Article Databases & Indexes
Core Article Databases & Indexes
(PsycINFO, the primary psychology database, is listed first. The remaining “core” databases are arranged in alphabetical order by title.
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1967 -- |
Description: |
PsycINFO indexes the psychology and related literature. It provides international coverage to all types of publications--including journal articles, dissertations, reports, English-language book chapters and books, and other scholarly documents. PsycINFO provides significant indexing to literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology, such as addiction studies, artificial intelligence, education, organizational behavior, personnel, public relations, law, ergonomics medicine, recreation and leisure, social work, social services, sociology, sports, etc. PsycINFO is divided into two separate databases: PsycINFO 1967 to present and Historic PsycINFO 1887 to 1966. The database is produced by the American Psychological Association, and it is updated weekly. New Feature: includes searchable cited references field (CIT). |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Psychology/ Databases |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/7/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1950 - |
Description: |
Indexes and contains the full text of literature review articles in psychology and related areas. Coverage is from 1950 to the present. Published annually. |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Indexes/ Literature Review/ Databases |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/9/06 |
|
|
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
199? -- |
Description: |
Historic PsycINFO 1872-1966 provides an index and abstracts of historical psychological journals. It contains abstracts from Psychological Abstracts back to 1927, Psychological Bulletin from 1921-1926, and all APA journals and the American Journal of Psychology back to their first issues. PsycINFO Historical indexes the psychology and related literature. It provides international coverage to all types of publications--including journal articles, dissertations, reports, English-language book chapters and books, and other scholarly documents. PsycINFO provides significant indexing to literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology, such as addiction studies, artificial intelligence, education, organizational behavior, personnel, public relations, law, ergonomics medicine, recreation and leisure, social work, social services, sociology, sports, etc. |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Psychology/ Databases |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/22/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
2004 -- |
Description: |
PsycBOOKS, published by the American Psychological Association (APA), is a database of full-text books in PDF format. The database contains nearly 14,000 chapters from more than 800 books. The database includes most scholarly titles published by APA since 1953. It also includes titles from other distinguished publishers. PsycBOOKS also includes over 100 out-of-print books and over 200 classic books of significant historical impact in the field of psychology. |
Location/URL: |
http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=pzh |
Subjects: |
Books/ Databases |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/9/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
2004 -- |
Description: |
PsycCRITIQUES is a database of full-text book reviews. This database replaces the venerable book review source "Contemporary Psychology." Coverage includes over 6,000 reviews of books, film, videos and software. Reviews are added weekly and approximately 900 reviews are added annually. |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Book reviews/ Databases |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/9/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1918 -- |
Description: |
Provides selected full text articles from 574 journals (title list found at http://epnet.com/titleLists/pb-complete.htm) covering topics such as behavioral characteristics, psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Coverage for is from 1918 to the present. Nearly all of the journals covered in this database are indexed in PsycINFO. However, a substantial number of the articles indexed in "Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection" are indexed "full text." This is not the case with PsycINFO. Therefore, you will likely find some articles on your topic in "Psychology & Behavioral Sciences" that you will not find in PsycINFO, but you must search the "All Text" field in your "Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection" search. |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Databases |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/9/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
2004 -- |
Description: |
Scopus provides indexing, abstracting and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature. Scopus includes over 15,000 peer reviewed titles from 4,000 publishers, providing access to over 28 million abstracts going back to 1966 and 5 years of cited reference back years, building up to 10 years by the end of 2005. Coverage also includes over 200 million quality web sites, over 12 million patents and 125 book series. |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Psychology |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati.. |
Record Date: |
8/9/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1980 -- |
Description: |
Consists of 3 separately searchable databases: Science citation index expanded (SCI-Expanded), indexing 5,300 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines; Social sciences citation index (SSCI), indexing 1,700 journals spanning 50 disciplines and selectively indexing relevant items from over 3,300 scientific and technical journals; and, Arts and humanities citation index (A&HCI), indexing 1,100 arts and humanities journals and selectively indexing relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. Updated weekly. Database coverage is from 1980 to the present. Book Reviews: To locate book reviews limit your search to the document type "Book Review." |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Sciences/ Databases/ Social sciences/ Humanities/ Book reviews |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/9/06 |
Additional Article Databases & Indexes
(These databases are arranged in alphabetical order by title.)
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1973 - |
Description: |
Absorbed into the MEDLINE database in 2001. The link provided with this citation will connect to MEDLINE. (NOTE: You can limit your MEDLINE search results to "Bioethics" journals with the limit feature after you have conducted your initial search.) Bioethicsline includes articles from over 40 indexing tools. Also includes a variety of other publication types, including book chapters, newspapers, court decisions, bills, laws and unpublished documents. Citations are primarily from English-language materials on bioethics. Some are from the literature of medicine, nursing, biology, philosophy, religion, law, and the behavioral sciences. Coverage: 1973 to present. Produced by the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, under contract with the National Library of Medicine. |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Ethics |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/9/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
REF RJ1 .C4 Internet (Vol. 75/2001 only) |
Date: |
1927 -- 2001 |
Description: |
Provides indexing abstracts of journals and reviews of books related to the growth and development of children. Unique feature: includes author's complete addresses, often including email addresses. Volume 75 (2001) is available through the Electronic Journal Center of OhioLINK. For earlier years of coverage, please refer to the printed copy of this title. |
Location/URL: |
Langsam Library: Also http://journals.ohiolink.edu/cgi-bin/sciserv.pl?collection=journals&journal=00093939 |
Subjects: |
Developmental psychology/ Child Psychology/ Indexes |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to the electronic version is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. No use restrictions for the print version |
Record Date: |
8/9/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1992 - 2006 |
Description: |
Indexes over 1,200 English language source documents, including periodicals, newsletters, pamphlets, research reports, bibliographies, directories, fact sheets and articles from hard-to-find ephemeral literature. Coverage is international. Source documents are available full text. A wide range of women-related topics is included in this database covering sociology, psychology, health, education, and human rights. Coverage is from 1992 to 2006. OhioLINK ended its subscription to this database on July 1, 2006. Material for the years 1992-2006 will remain in place indefinitely. This database is being replaced by EBSCO's "Women's Studies International" database. |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Women/ Full Text |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/21/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
2006 -- |
Description: |
Education Research Complete is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals. This database also includes full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers. |
Location/URL: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=ehh |
Subjects: |
Databases/ Education/ Full Text |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/22/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1966 - |
Description: |
The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information. The database contains abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. The ERIC database encompasses both Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE), which announces journal articles, and Resources in Education (RIE), which announces documents, including reports, papers, guides, and books. Coverage is from 1966 to the present. |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Education/ Learning/ Criminal Justice |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
6/08/04 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1990 -- |
Description: |
Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. The database has a total of 977,168 articles (over 213,800 of them in Spanish) from over 260 publications. This collection of articles, editorials, columns, reviews, etc. provides a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints -- the other sides of the stories Free text searching and complete indexing makes Ethnic NewsWatch easy to search. Ethnic NewWatch was recently (2004) purchased by ProQuest from Softline. Note that in ProQuest's database list that Ethnic NewWatch is identified as "Interdisciplinary - Ethnic NewWatch(ENW)." |
Location/URL: |
http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=SU5UPTAmVkVSPTImREJTPTM4M0UrMzgzRg@@ |
Subjects: |
Ethnic groups/ Minorities/ Native Americans/ Hispanics/ African Americans/ Full Text |
Category: |
Article Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/22/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1980 - |
Description: |
Provides access to articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade and general-interest publications, as well as references for The New York Times. The database integrates core titles in every major academic concentration. Subject coverage includes astronomy, religion, law, history, psychology, humanities, current events, sociology, communications and the general sciences. Over 11 million articles are included, and many are full text. Coverage is from 1980 to the present. The database is updated daily. |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Psychology/ Sociology/ Social sciences/ Communications |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/21/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Description: |
GenderWatch is a full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. GenderWatch supports programs in business, education, literature and the arts, health sciences, history, political science, public policy, sociology and contemporary culture, gender and women's studies and more. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, n-g-o and special reports. The database provides in-depth coverage of the subjects that are uniquely central to women's lives, including family, childbirth, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders and social and societal roles. It also includes content on the impact of gender and gender roles on areas such as: the arts, popular culture and media, business and work, crime and criminology, education, research and scholarship, family, health care and medicine, politics, policy and legislation, pornography, religion, sexuality and sexology, sports and leisure. GenderWatch contains archival material, in some cases as far back as the 1970's with additional archival material continually added, making this the repository of an important historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles and understandings over the last fifteen to twenty years. GenderWatch was recently (2004) purchased by ProQuest from Softline. Note that in ProQuest's database list that GenderWatch is identified as "Interdisciplinary - GenderWatch(GW)." |
Location/URL: |
http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=SU5UPTAmVkVSPTImREJTPTM4M0Q@ |
Subjects: |
Women/ Gender identity/ Family/ Sexism/ Sex |
Category: |
Article Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
7/28/04 |
Title: |
Index to social sciences & humanities proceedings |
Call Number: |
REF Z7163 .I5 |
Date: |
1979 -- 2003 |
Description: |
Provides indexing to over 3,000 proceedings and nearly 20,000 papers annually. Covers most major conferences, seminars, symposia, colloquia and workshops in the social sciences and humanities. Subject coverage includes, but is not limited to the following areas: communications, demography, criminology, information science, psychiatry, psychology and sociology. Access is by author, sponsor, location, category and keyword. Coverage is from 1979 to 2003. Updated quarterly with annual cumulations. |
Location/URL: |
Langsam Library |
Subjects: |
Proceedings / Indexes |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
No Restrictions |
Record Date: |
8/9/06 |
Title: |
Linguistics and language behavior abstracts : LLBA |
Call Number: |
REF P1 .L65 |
Date: |
1985 -- |
Description: |
LLBA covers journals in acoustics, communications, education, ethnology, information science, medicine, psychology, and language and linguistics. An annual cumulative index is published each year. |
Location/URL: |
Langsam |
Subjects: |
Linguistics / Psycholinguistics |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
No Restrictions |
Record Date: |
8/10/06 |
Title: |
|
Date: |
[2003] |
Date of Access: |
July 17, 2003 |
Description: |
Coverage: Current & retrospective. Uses PLWeb (a sophisticated, though not intuitive search engine) to search documents at the following web sites: American Psychological Association, APA Public Information, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on Drug Abuse, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, the Sidran Foundation and the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Internet/Internet/Databases/APA/Families/Drug Abuse/Mental Health/Alcohol |
Category: |
Please peruse the "PsychCrawler User Guide" before searching. The PsychCrawler search engine is robust, but only for those who know how to use it. |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/9/06 |
Title: |
Sage family studies abstracts |
Call Number: |
REF HQ546 .S23 |
Date: |
1981 -- |
Description: |
Provides annually over 1,200 abstracts to major articles, reports, books, and other materials. Coverage is from 1981 to the present. |
Location/URL: |
Langsam Library |
Subjects: |
Family/ Indexes/ Marriage |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
No Restrictions |
Record Date: |
8/8/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1994 - |
Description: |
SIRS combines four databases: SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS Renaissance and SIRS WebSelect to provide thousands of full-text articles, government documents and selected web sites on a variety areas, including: social science, science, health, history, economics, business, government, politics, global issues, and the arts. Articles come from 2000 newspapers, magazines, journals and government publications. Coverage is from 1994 to the present. |
Location/URL: |
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-portal-display?id=SOH0098-0-6415 |
Subjects: |
Social sciences/ Full Text |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/10/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1895 -- |
Description: |
SocINDEX™ is a comprehensive sociology research database. The index features more than 1,600,000 records ( including over 371,999 book reviews and over 15,000 conference papers) with subject headings from a 15,600 term sociology-specific thesaurus designed by expert lexicographers. This product also contains informative abstracts for more than 720 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 530 "priority" coverage journals as well as over 2,800 "selective" coverage journals. Further, extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources is included. Searchable cited references are also provided. SocINDEX offers coverage from all sub disciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography, economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others. Note on conference papers: Approximately half of the 15,000+ conference papers are available full text. Book Reviews: SocINDEX contains over 371,999 book reviews. To locate book reviews, conduct your normal search for a topic or perhaps the author of the reviewed book, and then in the "Limit Your Results" box select "Book Review" from the "Document Type" option box. Click on the [Search] button to invoke your search. |
Location/URL: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=sih |
Subjects: |
Sociology/ Crime/ Social Psychology/ Demography/ Community |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases; Book Reviews |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati.. |
Record Date: |
8/7/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1963 -- 2005 (Closed database -- no data added after July 1, 2005 -- SEE SocINDEX) |
Description: |
Sociological Abstracts provides access to the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. The database includes abstracts of journal articles Some from over 2500 journals, abstracts of conference papers presented at various sociological association meetings, relevant dissertation listings from Dissertations Abstracts International, enhanced bibliographic citations of book reviews, and abstracts of some sociology books. Approximately 2500 journals in 30 different languages from about 55 countries are scanned for inclusion, covering sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology. Journals published by sociological associations, groups, faculties, and institutes, and periodicals containing the term "sociology" in their titles, are abstracted fully, irrespective of language or country of publication. Non-core journals are screened for articles by sociologists and/or articles of immediate interest or relevance to sociologists. Coverage is from 1963 to June 30, 2005. Note on conference papers: Selective conference papers are available from Sociological Abstracts (SA). SA offers all conference authors the opportunity to make their papers available via SA. However, many authors decline the offer. Papers from these authors may be available by contacting the author, or sometimes the papers eventually get published in a traditional journal. Papers available via SA will have the necessary contact information published in the full record in SA, either print or electronic version. Papers may be ordered through the University of Cincinnati Libraries' Interlibrary Loan System (http://illiad.uc.edu/index2.html). Note on book reviews: Sociological Abstracts contains over 150,000 book reviews. To locate book reviews, conduct your normal search for a topic or perhaps the author of the reviewed book, and then from the title list screen select [Limit Search Results]. From the "Limit" screen select "Book Review" from the "Publication Type" box. Click on the [Limit Results Now] button to complete your search. |
Location/URL: |
|
Subjects: |
Sociology/ Databases/ Social Psychology/ Anthropology/ Demography/ Community |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases; Book Reviews |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/22/06 |
Title: |
|
Call Number: |
Available on the Internet (Click on the Title link) |
Date: |
1972 -- |
Description: |
Women’s Studies International is produced by the National Information Services Corporation (NISC). The database covers core disciplines in Women’s Studies and feminist research and holds more than 548,220 records. In excess of 2,000 periodical sources are included. Coverage is from 1972 and to the present. |
Location/URL: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=fyh |
Subjects: |
Databases |
Category: |
Article Indexes/Databases |
Restrictions: |
Access to this resource is limited to students, staff and faculty of the Univ. of Cincinnati. |
Record Date: |
8/21/06 |
Web site content: Randall Roberts