Social Sciences
ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) -Business and management database providing extensive coverage of North America and internationally. Full text of 600+ journals, cumulative indexing/abstracting from 1970s onward of 1,500 total journals on business conditions, economics, trends, corporate strategies/tactics, management and marketing techniques, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, as well as information on 60,000+ companies.
Abstracts in Social Gerontology (EBSCO) -includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) -A good general source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.
Alt-Press Watch (ProQuest) - A full text database comprised of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press.
Anthropological Literature (OCLC FirstSearch) - Comprehensive international resource for the fields of anthropology, archaeology and related interdisciplinary research.
AnthroSource (U of Cal Press) -is a searchable database of full-text articles from 32 journals, including current issues of 15 peer-reviewed American Anthropological Association publications.
CQ Global Researcher (CQ) -Modeled after CQ Researcher, CQ Global Researcher provides students with reports covering global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. The reports are written by journalists and cover current world issues. Users may search CQ Global Researcher from within CQ Researcher or by using the link provided above.
CQ Researcher (CQ) -is a collection of reports on controversial issues of current significance. The reports offer topic overviews and background information, opposing viewpoint essays, and much more. The database contains reports dating back to 1991.
CQ Weekly Online (CQ) -offers weekly analysis of news from Capital Hill as well as Congressional roll call votes. CQ Weekly claims it is the choice of 95% of members of Congress. Nevertheless, its articles are written in lay language and are easily understood by those of us living outside the beltway. The database contains information dating back to 1983.
Criminal Justice Abstracts (CAS) -contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines.
EconLit (EBSCO) -from the American Economic Association, is the world's foremost source of references to economic literature with citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1969. It provides comprehensive information on accounting, capital markets, econometrics, economic forecasting, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more. Full text of many economics journals can be accessed in ABI/INFORM Global and J-STOR.
ERIC (EBSCO) -offers access to many full-text journal articles as well as full-text ERIC documents available on Department of Education web site. Students and faculty wishing to conduct advanced searches will likely find this version easier to use than the open access version. Users also have access to some full-text journal articles not available through the Department of Education. However, as of July 2005 this version does not include 2005 ERIC documents or journals. The most current information may be searched through the open access database. Also, please note that ERIC discontinued the production of ED microfiche. ED 483 046 is the last document available on microfiche.
Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) -is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses. This current database begins its coverage in 1990. (Access provided by the MBLC)
Ethnic NewsWatch: A History (ProQuest) -is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses. This database contains the retrospective backfile of Ethnic NewsWatch titles with coverage from 1960 through 1989. (Access provided by the MBLC)
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale/InfoTRAC) -This database provides citations and full-text access to journals in fields such as astronomy, religion, law, history, psychology, literature, art, sociology, general science, and communications, as well as covering current events.
GenderWatch (ProQuest) -A full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of an important historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles.
GovEngine.com (GovEngine, Inc. a non-profit organization) -provides organized links to federal, state and local government sites.
GPO Monthly Catalog (OCLC FirstSearch) -covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.). Subjects covered include finance, business, demographics, agriculture, medicine, public health, and more.
Hispanic American Periodicals Index - HAPI (UCLA Latin American Center) -The Hispanic American Periodicals Index includes articles on subjects relating to Hispanics in the United States and Latin American subjects. Coverage begins in 1970. Also consider using the Handbook of Latin American Studies from the Library of Congress.
ICPSR (The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) -ICPSR is the worlds largest online archive of social science data, supplying data files for use with statistical software such as SAS, SPSS and Stata. If you have questions about ICPSR, please contact our ICPSR Official Representative, Dr. Heidi Berggren, at hberggren@umassd.edu.
JSTOR -is a full-text online collection of core scholarly journals from their first issues (some date back to the 1800's) to between two and five years prior to the present. Subject coverage includes arts & sciences, education, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, anthropology, Asian studies, economics, population studies, sociology and botany and ecology. The journals can be browsed by journal issue or searched by keywords, topics, titles, authors and dates. The journals included in JSTOR are also listed in and linked from the Journals, Magazines & Newspapers in Our Library.
Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCO) -from the Buros Institute, contains the most recent descriptive information and critical reviews of new and revised tests from the Buros Institute's 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th Yearbooks. The database covers more than 2,200 commercially-available tests in categories such as personality, developmental, behavioral assessment, neuropsychological, achievement, intelligence and aptitude, educational, speech & hearing, and sensory motor. Each entry includes test name and classification; author(s); publisher, publication date; price; time requirements; score descriptions; levels; and intended populations. ( Updated every six months)
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) -is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. This free web-based database offers access to many full-text publications as well as citations and abstracts to additional journal articles and reports. Remember to check the library's holdings if NCJRS only provides a citation and abstract. Use the library's Interlibrary Loan service to obtain articles and reports not owned by the library.
NeighborhoodScout® -Includes nearly 200 characteristics in a searchable neighborhood research tool that covers every neighborhood (census tract) in America. NeighborhoodScout can be queried either by selecting lifestyle segmentations such as retirement living, vacation homes, family neighborhoods, and luxury communities, or by selecting combinations of criteria. Criteria include: school ratings, appreciation rates, house values, crime rates, income, ethnicity, and many more. This database requires a username and password and is for UMass Dartmouth students, faculty and staff use only.
Philosopher's Index (EBSCO) -is a current and comprehensive bibliographic database covering scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy. The Index features author-written abstracts covering scholarly research published in journals and books, including contributions to anthologies and book reviews. Philosopher's Index contains research published since 1940 including nearly 570 journals from 43 countries with content representing a variety of languages.
PsycINFO (EBSCO) -PsycINFO contains more than one million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports in the field of psychology. Journal coverage spans 1887 to present, including international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals in over 35 languages. More than 60,000 records are added each year. Also includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. Incorporates searchable full text articles from 43 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations. Contains from each of the 51 journals: journal articles, letters to the editor and errata. PsycArticles
SocINDEX (EBSCO) -offers coverage of all subdisciplines of sociology, including anthropology, criminal justice, political science, social work and social psychology. The database includes full text for more than 300 journals, 545 books and monographs, and 6,711 conference papers.
USA.gov -a centralized place to find information from U.S. local, state and federal government agency websites.
Vault Career Resource Library -is a comprehensive career resource encompassing five key content areas: **Downloadable e-books **Insider company information not available anywhere else Industry **Research Career advice articles **Electronic Watercooler message boards, with 2.5+ million posting archives.
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Women's Studies International (EBSCO) -covers the core disciplines in Womens Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Coverage includes more than 586,600 records and spans from 1972 and earlier to present. This database supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education. Over 2,000 periodical sources are represented.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA) -"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 / policy". (Builds on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI 1984-2000)
