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Classical

L'Année Philologique (1969-2002 vols. 30-73; updated annually in the spring), also called Database of Classical Bibliography, indexes and abstracts 1,500 journals and 500 collections and conference papers classified under ancient authors, texts, subjects and disciplines. It includes articles in French, English, German, and Italian, and Spanish. It is published by the Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, the American Philological Association and the Database of Classical Bibliography with support from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France) and the National Endowment for Humanities (USA). This subscription is limited to 10 simultaneous users.

Current

Academic Search Premier upgraded to Academic Search Complete.

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) (1991-present; updated monthly and weekly; much full-text; XLinks) indexes books, journals, working papers, occasional papers, case studies, and conference proceedings. It covers theory and research in international affairs and includes policy briefs, economic indicators, research projects, links to Internet resources, schedule of events, maps, and country data. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Columbia University Press.

PAIS International (1972-present; updated monthly; some full-text; RefWorks help; video tutorial; saving searches) covers the literature of public affairs, including current issues and actions that affect world communities, countries, people, and governments. It provides access to articles, books, and documents, addressing important political, economic and social issues. It is produced by OCLC Public Affairs Information Service and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

Electronic Journal Collections

Electronic Journal Center (about 1995-present; updates dependent upon publisher; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks; saving searches) is a multidisciplinary collection of about 5,000 journals published by Academic Press, American Chemical Society, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, American Psychological Association (PsycARTICLES), Association of Computing Machinery, Berkeley Electronic Press, BioOne, Blackwell, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Emerald (MCB University Press), Ingenta, Institute of Physics, Kluwer, Lawrence Erlbaum, Optical Society of America, Oxford University Press, Project MUSE, Royal Society of Chemistry, Springer-Verlag, Thieme and Wiley. Scholars can be notified by email about new relevant articles according to subject, author or journal title. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK.

JSTOR (1st issue of 1st volume to 3 years from present; all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks; title list) provides online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in a variety of academic disciplines including the arts, business, demographic studies, humanities, social sciences, and science.

Historical

Historical Abstracts (new user interface; 1955-present; updated 3 times per year; some full-text; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) indexes and abstracts over 2,000 international historical journals. It also includes selected journals in the social sciences and humanities. It covers history from 1450 to the present, but excludes US and Canadian history. Users can search cited references and browse Clio Notes, chronologies and brief summaries of significant events and themes in world history. It is produced by ABC-CLIO and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) (1967-present) contains more than 300,000 bibliographic records for current articles published in journals, conference proceedings, collected essays, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues. Articles relate to the Middle Ages, within the date range of 400-1500 AD. Geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Users can search the Bibliographie de Civilisation Medievale (BCM) database separately or along with the IMB database for book bibliographic records. Click Enter Databases and then Go to begin. This subscription is limited to 3 simultaneous users. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Breopolis Publishers.

Iter (400-1700; updated daily) is a database of materials pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It contains bibliographic records for materials published in 500 scholarly journals.

Sociological

Anthropology Plus (late 1900s-present; some full-text; RefWorks help) brings together into one resource Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index from the Royal Anthropological Institute (UK). It indexes journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. It is produced Harvard College and the Royal Anthropological Institute. The user interface is provided by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).

Sociological Abstracts (1963-2005; no longer updated; some full-text; RefWorks help) provides indexes and abstracts after 1974 to 1,700 serials publications in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It includes journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. It is produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts and the user interface is provided by OhioLINK. See SocINDEX and Social Sciences Citation Index for more up-to-date information.

Sociological Collection included in SocINDEX.


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