CSA Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities Databases Laura Karves October 2006

1. CSA Social SciencesandArts & Humanities DatabasesLaura KarvesOctober 2006

2. CSA has 4 subject areas • Social Sciences • Arts & Humanities • Natural Sciences • Technology

3. Social Sciences

4. CSA – Social Sciences • Communication Abstracts • Criminal Justice Abstracts • PAIS International • Sociological Abstracts +Social Services Abstracts • WorldWide Political Abstracts • Institute of Management International Database • AgeLine • ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences • EconLit • ERIC • IBSS: International… • Index Islamicus • PsycInfo • PsycARTICLES • PsycBooks

5. Communication Abstracts • Abstracts & indexes database published by SAGE. • In addition to Communication Studies the database covers international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication, and public policy. • It includes journal articles, reports, papers, and books. • 45,000 total records abnd backfiles up to 1977. • Bimonthly updated.

6. Criminal Justice Abstracts • Abstracts database published by SAGE. • It covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment, and sentencing. • Comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology. • Also indexes and summaries of international journal articles, books and governmental and non-governmental reports. • Total of 80,000 records, with backfiles up to 1968.

7. Sociological Abstracts +Social Services Abstracts • CSA:s largest sociology database, which includes more than 750,000 abstracts • Includes references and citations on over 3,000 journals, conference papers, books, book reviews and dissertations • Backfiles from 1952! • Includes own thesaurus

8. CSA Sociological databases +ProQuest full-text journals • 139 full-text titles; 161,000 full-text documents • ONLY 19 embargoed for up to 1 year • 93% (129 titles) are refereed; 66% (92 titles) have ISI impact factors • Deep archive dating as far back as 1922. • Weekly updating!

9. ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Indexes & Abstracts • A comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional. • Covers health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. • ASSIA currently contains over 375,000 records from over 500 journals published in 16 different countries, including the UK and US. • Updated monthly.

10. AgeLine • A bibliographic database covering social gerontology – the study of aging in social, psychological, health-related, and economic contest. • Includes over 76,000 records from Journals, magazines, aging-related dissertations and deiscriptions of videos. • Backfiles up to 1978.

11. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts • Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in: • political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.

12. CSA Political database +ProQuest full-text journals • 131 full-text titles; 143,600 full-text documents • ONLY 25 embargoed for up to 1 year • 87% (129 titles) are refereed; 50% (65 titles) have ISI impact factors • Deep archive dating as far back as 1922 • Weekly updating!

13. PAIS International • Main focus on Public Affairs in an international perspective . • Subjects covered: Child labour, Citizen militia, Cyber Cops, Disaster Relief, Ethnic Cleansing, Free Speech, Genetic Engineering, Globalization, Gun Control, Internet, Political Correctness, Street Children, Virtual reality, Weapon Stockpiles etc. etc.etc. • Includes publications from over 120 countries

14. Index Islamicus • The database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim World. • It does not only write only about the Middle East but also about Asia and Africa and Muslin minorities elsewhere. • It includes more than 2,000 journals, conference proceedings, monographs, book reviews and multi-authored works. • More than 292,000 records and it is updated with about 12,000 records a year. • Backfiles up to 1906!

15. PsycInfo • Electronic bibliographic database • Covers ~2,000 journals, 2,300+ books a year, dissertations • 2.2 million records as far back as 1806 • Multidisciplinary coverage • Scholarly content only—very international in scope • >15 million cited references

16. PsycARTICLES • Provides full-text articles from 48 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA). • Coverage starts with 1985. • More than 41,000 articles as of January 2005 • Linking to CSA databases PsycInfo and PsycBooks. • Updated weekly.

17. PsycBOOKS • Another APA database, but instead of journal articles, it includes books and chapters of APA published books. • Includes about 750 titles, including 100 out-of-print books from 1950 – 2002. • The database offers 120 archival resources in psychology, and the exclusive electronic release of the APA/Oxford University press Encyclopedia of Psychology.

18. SAGE Full-text journals Communication Studies 17 journals, 5,000+ full-text articles and 23 years backfiles • Criminology 21 journals, 5,000+ full-text articles and 23 years backfiles • Education*NEW 23 journals, 7,000+ full-text articles and 36 years backfiles • Political Sciences 23 journals, 9,000+ full-text articles and 23 years backfiles • Sociology 31 journals, 12,000+ full-text articles and 23 years backfiles

19. SAGE Full-text journals • Management & Organisation Studies*NEW 36 journals, 10,000+ full-text articles and 57 years backfiles • Material Science*NEW 15 journals, 5,300+ full-text articles and 10 years backfiles • Nursing & Health Studies*NEW 23 journals, 6,000+ full-text articles and 23 years backfiles • Psychology*NEW 31 journals, 18,000+ full-text articles and 35 years backfiles • Urban Studies*NEW 24 journals, 6,000+ full-text articles and 23 years backfiles

20. Arts & Humanities

21. Arts • ArtBibliographies Modern • DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index • BHA: Bibliography of the History of Arts • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

22. Humanities • LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts • LISA:Library and Information Science Abstracts • ATLA Religion Database • BHI: British Humanities Index New! • MLA International Bibliography New! • The Philosopher's Index New! • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

23. BHA – Bibliography of the History of Arts • Western art history from the fourth century onwards, with a primary focus on traditional art media, as well as in-depth coverage of archaeology and architecture. • Contains 650,000 records, with 24,000 records added per year. • Covers journals, books, catalogues, dissertations, conference papers and other media. • It has both French and English index terms and abstracts. • International in both coverage and scope.

24. MLA International Bibliography • Published by the Modern Language Association • MLA is a subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. • It includes more than 4,000 periodicals and 1,000 book publishers. • Very international coverage: records also in Swedish, Norwegian, German, Russian.

25. Philosopher’s Index • A bibliographic database with informative, author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of Philosophy. • Covers over 5,000 journals and book chapters, from more than 40 countries.

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