ABSEES Online
Principal record on North American research on Russia & Eastern Europe.
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Academic Search Premier
Coverage: Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously.
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 nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
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AccessUN
Coverage: 1946-
AccessUN provides access to bibliographic citations of current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications including:

• the UN collections of the Government Publications Library
• articles appearing in UN periodicals
• the bilateral and multilateral treaties in the UN Treaty Series
• full text documents from the:
• • General Assembly - resolutions from 1981-
  • Security Council - resolutions from 1974-
  • Economic and Social Council - resolutions from 1982-

AccessUNDP
Coverage: 1972-1998
Indexes United Nations Development Programme Project Reports issued and held by UN headquarters between the years 1972-1998.
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African American Newspapers
Coverage: 1827 - 1902
This collection of African-American Newspapers contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the 1800s.
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African American Song
African American Song is the first online resource to document the history of African American music in an online music listening service.
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AgeLine Database
Coverage: 1978 - present
AgeLine, produced by AARP, abstracts the literature of social gerontology as well as aging-related research from psychology, sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and the health sciences.
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Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
Coverage: 1990 - present, updated quarterly.
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)
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Alternative Press Index
Coverage: 1991 - present, updated quarterly.
Indexes articles, editorials, reviews, interviews, obituaries, speeches, fiction, songs, recipes, regular columns from 250 publications.
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America: History and Life
Coverage: 1964 - present
This index provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
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Anthropological Index of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Coverage: 1957-present
The Libraries will no longer subscribe to this resource effective October 1, 2007.
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Anthropology Plus
Coverage: Late 19th century - present, updated quarterly.
Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK.
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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."
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Bibliography of Asian Studies
Coverage: 1971-
The online version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS), referencing principally western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971.
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Bibliography of Native North Americans
Coverage: 16th Century - present.
Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life.
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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.
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Black Studies Database: Kaiser Index to Black Resources
Coverage: 1948 - 1986
The Kaiser Index to Black Resources is drawn from the handwritten notes of the staff of the Schomburg Center at New York Public Library.
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British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service (BOPCRIS)
Coverage: 1688-1983
BOPCRIS currently contains 18,279 citations to key British Official Publications 1688-1800 and 1833-1983.
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Chicano Database
Coverage: 1967 - present
Subjects include Mexican-American and Chicano studies topics.
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Child Abuse, Child Welfare and Adoption
Coverage: 1965 - present, updated annually. (formerly Child Abuse and Neglect)
Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption is intended for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and administrators working to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect.
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China Academic Journals Full-Text - 中国学术期刊网
CAJ is the most comprehensive, full-text database of Chinese journals in the world.
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China National Knowledge Infrastructure Databases - CNKI - 中国知网
Coverage: 1994-

CNKI comprises five databases including Academic Journals (CAJ), China Core Newspapers (CCND), China Dissertations (CDMD), China Conference Proceedings (CPCD) and, finally, China Academic Journals Bibliography which is freely available without a subscription fee.
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Choice Reviews
Coverage: 1988-present
CHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education.
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CIAO
Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
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Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective, The
Coverage: November 1860 - April 1865
Full text of major articles from the Charleston Mercury, the New York Herald and the Richmond Enquirer.
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ComAbstracts
Coverage: Varies by title, but generally 1982 - present
This index provides abstracts to articles from the major journals in the field of communication.
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Communication and Mass Media Complete
A comprehensive resource for articles relating to various forms of communication, Communication and Mass Media Complete provides journal articles on topics such as mass media, film, television, marketing, business communication, health communication, and more.
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Contemporary Women's Issues
Coverage: 1992 - present, updated weekly
Covers subjects such as as sociology, psychology, health, lesbian concerns, education, political science, reproductive and human rights.
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CQ Public Affairs Collection
Coverage: 1972 - present
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.
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Criminal Justice Abstracts
Coverage: 1968 - present, updated quarterly
Covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, drugs, government, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, law, police, political science, public administration, courts, punishment and sentencing.
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Current Index to Statistics -- Extended Database
Coverage: 1974-present
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.
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Digital Dissertations
Coverage: 1861 - present (Doctoral dissertations); 1962 - present (Masters theses).
Dissertations and theses from over 1000 universities.
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Digital National Security Archive
Access primary documents central to United States foreign and military policy since 1945.
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Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment
A machine-readable full-text database with SGML coding which contains approximately 100,000 pages of books, journals, maps and drawings describing the exploration of North America.
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EconLit
Coverage: January 1969 - present, updated quarterly.
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.
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EdResearch Online
Coverage: Varies
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.
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Education Full Text
Coverage: 1983-present
United States: Education Full Text offers full-text access to about half of the 500+ education journals indexed in it.
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Education Index Retrospective
Coverage: 1929 - 1983
Indexes nearly 600 education journals as far back as 1929.
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eHRAF Collection of Ethnography
Coverage: Varies by source.
Contains FULL-TEXT information on over 360 cultures of the world, past and present.
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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.
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Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database
Coverage: 1967 - present
This database provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage of the environmental sciences.
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ERIC (Access via CSA)
Coverage: 1966 - present
United States and Other Countries: For Education Topics use ERIC CSA for Find It access to U of MN e-journals; ERIC is the Education Resources Information Center.
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ERIC (Access via U.S. Dept. of Ed.)
Coverage: 1966 - present
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.
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Essay and General Literature Index
Coverage: 1985 to present
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.
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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.
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Ethnic Newswatch
Coverage: 1990 - present.
FULL TEXT articles from over 125 American ethnic and minority newspapers, magazines and journals.
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Family & Society Studies Worldwide
Coverage: 1970 - present, updated monthly.
Search here to find citations and abstracts to articles and book chapters on family dynamics, marriage and family therapy, the family in society, and child development.
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FRANCIS
Coverage: 1984 - present, updated monthly.
Emphasis on French research covering a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary articles, books, etc.
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Gale Professional Collection
Coverage: Dates vary
A custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators that is updated daily.
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Gallup Brain
The Gallup Brain is a searchable database providing a record of more than 70 years of public opinion information.
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GenderWatch
Coverage: 1970's - present.
Incorporates Women R, an electronic index formerly accesible on CD-ROM.
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Geobase
Coverage: 1980 - present, updated monthly.
Index to worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology.
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Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
Coverage: 1936 - present; 1936 - 1994 available in CD-ROM in Wilson 180E (ask at Ref. Desk)
A bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars.
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Health Economic Evaluations Database
Coverage: 1967-Present
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.
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Hispanic American Periodicals Index
Coverage: 1970 - present, updated annually.
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.
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Historical Abstracts
Coverage: 1954 - present.
Covers the world's scholarship in history from 1450 to the present.
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HRAF Collection of Ethnography
Please see eHRAF Collection of Ethnography.
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Human Population and Natural Resource Management
This database explores human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management.
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Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective
Coverage: 1906 - 1983
Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective searches nearly 1200 of the most important journals in these subject areas.
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IBR: International Bibliography of Book Reviews
Coverage: 1985 - present, updated bi-annually.
International bibliography of book reviews of scholarly literature.
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IBZ: International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
Coverage: 1983 - present, updated monthly.
An international, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and up-to-date online periodical database.
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IMB: International Medieval Bibliography
Coverage: 1967-present
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.
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Index Islamicus
Coverage: 1906 - present
Index Islamicus indexes worldwide literature in European languages on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world.
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Index to Legal Periodicals & Books
Coverage: Web: 1980 - present, updated quarterly. Print: 1908 - present.
Indexes 800+ legal publications, law reviews, bar association journals and legal newspapers; Accessible from Law Library Lumina terminals and Law School network only.
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IngentaConnect
Coverage: October 1988 - present, updated daily
This index provides bibliographic citations for academic and professional research articles online - some 20 million articles from 30,000 publications.
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Inside Information Plus
Coverage: 1996 - present, updated weekly.
Inside Information Plus will not be available after June 30, 2007.
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International Index of Black Periodicals
Coverage: dates vary
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.
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Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Coverage: varies for journal title
Iter is a bibliography of over 230,000 articles and reviews drawn from over 475 medieval and renaissance journal titles.
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Journal Citation Reports
Coverage: 1998-2006
Journal Citation Reports on the Web provides easy access to data that helps you evaluate and compare approx 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide.
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Latin American Periodicals Table of Contents (LAPTOC)
Coverage: dates vary
Includes articles from more than 800 Latin Ameri- can journals included in the ARL Latin American Research Re- sources Project.
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Left Index
Coverage: 1990-present
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.
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LexisNexis Academic
Coverage: Varies by title.
LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference.
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LexisNexis Congressional
Coverage: 1789 - present; updated daily/monthly
Provides easy to use and comprehensive access to US legislative information.
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LexisNexis Government Periodicals
Coverage: 1988-present
Provides bibliographical information about articles in US government periodicals in all fields, and provides links to the web sites for most of the titles.
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LexisNexis Statistical
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.
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LGBT Life Full-Text
Coverage: 1970-Present
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.
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Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts,(LISTA) was formerly Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA).
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Library Literature and Information Science Full Text
Coverage: December 1984 - present, updated monthly.
Effective July 1, 2004, this database is now available via the HW Wilson Company interface
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.
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Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Coverage: 1973-present
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) assists both generalists and specialists in keeping abreast of cutting-edge developments in disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language.
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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.
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Mental Measurements Yearbook
Coverage: 1985-
MMY, 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.
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National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database
Coverage: 1972-
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.
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New York Times (1851-2003, via ProQuest)
Search content, and view images of pages and articles of New York Times between 1851-2003.
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OxResearch
Created by Oxford Analytica, OxResearch provides help to research and analyze the impact of world and regional economic and political developments of major significance.
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PAIS Archive 1915-1976
Coverage: 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.
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PAIS International
Coverage: Coverage dates 1972 - present (abstracts from 1985 - present)
Use this index for broad coverage of social science issues worldwide.
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PCI: Periodicals Contents Index
Coverage: 18th Century - early 1990s
This title has changed its name to Periodicals Index Online.
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Periodicals Index Online
Coverage: 1665 - 1995
PIO is an electronic index to the tables of contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1995.
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Physical Education Index
Coverage: 1970-present
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.
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PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress)
Coverage: 1871-Current
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.
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PolicyFile
Coverage: 1990 - present
PolicyFile draws its content from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers.
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Polling the Nations
Coverage: 1986 - present
The online version of the American Public Opinion Index, this database is a compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by more than 700 polling organizations in the United States and more than 80 other countries.
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Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (via 19th Century Masterfile)
Coverage: 1802 - 1906
A significant resource compiled by William Frederick Poole.
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Population Index
Coverage: 1986 - 1999.
Primary reference tool to the world's population literature. Covers books, journal articles, working papers and other documents on population topics.
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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.
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PsycCRITIQUES
Coverage: 2004 - present
PsycCRITIQUES is a searchable database of book reviews in psychology.
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PsycINFO
Coverage: 1872 - present, updated monthly
Covers all areas of psychology.
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Public Documents Masterfile
Coverage: 1789 - date
Finding tool for public documents, combining bibliographic and index information from a variety of historic and current tools.
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Public STINET
Coverage: 1974-present
Public STINET provides access to citations to unclassified documents that have been entered into the Defense Technical Information Center's (DTIC) Technical Reports Collection since December 1974 as well as some full text reports for those citations.
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Readers' Guide Retrospective
Coverage: 1890-1982
Provides comprehensive, historic indexing of the most popular general-interest magazines and journals published in the United States during the 20th century in the following subject areas: Aeronautics, African-Americans, Aging, Archeology, Astronomy, Automobiles, Biographies, Business, Children, Education, Environment, Fashion, Film, Fine Arts, Food, Foreign Affairs, Gardening, Health, History, Hobbies, Home, Journalism, Leisure Activities, Literature, Medicine, Music, News, Nutrition, Photography, Politics, Popular Culture, Radio, Religion, Science, Sports, Technology, Television, Travel.
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Risk Abstracts
Experts define risk as a combination of the magnitude and probability of adverse effects.
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RLIN Bibliographic Files
Coverage: 1700s - present, with an emphasis on 20th Century materials. Library of Congress record updated weekly, other record updated continuously.

Sage Full-Text Collection for Education
Full-text access to a small core collection of education journals.
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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.
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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.
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Social Sciences Citation Index (included in Web of Science)
Coverage: 1975 - present, updated weekly.
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.
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Social Services Abstracts
Coverage: 1980 - present
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.
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Social Work Abstracts
Coverage: 1977 - date, updated semiannually.
Abstracts of articles from social work and related journals.
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Sociological Abstracts
Coverage: 1963 - present, updated monthly
Updated bimonthly, this core database for the field of sociology contins information on sociology and social policy worldwide.
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South African Studies
Coverage: 1987 - present, updated quarterly.
A compilation of databases covering South African studies including the Index to South African Periodicals and South African National Bibliograpy.
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SPORT Discus
Coverage: 1800 - present, updated monthly.
The world's most comprehensive bibliographic resources for all aspects of sport and fitness.
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Sustainability Abstracts
Explores the management of human use and conservation of the natural resource base, ensuring the attainment and continued satisfaction of human needs in the present as well as maintaining the potential to meet the needs and aspirations of future generations.
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Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive
Coverage: 1902-1990
The Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive presents one of the world's premier contemporary literary reviews in fully searchable image format.
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TOCS-IN
Coverage: 1992-
"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.
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U.S. Congressional Serial Set - Digital Edition
Coverage: Vol. 1, 15th Cong. (1817) - Vol. 8854, 70th Cong. 1st. Sess. (1928)
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.
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Web of Science (ISI)
Coverage: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1975-present; Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1975-present; Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present.
Web of Science is the Web interface for the ISI Citation Index products which cover over 8,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
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Women's Studies International
Coverage: 1972 - present, updated semi-annually.
International coverage of feminist writings.
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World Law Index Part 1: Index to Hispanic Legislation
Coverage: 1976 - 1997
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.
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World News Connection
Coverage: 1996 - present
Full-text summaries of foreign newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports.
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Coverage: 1975 - present
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.
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