All Databases in
Human Development & Family Studies
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- Academic OneFile
Scholarly journal articles and popular magazines covering all topics. A great database for beginning searches.
1980s-present (dates may vary).
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- Gale Academic OneFile
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Covers
- Periodicals -- General interest magazines; scholarly academic journals; business publications; technology periodicals; plus specialty titles in law, health care and computers
- Newswires -- 89 wire services covering agriculture, general news, broadcast news, government, business press releases, industry topics, sports and current events from all over the world
- Newspapers -- Indexes The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor
This database was formerly a part of Infotrac Onefile.
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- Academic Search Premier
Scholarly journal articles and popular magazines covering all topics. A great database for beginning searches.
1980s-present (dates may vary).
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Topics include news and current events, politics, literature, communication science, business, medicine, psychology, the arts, and many more.
- Summaries of articles in over 8,000 journals, magazines, and newspapers
- Full-text of articles in over 4,000 journals
- Summaries of scholarly articles in over 6,000 journals
- Full-text of scholarly articles in over 3,000 journals
While subject-specific databases may offer more depth, this one may be more up-to-date.
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- CenStats: U.S. Census Bureau
Several databases of demographic and economic information, including Building Permits Data; International Trade Data; Census Tract Street Locator; Detailed Occupation by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex; and USA Counties Data. From the US Census Bureau.
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Business and demographic databases from the U.S. Bureau of the Census. CenStats databases include:
- Annual Survey of Manufactures - Manufacturing data for 3-digit Standard Industrial Classifications by State for multiple years
- International Trade Data - Exports and imports by Standard International Trade Classification (SITC)
- USA Counties - Demographic and economic data for States and counties
- Building Permits - Building permit statistics on new construction for individual municipalities
- County Business Patterns - Employment and earnings by 4-digit SIC by state and county (1993-1997) and ZIP code (1994-1997) and by North American Industry Classification System (beginning 1998) by state and county, metropolitan statistical area and ZIP code
- ERIC (via EBSCOhost)
Indexes scholarly journals and magazines in all areas of education, from early intervention (birth to age three), preschool, K-12 (public and private), and higher education. Includes bilingual, special, gifted, and computer education.
1966-present.
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Some full-text available via UConn Links. Access via EBSCO interface. Search together with PsycINFO or Academic Search Premier.
Also includes child development, classroom techniques, computer education, counseling and testing, administration, arts and music education, and library science.
Summarizes unpublished documents such as curriculum guides, dissertations, opinion papers, conference proceedings, program descriptions, standards, and tests.
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- Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Includes:
- Encyclopedia of Education 2nd ed., 8v, 2003
- Encyclopedia of Modern Asia 6v, 2002
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa 2nd ed., 4v, 2004
- Encyclopedia of Public Health 4v, 2002
- Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine 2nd ed., 4v, 2005
- Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine 2nd ed., 5v, 2002
- Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health 5v, 2002
- Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America 3v, 2004
- Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America 2nd ed., 3v, 2000
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics 3rd ed., 5v, 2004
- Encyclopedia of Communication and Information 3v, 2002
- Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice 2nd ed., 4v, 2002
- Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior 2v, 2004
- Encyclopedia of Sociology 2nd ed., 5v, 2000
- International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family 2nd ed., 4v, 2003
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- HAPI (Health & Psychosocial Instruments)
Citations to measurement instruments such as questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, and tests.
1985-current.
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Health and Psychosocial Instruments provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/ manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- ICPSR - Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Covers political science, demographics, history, economics, international relations, and more. For assistance with complex data, contact Mark Maynard, mark.maynard@uconn.edu
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Part of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) of the University of Michigan.
Holdings include the following topics:
- political science
- sociology
- demography
- history
- economics
- international relations
- gerontology
- public health
- criminal justice
- education
Virtually all of the seminal data collections of the social sciences are accessible through ICPSR, along with special collections prepared by ICPSR to meet specific needs in the research community.
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- Issues & Controversies
Summarizes current issues and controversies in political, economic, social and scientific topics.
1995-current.
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Includes chronologies, editorial cartoons, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information.
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- LexisNexis News
National and international newspapers, news transcripts from TV and radio, and company financial reports.
1980s-current.
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Includes national and international newspapers, popular and general-interest magazines, economics and trade journals, company financial reports, and the 'Public Opinion Online' database, produced by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
See also
LexisNexis Legal and
LexisNexis Business
Publication groups within LexisNexis News include:
- Today's news
- U.S. and International news
- News transcripts from television and radio
- Arts & sports information
- Campus newspapers
- Business news
- Company financial information
- SEC filings
- Industry & market news and reports
- Patents
- Biographical information from Marquis Who's Who
- Country profiles
- Polls & surveys
- Quotations
- World Almanac
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- LGBT Life with Full Text
Covers gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues. Topics include civil liberties, culture, employment, family, history, psychology, religion, sociology and more.
varies; some back to 1950s-current.
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Covers traditional academic, lifestyle and regional publications. Includes the full text of significant GLBT journals, magazines and newspapers as well as some books.
Full-text journals include The Advocate, Gay Parent Magazine, Girlfriends, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, James White Review, ISNA News, Ladder, Lesbian Tide, New York Blade, ONE, Tangents, Washington Blade, and many more.
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- Mental Measurements Yearbook
Information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas.
1989 to present.
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For each test, the database provides the name of the test author, publication information, scoring information, and the number of the Mental Measurements Yearbook in which the test was described originally. The full text for each record includes an overview of the test, a description of the test materials and time needed, and one or more reviews of the test.
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- NCJRS Abstracts Database
Covers all aspects of law enforcement and criminal justice. From the National Criminal Justice Reference System.
1972-current.
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- Oxford Reference Online
100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works. Subjects include: biology; classics; computing; dance; earth sciences; economics; mythology; history; law; literature; medicine; opera; performing arts; politics; science, theater; and more.
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We subscribe to three collections at Oxford, all via the Boston Library Consortium. They are:
- Core Collection, United States
- Premium Western Civilization
- Premium Collection
Includes the Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, Oxford Companion to American Theatre, Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, Oxford Dictionary of Dance, and Who's Who in Opera.
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- PAIS International
Summaries articles in political, economic, and social issues. Covers the public and social policy literature of business, economics, finance, law, international relations, public administration, government, and political science.
1915-current.
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Emphasizes issues that are or might become the subjects of legislation. Dating from 1937 to the present, PAIS International and PAIS Archive contains abstracts of journal articles, books, statistical yearbooks, directories, conference proceedings, research reports and government documents from all over the world. The materials indexed are published in 60 countries in six languages -- English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. All subject headings and abstracts are written in English.
Subjects:
- Current Events
- Economics
- Foreign Affairs
- Government Regulations
- Political Science
- Politics
- Public Administration
- Public Affairs
- Social Issues
- Social Sciences
PAIS International and
PAIS Archive may be searched separately.
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- POPLINE
Summarzies scholarly articles in population, family planning, and related health issues.
1970-present.
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POPLINE brings together over 280,000 records representing published and unpublished literature in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues.
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- Population Index
Annotated bibliography of books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population and demographic topics.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Indexes every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations.
1861-present; full-text 1997 to present.
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- PsycINFO
Scholarly articles in psychology, plus medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, criminology, social science, business, & organizational behavior.
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1872-present.
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Covers the academic, research and practice literature -- including journal articles, dissertations, book chapters, books, technical reports -- from over 45 countries in more than 30 languages. From the American Psychological Association.
Subjects include:
- Business (advertising & marketing)
- Communication Sciences
- Education
- Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Sociology
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- PubMed
Scholarly journal articles about health and medicine, nursing, audiology, and biology. Includes entire MEDLINE via EBSCO database plus more than 1 million additional life sciences article citations that are not in MEDLINE via EBSCO.
1950s-current.
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PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier database of scholarly citations covering nearly 4,500 journals published in the U.S. and more than 70 other countries. New citations are added weekly.
PubMed is more current than MEDLINE via EBSCO and in addition to providing access to MEDLINE, PubMed provides access to:
- The out-of-scope citations (e.g., articles on plate tectonics or astrophysics) from certain MEDLINE journals, primarily general science and chemistry journals, for which the life sciences articles are indexed for MEDLINE
- Citations that precede the date that a journal was selected for MEDLINE indexing
- Some additional life science journals that submit full text to PubMedCentral(c) and receive a qualitative review by NLM.
- Scopus
Scholarly journal articles with a heavy emphasis on science topics. A great database for high quality scholarly articles on any topic. International scope. Excellent for citation searching.
1996-present for citation searching; 1966 to present for general searching.
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Because UConn holds a license to
Beilstein CrossFire, users can see summaries of compounds and reaction information in Scopus for any article that is also indexed in Beilstein Crossfire.
Using the Papers application from Mekentosj to search Scopus? Papers should prompt you for the Scopus ID (36298) when you do a Scopus search. If it doesn't, or if you need to change it, it go to Preferences, Plugins, Search Engines. Also, Papers can also be configured to use our off campus authentication system (EZproxy), so you might want to add http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=%@ in the "library proxy" box under "Preferences, Sources".
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- Social Sciences Citation Index
Indexes over 1,700 journals in the social sciences. Some full-text available.
1994-present.
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Subjects include:
- Anthropology
- History
- Information Science & Library Science
- Law
- Linguistics
- Philosophy
- Political Science & Industrial Relations
- Psychiatry & Psychology
- Public Health
- Social Work & Sociology
- Substance Abuse
- Urban Studies
- Women's Studies
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- Social Sciences Citation Index (1987-1999)
Indexes scholarly articles published published in 1400 social science journals.
1987-1999.
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For access to the current (1994-present) Social Science Citation Index files, use
Web of Science.
- Social Services Abstracts
Summaries of current research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
1980-current.
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Summarizes over 1,400 journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
Topics include:
- Community and mental health services
- Crisis intervention
- The family and social welfare
- Gerontology
- Poverty and homelessness
- Professional issues in social work
- Social and health policy
- Social services in addiction
- Social work education
- Social work practice
- Support groups/networks
- Violence, abuse, neglect
- Welfare services
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- Social Work Abstracts
Summarizes articles in 450+ journals in all areas of social work, including theory and practice, areas of service, social issues, and social problems.
1966-current.
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Subjects:
- Alcohol Abuse
- Crime
- Gerontology
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Social Issues
- Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Welfare
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- Sociological Abstracts
Scholarly journal articles about sociology and other social and behavioral sciences. Includes culture & social structure; economic development; evaluation research; family & social welfare; management and complex organizations; policy planning.
1963-present.
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Some cited references included.
Major areas of coverage include:
- Culture and social structure
- Demography and human biology
- Economic development
- Environmental interactions
- Evaluation research
- Family and social welfare
- Health and medicine and law
- History and theory of sociology
- Management and complex organizations
- Mass phenomena and political interactions
- Methodology and research technology
- Policy, planning, forecast and speculation
- Radical sociology
- Religion and science
- Rural and urban sociology
- Social development
- Social differentiation
- Social psychology and group interaction
- Sociology of the arts, business, education
- Studies in violence and power
- Substance abuse and addiction
- Welfare services
- Women's studies
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- Web of Science
Scholarly journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities. A great database for high quality scholarly articles on any topic. Excellent for citation searching.
1994- present.
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Science Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Agriculture
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Oncology
- Patents, when a patent is part of the record
- Pediatrics
- Pharmacology
- Physics
- Plant Sciences
- Psychiatry
- Veterinary Science & Zoology
Social Sciences Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Anthropology
- History
- Information Science & Library Science
- Law
- Linguistics
- Philosophy
- Political Science & Industrial Relations
- Psychiatry & Psychology
- Public Health
- Social Work & Sociology
- Substance Abuse
- Urban Studies
- Women's Studies
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Art & Architecture
- Archaeology
- Asian Studies
- Classics
- Dance
- Folklore
- History
- Language & Linguistics
- Literature & Literary Reviews
- Music
- Philosophy
- Poetry
- Radio, Television, & Film
- Religion
- Theater
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- Women's Studies International (EBSCO)
Core topics in women's studies as well as current topics in feminist research. Includes sociology, history, political science, public policy, business, and education. Indexes journals, newspapers, newsletters, books, proceedings, and dissertations.
1972-current.
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Sources include: journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, important websites & web documents, and grey literature.
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- WorldCat
Catalog of books, journals, DVDs, CDs, scores, and sound recordings from over 9,000 libraries. 40 million records representing 400 languages. Covers information back to the 11th Century. Includes items at the University of Connecticut Libraries.
Request items not at UConn via Interlibrary Loan..
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WorldCat indicates if UConn owns the item, but it does not have UConn’s specific call numbers for books, music, and scripts, and it does not have any AV call numbers.
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