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• 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.

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• Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption
  Summarizes scholarly articles about preventing and treating child abuse and neglect. Includes books, journal articles, reports from federally-funded grants, and descriptions of service programs and prevention and treatment strategies. 1965-current.
  

  

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  Materials cited are primarily English-language, originating from U.S. research and service programs. Useful for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and administrators working to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect.

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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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  • GLBT Life with Full Text

  

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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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• PsycINFO
  Scholarly articles in psychology. Includes medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior. From the American Psychological Association. 1872-present.
  

  

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  Covers the academic, research and practice literature from over 45 countries in more than 30 languages. PsycINFO includes relevant materials from related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior. Indexes journals, dissertations, book chapters, books, technical reports, and other documents. Subjects:

  • Business (advertising & marketing)
  • Communication Sciences
  • Education
  • Medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

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• 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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