [electronic resource] : a newspaper perspective, The Full text of articles taken from issues of The New York herald, The Charleston mercury and the Richmond enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. Begins with the events preceding the outbreak of war at Fort Sumter and concludes with the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Includes news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements, and biographies. Also includes articles describing other than military concerns of the day, such as travel, arts and leisure, sports, social events, etc. [more information] [ |
Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective, The ![]() Full text of major articles from the Charleston Mercury, the New York Herald and the Richmond Enquirer. [more information] [ |
Communication and Mass Media Complete ![]() Find academic journal articles on topics in mass media, film, television, marketing, and communications in business, health, and other communication studies. [more information] [ |
Congressional Research Digital Collection - Prospective Service ![]() The LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC) provides full-text access to more than 5,000 Congressional committee prints published from 2004 to present and more than 23,000 Congressional Research Service reports published from 2004-present. The bibliographic records provide controlled-vocabulary indexing, including citations for bills, public laws, and Statutes at Large, and analytical abstracts of the documents. Also includes links to political parties and organizations, news sources, etc. See Overview/Help for useful information on the legislative process. [more information] [ |
| CQ Public Affairs Collection This database includes historic documents and primary source materials, CQ reports and analyses of public policy issues, bibliographies, chronologies, statistical information, and directory listings for government, nonprofit, and private organizations in major policy areas such as agriculture, business, education, environment, health, international relations, justice, media, national security, and social welfare. [more information] [ |
Current Index to Statistics -- Extended Database ![]() Current Index to Statistics Extended Database is the Internet version of Current Index to Statistics, Applications, Methods and Theory, from the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. CIS is a bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields. It includes coverage, in most cases from 1974 (or first issue if later) to the present (currently, volumes published in 1998) from 106 "core journals" (and pre-1974 coverage for a number of them), selected articles since 1974 from about 900 additional journals, and about 8000 books in statistics published since 1974. Each year, the CIS-ED is updated with an additional year of coverage. [more information] [ |
| Database for Research into International Education Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Other Countries: Links to seachable databases on a variety of topics including study abroad and international exchanges; Note: articles may be available locally at U of M TC Libraries. [more information] [ |
| Defense Technical Information Center The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC®) serves the Dept. of Defense community as the largest central resource for DoD and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today [more information] [ |
Digital National Security Archive ![]() Access primary documents central to United States foreign and military policy since 1945. Material is arranged by topical collection produced by the National Security Archives at George Washington University. Each collection contains a diverse range of policy documents including presidential directives, memos, briefing papers, White House communications, email, confidential letters and more. [more information] [ |
| Docuticker Docuticker is a blog that offers a selection of resources, reports and publications from government agencies, NGOs, think tanks and other public interest organizations. [more information] [ |
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment ![]() Contains contains 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, journals, maps, memoirs and accounts of early encounters [more information] [ |
EconLit ![]() Contains bibliographic citations and selected abstracts to the professional and scholarly literature in the field of economics and allied disciplines, including journals, books, chapters in books, conference proceedings and dissertations. [more information] [ |
Economist Historical Archive ![]() Presents the world's political, business, scientific, technological and cultural developments and the connections between them. Includes new full-colour images, exportable financial tables, a gallery of front covers highlighting a key topic of each week, supplements, special reports and surveys. [more information] [ |
| EdResearch Online Australia and Other Countries: For Australian Education Journals and Conferences: EdResearch Online is a freely available database offered by the Cunningham Library, Australian Council for Educational Research. In it are selective records from the Australian Education Index which are available online free, or for a fee. Included in it are most major Australian education journals and conferences. Users curently affiliated with the University of Minnesota Twin Cities may request copies of the articles from Interlibrary Loan at http://www.lib.umn.edu/ordering/ill.phtml [more information] [ |
Education Full Text ![]() United States: Education Full Text offers full-text access to about half of the 500+ education journals indexed in it. While indexing began in 1983, abstracts were added starting in 1994. Full-text coverage began in January 1996 for selected journals. For more comprehensive research on education topics, both ERIC and Education Full Text should be searched as each includes unique resources. The scope is limited to English language periodicals and yearbooks. Education Full Text is an enhanced version of Education Abstracts. [more information] [ |
Education Index Retrospective ![]() Indexes nearly 600 education journals as far back as 1929. Includes book reviews. [more information] [ |
| Egypt Today Information on the ongoing changes in Egypt [more information] [ |
eHRAF World Cultures ![]() Contains FULL-TEXT information on over 360 cultures of the world, past and present. Electronic HRAF contains resources added since 1991 but earlier segments will be added to this database on a regular basis. [more information] [ |
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements ![]() Includes abstracts of the hundreds of environmental impact statements issued by the federal government each year, indexed for easy reference. Each entry includes a clear description of the project, sections on positive impact and negative consequences, and legal mandates. This database is one component of the Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM)database. To identify a additional results with a broader scope, consider conducting your search in ESPM. [more information] [ |
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database ![]() This database provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 6000 sources including scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications. Incorporates Pollution Abstracts, Water Resources Abstracts, and other specialized databases.Areas of coverage include agricultural and environmental biotechnology, ecology, energy resources, environmental engineering, environmental impact statements (U.S.), pollution, toxicology & toxic emissions, and water resource issues. [more information] [ |
ERIC ![]() Bibliographic database of journal and non-journal education literature, with more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966. [more information] [ |
ERIC (Access via CSA) ![]() United States and Other Countries: For Education Topics use ERIC CSA for Find It access to U of M e-journals; ERIC is the Education Resources Information Center. It provides access to education-related journal and non-journal literature. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, it provides full citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, curricula, government documents, dissertations, reports, and other educational materials. [more information] [ |
ERIC (Access via Ebscohost) ![]() This version of the ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) database is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education, and provides access to education-related journal and non-journal literature. [more information] [ |
| ERIC (Access via U.S. Dept. of Ed.) This version of the ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) database is freely available on the web and provides access to education-related journal and non-journal literature. Sponsored by the US Department of Education, it provides full citations and abstracts and some full-text for journal articles, books, curricula, government documents, dissertations, reports, and other educational materials. [more information] [ |
Essay and General Literature Index ![]() Find contents in collected works focusing on humanities and social sciences. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ |
| Essay Finder LitFINDER: Essays provides the full texts of 2800 essays on many subjects, including essays on architecture, art, drama, economics, history, literature, psychology, science, sociology, and other subjects. Find an essay by its author, by the author?s nationality, or by the time period in which it was written, or by its broad subject, or by specific keywords within the essay. [more information] [ |
| Essay Finder LitFINDER: Essays provides the full texts of 2800 essays on many subjects, including essays on architecture, art, drama, economics, history, literature, psychology, science, sociology, and other subjects. Find an essay by its author, by the author?s nationality, or by the time period in which it was written, or by its broad subject, or by specific keywords within the essay. [more information] [ |
Gale Professional Collection ![]() A custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators that is updated daily. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff, and faculty [more information] [ |
Gallup Brain ![]() The Gallup Brain is a searchable database providing a record of more than 70 years of public opinion information. The Gallup Brain provides full-text answers to more than 125,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935. This poll database also houses current Gallup Poll News Service articles that feature the latest in-depth poll analyses and replicas of news stories and press releases linked to the surveys. [more information] [ |
GenderWatch ![]() GenderWatch is a full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. [more information] [ |
Geobase ![]() GEOBASE is a multidisciplinary database supplying bibliographic information and abstracts for development studies, the Earth sciences, ecology, geomechanics, human geography, and oceanography. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 4 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ |
GreenFILE ![]() Collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles. Multidisciplinary by nature, GreenFILE draws on the connections between the environment and agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. [more information] [ |
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) ![]() A bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. [more information] [ |
| Health Economic Evaluations Database The Health Economic Evaluations Database (HEED) covers worldwide bibliographic citations and economic evaluations of medicines, medical interventions and other treatments as well as studies on the cost of illness. It also contains over 700 non-English language economic evaluations and assesses all the major European Languages as well as Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Russian. The database contains more than 33,500 evaluations that have been selected by health economists for use by health economists. [more information] [ |
Hispanic American Periodicals Index ![]() Covers topics related to Latin America in the areas of humanities and social sciences, including business and industry; the United States and Mexico border region; Hispanic groups in the United States. [more information] [ |
Historical Abstracts ![]() Covers the world's scholarship in history from 1450 to the present. [more information] [ |
Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective ![]() Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective searches nearly 1200 of the most important journals in these subject areas. Updated, uniform subject headings facilitate your search, with the original subject headings also provided. Subjects Covered Include: Addiction Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Area Studies, Art, Classical Studies, Communications, Community Health & Medical Care, Corrections, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Dance, Economics, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Family Studies, Film, Folklore, Gender Studies, Geography, Gerontology, History, International Relations, Journalism, Law, Linguistics, Literary & Social Criticism Literature, Minority Studies, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Planning & Public Administration, Policy Sciences, Political Science, Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Welfare, Religion and Theology, Social Work, Sociology, Urban Studies. [more information] [ |
IMB: International Medieval Bibliography ![]() This guide to what has been published about the Middle Ages is interdisciplinary, including conference proceedings, collected essays, and journal articles on philosophy, literature, the arts, etc. in addition to those of historical analysis covering the period between the years 476 and 1500. Covers all aspects of medieval studies for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Citations classified by date, subject and location. This index is available in an electronic edition through the University of Minnesota Libraries Web Page. In addition to English, the IMB indexes articles published in foreign languages with characters not found in English. In order to view and print diacritics the user will need to download the special fonts from the "Select Database" page. [more information] [ |
Index Islamicus (online) ![]() Index Islamicus indexes worldwide literature in European languages on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Periodicals devoted solely to the fields of Islam are indexed completely. Other journals are indexed only for articles on Islamic subjects. [more information] [ |
Index to Current Urban Documents ![]() Index to selective reports and research generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies in approximately 500 selected cities in the United States and Canada. State documents that deal specifically with an eligible city or county may be included. [more information] [ |
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books ![]() Indexes 800+ legal publications, law reviews, bar association journals and legal newspapers; Accessible from Law Library Lumina terminals and Law School network only. Web version includes some abstracts and full-text articles. [more information] [ |
| Industry and Occupation Classification System The Industry and Occupation Classification System was developed primarily for use in classifying a respondent's industry (employer's type of business) and occupation (employee's type of work) as reported in the Census 2000, the Current Population Survey, the American Community Survey, and other demographic surveys conducted by the Census Bureau. [more information] [ |
Ingenta ![]() This index provides bibliographic citations derived from tables of contents pages of over 26,000 journals. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [more information] [ |
International Index of Black Periodicals ![]() Includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from scholarly journals and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean--and full-text coverage of core Black Studies periodicals. Coverage is international in scope and multidisciplinary--spanning cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues of vital importance to the Black Studies discipline. [more information] [ |
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance ![]() Iter is a bibliography of over 230,000 articles and reviews drawn from over 475 medieval and renaissance journal titles. [more information] [ |
Journal Citation Reports ![]() Journal Citation Reports provides easy access to data that helps you evaluate and compare approx 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide. Includes the Impact Factor for these journals. [more information] [ |
| Latin American Periodicals Table of Contents (LAPTOC) Includes articles from more than 800 Latin Ameri- can journals included in the ARL Latin American Research Re- sources Project. It allows for article searches by keyword, title, author, and journal; and ILL requests [more information] [ |
Left Index ![]() Provides access to the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside the academy and a secondary emphasis on significant but little known sources of news and ideas. Topics covered include politics, economics, the labor movement, ecology and environment, women's studies, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, sociology, art and aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization. [more information] [ |
LexisNexis Academic ![]() LexisNexis Academic is a full text databases for news, business, and legal research. It includes sources for researching accounting, environmental studies, health and medical care, government and politics, people, consumer information, and countries worldwide. Locate company information, including the Hoovers Company Profiles. [more information] [ |
LexisNexis Statistical Insight ![]() Index to statistical publications from US and state government agencies, international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, and universities. Comprised of three indexes--the American Statistics Index (ASI)--Index to International Statistics (IIS)-- and Statistical Resources Index (SRI) that give bibliographic citations, abstracts, and links to selected full-text tables and web sites when available. The Government Publications Library has the companion microfiche collections which include copies of almost all the publications indexed in this database. [more information] [ |
LexisNexis Statistical Insight ![]() Index to statistical publications from US and state government agencies, international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, business organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, and universities. Comprised of three indexes--the American Statistics Index (ASI)--Index to International Statistics (IIS)-- and Statistical Resources Index (SRI) that give bibliographic citations, abstracts, and links to selected full-text tables and web sites when available. The Government Publications Library has the companion microfiche collections which include copies of almost all the publications indexed in this database. [more information] [ |
LGBT Life Full-Text ![]() LGBT Life Full-text contains indexing and abstracts for more than 80 GLBT-specific core periodicals; additionally, books as well as newsletters, case studies, dissertations, etc. are represented. Disciplines covered by GLBT Life include civil liberties, culture, employment, family, history, psychology, religion, sociology and more. [more information] [ |
Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts ![]() Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts,(LISTA) was formerly Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA). EBSCO Publishing continues ISTA's renowned coverage of information science and significantly increases the coverage of library science. 149 ISTA titles are upgraded to Core coverage, and 121 new periodicals are included. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, search engines, printed and electronic information sources, the information industry, scholarly communication, and electronic publishing. LISTA indexes journal articles from more than 600 publications plus books, research reports, and conference proceedings. With coverage extending back to 1966, it is the oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information science. [more information] [ |
Library Literature and Information Science Full Text ![]() Covers library and information science, including automation, censorship, public relations, government funding, preservation, cataloging, classification, copyright legislation, personnel management, information brokers, online searching, publishing, education for librarianship, and rare books. [more information] [ |
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) ![]() Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. [more information] [ |
Making of the Modern World ![]() Provides full-text and full-page-image access to books from the 1460-1850 period, and pre-1906 serials. It focuses on economics interpreted in the widest sense, including political science, history, sociology, and special collections on banking, finance, transportation and manufacturing. It combines the strengths of two pre-eminent collections--the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature at the University of London Library and the Kress Library of Business and Economics at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration--along with supplementary materials from the Seligman Collection in the Butler Library at Columbia University and from the libraries of Yale University. [more information] [ |
MasterFile Premier ![]() This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education. MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more. In addition to the full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for 2700 titles. This database features: 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews, 357 reference and travel books including the World Almanac & Book of Facts 2001; full text from 84,074 biographies, 86,132 full text primary source documents, American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Edition and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. MasterFILE Premier offers PDF backfiles as far back as 1975. [more information] [ |
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print ![]() Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print, from the Buros Institute, contains the most recent descriptive information and critical reviews of new and revised tests from the Buros Institute's 9th and more recent Yearbooks. It offers evaluations of the latest assessments in education, psychology, business, law, healthcare, counseling, and management. In addition to test reviews, descriptions of the purpose, target population, administration, scores, price, author, and publisher for all listed tests are provided. Reviews are written by highly qualified professionals with expertise in a range of disciplines. Beginning in 2010, the database provides a comprehensive record that combines the full text reviews with the citations from the print publications: Mental measurements yearbook; and: Tests in print. [more information] [ |
| National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 150,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. [more information] [ |
New York Times (from 1851) ![]() Full-page, digital archive of the New York Times from 1851 to recent years. Search and view images of actual articles, advertising and more. [more information] [ |
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers ![]() Digital archive of 19th century U.S. newspapers (1.7 million pages). Includes digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration. [more information] [ |
PAIS Archive 1915-1976 ![]() Since its establishment in 1914, PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) has chronicled issues in the public debate through highly selective coverage of a wide variety of sources, including references to monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, government documents, policy reports and analytics. Addition of the Archive to our current PAIS International database extends comprehensive access to public and social policy information. [more information] [ |
PAIS International ![]() Use this index for broad coverage of social science issues worldwide. Includes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, and book chapters. [more information] [ |
PCI: Periodicals Contents Index ![]() This title has changed its name to Periodicals Index Online. [more information] [ |
Periodicals Index Online ![]() Database to article citations published in 6000 journals across more than 300 years. It covers 37 key subject areas in the humanities and social sciences and indexes over 18 million articles from 1665 to 1995. [more information] [ |
Physical Education Index ![]() Search PEI for a wide range of Physical Education & Kinesiology topics including physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sports psychology & sociology. Scholarly and trade literature references are included. Abstracts were added starting in 2001. [more information] [ |
| PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) The PILOTS database is sponsored by the US Department of Veterans Affairs; It covers Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events. [more information] [ |
| PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) The PILOTS database is sponsored by the US Department of Veterans Affairs; It covers Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events. [more information] [ |
PolicyFile ![]() PolicyFile draws its content from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers. Some well known contributors include: the American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Cato Institute, Center for Defense Information, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Democratic Leadership Council, Economic Strategy Institute, Federation of American Scientists, Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institution, Hudson Institute, Institute for International Economics, International Monetary Fund, National Center for Policy Analysis, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, RAND Corporation, United States Institute of Peace, and the World Bank. Where available, access to home pages, electronic mail addresses and fulltext are made available within individual abstracts. [more information] [ |
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (via 19th Century Masterfile) ![]() A significant resource compiled by William Frederick Poole. A core resource for researching nineteenth-century topics. [more information] [ |
| Population Index Primary reference tool to the world's population literature. Covers books, journal articles, working papers and other documents on population topics. [more information] [ |
PRISMA ![]() PRISMA (Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas) is a comprehensive reference resource providing full-text scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities for the interdisciplinary academic study of Hispanic and Latin America, and the Caribbean Basin. Offering key titles indexed in the Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI), a highly respected database produced by the Latin American Center of the University of California, Los Angeles, PRISMA features Spanish, Portuguese and English language content. Articles in PRISMA examine all aspects of Hispanic Studies, from research on indigenous cultures past and present to current economic indicators, politics and society, and Hispanic theatre. Coverage of subject areas is comprehensive and includes Anthropology, Business and Economics, History, Literature, Political Science and Sociology. Full-text journals in PRISMA include América Latina Hoy, Boletín Americanista, Historia, Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, and Revista Hispánica Moderna. Content is updated monthly. PRISMA is continually growing, with new journals being added regularly. [more information] [ |
PsycARTICLES ![]() PsycARTICLES Database contains the full text of articles from APA (American Psychological Association) journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals, most from 1988 to the present. The articles are provided in HTML format for direct viewing and printing with your web browser. Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty [more information] [ |
PsycCRITIQUES ![]() PsycCRITIQUES is a searchable database of book reviews in psychology. [more information] [ |
PsycINFO ![]() Covers all areas of psychology. Provides bibliographic citations and abstracts to articles from more than 1300 international journals in psychology and related fields. In addition, PsycINFO covers books, book chapters, and dissertations. [more information] [ |
| Public Technical Reports 1955-present The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC®) Technical Reports Collection includes citations to and selected full-text of JPRS reports from 1955 to the present. The DTIC collection supplements the University of Minnesota JPRS collection, which is only selective in the years prior to the commencement of depository distribution of the reports (1978). Try searching for "FBIS Collection", "FBIS", "JPRS", and the Corporate Author "Joint Publications Research Service Arlington VA". [more information] [ |
Race Relations Abstracts ![]() Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains 40,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline. [more information] [ |
Risk Abstracts ![]() Experts define risk as a combination of the magnitude and probability of adverse effects. Recently, increasing scientific attention has centered on the identification and alleviation of risk in today's world. And Risk Abstracts provides a comprehensive source for interdisciplinary perspectives in this evolving field. Published in association with the Institute for Risk Research at the University of Waterloo, Risk Abstracts encompasses risk arising from industrial, technological, environmental, and other sources, with an emphasis on assessment and management of risk. The database includes occasional articles on topics of significant interest. The broad, multidisciplinary coverage of risk-related concerns ranges from public and environmental health to social issues and psychological aspects. Professionals involved in risk research studies, environmental science, engineering and design, or any type of industry will find in Risk Abstracts essential information that can help them identify, measure, evaluate, and manage risks of all kinds. This database is one component of the Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM)database. To identify a additional results with a broader scope, consider conducting your search in ESPM. [more information] [ |
Sage Full-Text Collection for Education ![]() Full-text access to a small core collection of education journals. [more information] [ |
Smithsonian Global Sounds ![]() Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries, produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. The collection provides educators, students, and interested listeners with an unprecedented variety of online resources that support the creation, continuity, and preservation of diverse musical forms. [more information] [ |
| Social Care Online Social Care Online is the UK's most extensive database of social care information. With everything from research briefings, to reports, government documents, journal articles, and websites and you find it all with the click of a button. Updated daily by SCIE's experienced information managers, Social Care Online offers unrivalled free access and ease of use. [more information] [ |
Social Explorer ![]() Created by Queens College, City University of New York, and partnering with the University of Minnesota's own National Historical Geographic Information System, this subscription edition of Social Explorer offers the ability to create customized maps and reports of demographic, housing, and employment patterns throughout the United States using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Data are available by decade between 1940 and 2000 for a variety of geographical entities that are as small as the census tract for certain areas. [more information] [ |
Social Science Research Network ![]() Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 197,700 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 159,700 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format. [more information] [ |
Social Sciences Citation Index (included in Web of Science) ![]() Covers the social sciences, including anthropology, history, industrial relations, information science and library science, law, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, political science, public health, social issues, social work, sociology, substance abuse, urban studies, and women's studies. Provides bibliographic citations, plus author abstracts "for approximately 60% of the articles in the database." Each citation also includes a list of references cited in the source article. In addition, it is possible to retrieve a list of works that have cited a specific author or a specific earlier work. Indexes articles, reviews, letters, etc. from over "1,950 journals across 50 social sciences disciplines. It also indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals." [more information] [ |
Social Services Abstracts ![]() CSA 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 1,600 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews. [more information] [ |
Social Work Abstracts ![]() Abstracts of articles from social work and related journals. Includes register of clinical social workers. The Libraries' subscription to this resource allows for 8 users at any one time. If you get a busy signal, please wait a few minutes and try accessing the site again. [more information] [ |
| Social Work Indexes Collection of indexes with strong coverage of literature concerning Social Work. [more information] [ |
Sociological Abstracts ![]() This core database for the field of sociology contains information on sociology and social policy worldwide. Sociological Abstracts includes citations from the 1952-present. [more information] [ |
SPORT Discus ![]() The world's most comprehensive bibliographic resources for all aspects of sport and fitness. Includes Internet sites, conference papers, journal articles, unpublished papers and theses. Includes Full-text access to over 350 journals. [more information] [ |
| Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index (SCAMPI) This database serves as a current guide to articles on military and naval art and science, operational warfare, joint planning, national and international politics, and other areas researched by Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) faculty, staff, and students. Library staff members regularly scan the weekly news magazines, monthly and bimonthly journals such as Military Review, Armed Forces Journal, and quarterly publications, including NATO's Nations and Partners for Peace, RUSI Journal, and the Naval War College Review. Miscellaneous reports from RAND and the General Accounting Office are also indexed for SCAMPI. The index is updated quarterly and more records, current and past are being added. The journals included in the database can be found at http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/scampi/list.html. [more information] [ |
Sustainability Science Abstracts ![]() This database explores human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management. Includes relevant papers, reports, books and reviews from standard peer-reviewed scientific journals, material from conference proceedings, and hard-to-find gray literature. This database is one component of the "Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM) database. To identify a additional results with a broader scope, consider conducting your search in ESPM. [more information] [ |
Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive ![]() The Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive presents one of the world's premier contemporary literary reviews in fully searchable image format. Content covers 1902 to 1990. [more information] [ |
| TOCS-IN "TOCS-IN provides the tables of contents of a selection of Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion journals, both in text format and through a Web search program. Where possible, links are given with articles of which the full text or an abstract is available online (about 15%). The project began to archive current tables of contents in 1992, and now contains ca 185 journals, and over 45,000 articles, in a database at Toronto." |
| TOCS-IN "TOCS-IN provides the tables of contents of a selection of Classics, Near Eastern Studies, and Religion journals, both in text format and through a Web search program. Where possible, links are given with articles of which the full text or an abstract is available online (about 15%). The project began to archive current tables of contents in 1992, and now contains ca 185 journals, and over 45,000 articles, in a database at Toronto." |
U.S. Congressional Serial Set - Digital Edition ![]() A rich source of primary source material on all aspects of American history, from the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the reports, documents, and journals of the US Senate and House of Representatives. Additional congresses are added each month. [more information] [ |
U.S. Congressional Serial Set - Digital Edition ![]() A rich source of primary source material on all aspects of American history, from the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the reports, documents, and journals of the US Senate and House of Representatives. Additional congresses are added each month. [more information] [ |
| Viva: A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals The bibliography was started in 1990 by Els Kloek as a special project at the History Department of the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. By selecting and indexing women's history articles from 50 West European and American scholarly journals, Kloek and her assistants intended to create a reference tool for locating publications in this field, and to provide an overview of the development of women's history writing. The complete bibliography, containing titles from 1975 to 2002, is now available in a Web database. [more information] [ |
Web of Science (ISI) ![]() Indexes over 11,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Titles of the print equivalent are: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Coverage runs from 1975 to the present. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk(*). [more information] [ |
Women's Studies International ![]() International coverage of feminist writings. A compilation of ten databases covering journal articles, books, anthology chapters, and reports. [more information] [ |
| World Law Index Part 1: Index to Hispanic Legislation From the Library of Congress, a public database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. [more information] [ |
World News Connection ![]() Full-text summaries of foreign newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. Formerly published as FBIS and JPRS Reports. [more information] [ |
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts ![]() CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. The database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration & public policy. [more information] [ |
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