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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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• 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 Summarizes unpublished documents such as curriculum guides, dissertations, opinion papers, conference proceedings, program descriptions, standards, and tests.

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• PsycINFO
  Scholarly articles in psychology, plus medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, criminology, social science, business, & organizational behavior. Search Tips! 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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• 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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