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An indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, economics, politics, race relations, and education. Dates of coverage: 1987 - current.

Contains bibliographic citations describing items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. 1990 to the present for most journals, 1992 or 1994 to the present for some.

ISI Web of knowledge is an integrated platform designed to support research in academic, corporate, government, and not for profit organizations. ISI citation databases are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information indexed to be searched by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched for articles that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows use of a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more recent articles on the same topic.

Provides full-text access to about 300 volumes of reference works in the humanities, social sciences, and business and management. It supports browsing and full-text searching.

The Digest of Social Legislation covers a wide range of legislation for England and Wales, and Scotland. It is divided into several sections, covering Consumer Protection, Education, Employment, Housing, Social Security and other topics. The Digest is designed for advisers and aims to give as exact an account of the relevant statutory provisions as possible, and its users include solicitors, Citizens Advice Bureaux, advice centres, welfare officers, colleges and universities, and local authorities. This electronic version incorporates changes in legislation up to the present year.

UK's most extensive database of social care information. Includes research briefings, reports, government documents, journal articles, and websites. Covers topics such as benefits and personal finance, criminal justice, law and rights education, training and employment, families, children and young people, government and social policy, health and health care, housing and environment, living and life events, management and organisational development, mental health and mental health care, people, groups and communities, physical and learning disabilities, research and evaluation, social care services, social work and social workers.

CareKnowledge is an extensive database of social care information and includes research briefings, reports, government documents, journal articles, and websites.

Includes citations for over 2.3 million dissertations and theses from around the world, ranging from 1861 to those accepted last semester. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts; master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Where available, PQDT provides twenty-four page previews. In addition, more than 750,000 are available for download in PDF format (digital dissertations and theses are archived as submitted by the degree-granting institution).

A uniquely exhaustive resource for historians, theologians, political scientists, and sociologists studying the religious and social upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries, the Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts gives researchers immediate, Web-based access to an extensive range of seminal works from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras.The database uses PhiloLogic software, developed at the University of Chicago, to enable in-depth browsing and searching of a treasury of theological writings, biblical commentaries, confessional documents, sermons, letters, polemical treatises, and other works by hundreds of Protestant authors.

The Economic and Social Data Service is a national data archiving and dissemination service which came into operation in January 2003. The service is a jointly-funded initiative sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The ESDS is a distributed service, based on a collaboration between four key centres of expertise: UK Data Archive (UKDA), University of Essex; Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex; Manchester Information and Associated Services (MIMAS), University of Manchester; Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR), University of Manchester.

The eHRAF collection is a web-based, multi-cultural database for disciplines with an interest in cultural diversity. For each culture included, eHRAF contains ethnographic information on all aspects of cultural and social life with diverse topics ranging from religious beliefs, bringing up children, causes and cures of diseases, to economic and political behavior. This annually-growing database is unique in that in every paragraph of the full-text source (book, article, dissertation) is subject-indexed for precise retrieval of information. Cultures range from ethnic groups in Africa, Asia, and Oceania, to indigenous and immigrant groups in North and South America.

"Major reference work that provides a comprehensive entry point into all of the existing literature on child development from the fields of psychology, genetics, neuroscience, and sociology"-- About page.

Provides in-depth indexing of over 115,000 films from over 170 countries - from the first silent movies through art house classics to the latest blockbusters - and biographical information for almost 57,000 personalities. Its rich content also includes coverage of international film awards and prizes as well as searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists. Based on the Summary of Film and Television database maintained by the British Film Institute.

The Film Literature Index (FLI) annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular. More than 2,000 subject headings provide detailed analysis of the articles. The FLI Online contains approximately 700,000 citations to articles, film reviews and book reviews published between 1976-2001. You can search the citations or browse by subject headings, browse by person names, browse by production titles, or browse by corporate names.

Provides online access to an extensive collection of general and specialized databases covering a wide range of subject areas. Features links to abstracts, articles, indexes, reviews, and full text of works such as dissertations, journals, reports, and conference proceedings and papers. Links to some OCLC databases.

A comprehensive listing of theses accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. Abstracts are included for all theses as of 1986, and selectively from 1970-1986.

ISI Web of knowledge is an integrated platform designed to support research in academic, corporate, government, and not for profit organizations. ISI citation databases are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information indexed to be searched by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched for articles that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows use of a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more recent articles on the same topic.

Bibliographic database compiled by the London School of Economics and Political Science. IBSS includes nearly two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,700 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books included each year. The database covers the references in the print publications "International bibliography of anthropology", "International bibliography of economics", "International bibliography of political science" and "International bibliography of sociology".

The Economic and Social Data Service is a national data archiving and dissemination service which came into operation in January 2003. The service is a jointly-funded initiative sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The ESDS is a distributed service, based on a collaboration between four key centres of expertise: UK Data Archive (UKDA), University of Essex; Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex; Manchester Information and Associated Services (MIMAS), University of Manchester; Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR), University of Manchester.

Issues Online is a comprehensive reference source addressing contemporary social issues. With more than sixty topics to choose from, it provides a wide range of information including: articles with news and views on each topic, key facts, key statistics, lobby group links, newspaper archives, reference sites, research guides plus assignment/debate suggestions.

Database giving one-stop access to a vast range of LexisNexis content (32 sources), described in the introduction as "the most most comprehensive & authoritative online legal information", including: the various "All England" series, "Butterworths" series, "Halsbury's" series, and sources for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Includes Employment law.

This resource includes essays on British social history collected between 1937 and 1972 during a project called the Mass Observation. The archives also include photographs, file reports, diaries, day surveys and links to other sites. Mass Observation Online offers access to one of the most important archives for the study of social history in the modern era.

NHS Evidence provides free access to clinical and non-clinical information - local, regional, national and international. Information includes evidence, guidance and Government policy.

Contains bibliographic citations describing items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. 1990 to the present for most journals, 1992 or 1994 to the present for some.

Provides online access to an extensive collection of general and specialized databases covering a wide range of subject areas. Features links to abstracts, articles, indexes, reviews, and full text of works such as dissertations, journals, reports, and conference proceedings and papers. Links to some OCLC databases.

"Website for scientific journals in social and human sciences, established by the Ministry of State Education, Higher Education and Research. Launched on the initiative of the research community, who are keen for their scientific output to have greater visibility, the PERSEE website has as its mission the digitisation and online distribution of back collections of a vast corpus of periodicals. Wider availability of this rich scientific heritage will benefit French research by making it freely and publicly accessible." Provides full text articles in French from online academic journals via the 'Revues scientifiques' tab, including Cahiers d'études africaines, Annales de géographie, and Revue française de science politique, and to the monograph series Publications de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée and Publications de l'École Française de Rome via the 'Publications et séries' tab.

Includes citations for over 2.3 million dissertations and theses from around the world, ranging from 1861 to those accepted last semester. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts; master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Where available, PQDT provides twenty-four page previews. In addition, more than 750,000 are available for download in PDF format (digital dissertations and theses are archived as submitted by the degree-granting institution).

The PsycINFO database covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. PsycINFO's coverage is worldwide, and includes references and abstracts to over 1300 journals in more than 20 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language. Over 50,000 references are added annually. Popular literature is excluded.

"Website for scientific journals in social and human sciences, established by the Ministry of State Education, Higher Education and Research. Launched on the initiative of the research community, who are keen for their scientific output to have greater visibility, the PERSEE website has as its mission the digitisation and online distribution of back collections of a vast corpus of periodicals. Wider availability of this rich scientific heritage will benefit French research by making it freely and publicly accessible." Provides full text articles in French from online academic journals via the 'Revues scientifiques' tab, including Cahiers d'études africaines, Annales de géographie, and Revue française de science politique, and to the monograph series Publications de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée and Publications de l'École Française de Rome via the 'Publications et séries' tab.

"Website for scientific journals in social and human sciences, established by the Ministry of State Education, Higher Education and Research. Launched on the initiative of the research community, who are keen for their scientific output to have greater visibility, the PERSEE website has as its mission the digitisation and online distribution of back collections of a vast corpus of periodicals. Wider availability of this rich scientific heritage will benefit French research by making it freely and publicly accessible." Provides full text articles in French from online academic journals via the 'Revues scientifiques' tab, including Cahiers d'études africaines, Annales de géographie, and Revue française de science politique, and to the monograph series Publications de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée and Publications de l'École Française de Rome via the 'Publications et séries' tab.

Web database for scientific research that contains abstracts, tables of contents, and full text of articles in the sciences, technology, medicine and social sciences.

UK's most extensive database of social care information. Includes research briefings, reports, government documents, journal articles, and websites. Covers topics such as benefits and personal finance, criminal justice, law and rights education, training and employment, families, children and young people, government and social policy, health and health care, housing and environment, living and life events, management and organisational development, mental health and mental health care, people, groups and communities, physical and learning disabilities, research and evaluation, social care services, social work and social workers.

CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Social Theory offers an extensive selection of documents that explore the complexities and interpret the nature of social behavior and organization. It features works by such major theorists as Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Ulrich Beck, Howard Becker, Nancy Chodorow, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Erving Goffman, Robert Merton, and Talcott Parsons.

Presents abstracts and indexes of international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and citations to book reviews drawn from serial publications

The Serials Union Catalogue for the UK research community is a free tool to help researchers and librarians locate serials held in the UK. The catalogue contains information on both print and electronic serials, including journals, periodicals, newspapers, newsletters, magazines, proceedings, annual reports and other publications of a continuing nature.

A uniquely exhaustive resource for historians, theologians, political scientists, and sociologists studying the religious and social upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries, the Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts gives researchers immediate, Web-based access to an extensive range of seminal works from the Reformation and post-Reformation eras.The database uses PhiloLogic software, developed at the University of Chicago, to enable in-depth browsing and searching of a treasury of theological writings, biblical commentaries, confessional documents, sermons, letters, polemical treatises, and other works by hundreds of Protestant authors.

ISI Web of knowledge is an integrated platform designed to support research in academic, corporate, government, and not for profit organizations. ISI citation databases are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information indexed to be searched by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched for articles that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows use of a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more recent articles on the same topic.

WorldCat is a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. With millions of online records built from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries, it is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind.

The eHRAF collection is a web-based, multi-cultural database for disciplines with an interest in cultural diversity. For each culture included, eHRAF contains ethnographic information on all aspects of cultural and social life with diverse topics ranging from religious beliefs, bringing up children, causes and cures of diseases, to economic and political behavior. This annually-growing database is unique in that in every paragraph of the full-text source (book, article, dissertation) is subject-indexed for precise retrieval of information. Cultures range from ethnic groups in Africa, Asia, and Oceania, to indigenous and immigrant groups in North and South America.

The newly funded ZETOC service provides Z39.50-compliant access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents (ETOC). The database contains details of approximately 20,000 current journals and 16,000 conference proceedings published per year. With almost 15 million article and conference records, the database covers every imaginable subject in science, technology, medicine, engineering, business, law, finance and the humanities. The database covers the years from 1993 to date and is updated daily. A list of journal titles covered by the database is available. Copies of all the articles and conference papers listed on the database are available from the British Library's Document Supply Centre in Yorkshire.