Sociology and Social Work Databases

Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including 6,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,000 journals and a total of 11,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women’s studies, and other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals. Academic Search Complete is updated daily.

URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=a9h
Annual Review of Sociology
The Annual Reviews series provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in 15 disciplines. Annual Reviews saves you time by synthesizing the vast amount of primary research literature and identifying the principal contributions in your field. Editorial committees comprised of the most distinguished scholars in the discipline select all topics for review, and the articles are written by authors who are recognized experts in the field. Annual Reviews publications are among the highest cited publications by impact factor according to the Institute for Scientific Information(R) (ISI). The following Annual Reviews are available: Annual Review of Anthropology, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Annual Review of Biochemistry, Annual Review of Biophysics, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Annual Review of Entomology, Annual Review of Genetics, Annual Review of Medicine, Annual Review of Microbiology, Annual Review of Nutrition, Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Annual Review of Physiology, Annual Review of Psychology, Annual Review of Public Health, and Annual Review of Sociology.

URL: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/soc
ERIC (EBSCO)
A national information system supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Library of Education, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. It provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1000 educational and education-related journals. This is a good choice for ERIC because of the increased full-text linkage from all EBSCO databases.

URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=eric
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. In many cases, these are multi-volume reference works previously only available in a physical form in the library. Now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Chicago State has access to more than 40 titles. Featured titles include Contemporary Black Biography, a 71 volume biographical reference source and International Directory of Company Histories, a massive 93 volume encyclopedia of business history. A current alphabetical list of all available titles can be found here.

Sociology titles included in the Gale Virtual Reference Library include

  1. Encyclopedia of Race and Racism. 3 vols 2008.
  2. Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources. 2007.
  3. Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources. 2006.
  4. Government, Politics, and Protest: Essential Primary Sources. 2007.
  5. Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources. 2007.
  6. Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources. 2007.
  7. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2nd ed. 9v.
    8. 2008.
  8. SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. 2 vols. 2008.
  9. Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources. 2007.
  10. Terrorism: Essential Primary Sources. 2006.
URL: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/uiuc_csu?db=gvrl
PsycARTICLES
is a definitive source of searchable full text articles on current issues in psychology. The PsycARTICLES database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 34,000 searchable full text articles from 43 journals published by the American Psychological Association and 8 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 51 journals.

URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=pdh
PsycINFO
contains nearly two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which spans from 1872 to the present, includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in over 35 languages. More than 60,000 records are added each year. It also includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law.

URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=psyh
Social Work Abstracts
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.

URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=swh

General Interest Databases

Academic Search Complete—is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for over 5,300 scholarly publications, including more than 4,400 peer-reviewed publications. Offers indexing and abstracts for 9,300 journals on nearly every area of academic study.

Gale Virtual Reference Library—is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely at all times.

JSTOR Arts and Sciences 1 (119 titles) is JSTOR’s first collection—includes core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities, social sciences, ecology, mathematics, and statistics. Arts and Sciences IV (112 titles) has a strong focus on the professions of business, education, and law, and also includes titles in psychology, public policy and administration.

Newsbank—provides full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for nearly 500 U.S. newspapers – including the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Sun Times.


Sociology and Social Work Databases