Databases in Social Work
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Database details Academic OneFile

Coverage: 1980-present
Scope: A huge and highly heterogeneous multidisciplinary mix of scholarly, journalistic, practitioner and popular sources, with much direct full-text included. Use the tabs to identify scholarly, newspaper or other sources as necessary.
Notes: Scholarly, journalstic, practitioner, popular sources. Thanks to Mel
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Database details Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

Scope: Comparable to the print version of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.
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Database details Criminology: SAGE Full Text

Coverage: 1960-
Scope: Some of the articles indexed are full text.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Encyclopedia of American Studies

Scope: This source brings together a wide range of disciplines related to the history and cultures of the United States, from pre-colonial days to the present. It features broad, synthetic articles covering areas such as history, literature, art, photography, film, architecture, urban studies, ethnicity, race, gender, economics, politics, wars, consumer culture, and global America.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Google Scholar

Scope: You can check the availability of article full text from within Google Scholar - see how!.
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Database details JSTOR

Coverage: 1665 to present
Scope: Full text of core scholarly journals from their beginning to approximately one year ago. Disciplines include botany, business, ecology, general science, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and statistics. Browsable by discipline and full-text searchable across all disciplines. Especially good for historic or classic articles in most fields.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details PsycINFO

Coverage: 1806 - present.
Scope: PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. PsycINFO is a department of the American Psychological Association (APA) and contains over 2,487,286 records as of December 2007.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Social Sciences Citation Index

Coverage: 1980-
Scope: Use this for sociology, anthroplogy.,political science and economics.It will tell you who cited someone's research.
Notes: Who has cited?
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Database details Social Services Abstracts

Coverage: 1960
Scope: Indexes scholarly articles;some are full text.
Notes: Scholarly.
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Database details Social Work Abstracts - EBSCO

Coverage: 1965 to the present.
Scope: Indexes more than 450 social work and human services journals.
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Database details Social Work Abstracts - Ovid

Coverage: 1977 - present
Scope: The Social Work Abstracts database, produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc., contains more than 45,000 records, spanning from 1977 to the present, from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.
Notes: Scholarly
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Database details Urban Studies & Planning: SAGE Full Text

Coverage: 1960-
Scope: Full text articles in topics that will interest sociologists.
Notes: Scholarly.
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