| Database |
Description |
Coverage |
Full Text |
| ACS Publications (Chemistry Journals) |
Citations, abstracts, and full text articles of 47 American Chemical Society journals and other publications. Full text extends to the first issue of publication. |
1879-present; varies by title |
Full text |
| AMS Journals (Mathematics) |
Citations, abstracts and full text articles of five journals published by the American Mathematical Society. |
1996-present |
Full text |
| APS Journals (Physics) |
Search and browse journals published by the American Physical Society. |
1998-present |
Some full text |
| ATLA Religion Database & ATLA Serials |
A comprehensive research database in the fields of religion and theology produced by the American Theological Library Association. Includes bibliographic citations and abstracts to journal articles, book chapters and essays, book reviews, and Doctor of Ministry projects. Many journal article citations link to full text in ATLA Serials. |
1949-present; updated quarterly |
Some links to full text |
| Academic Search Premier |
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier indexes nearly 8,050 publications and provides full text for nearly 4,600, including more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage also includes many newspapers and popular magazines and spans virtually every area of academic study since 1975. Updated daily. Access is provided by the Electronic Library of Minnesota (ELM). |
1975-present; updated daily |
Considerable full text available |
| AGRICOLA |
Citations and abstracts for agricultural publications from the 15th century to the present, including articles from over 600 periodicals, USDA and state experiment station and extension publications, and selected books. Subjects include animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, food and human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. Many records are linked to full-text documents online. A resource of the National Agricultural Library. |
1970-present, updated monthly |
Some links to full text |
| Alternative Press Index |
Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical and leftist periodicals, newspapers and magazines from 1991-present. |
1991-present; updated quarterly |
No full text |
| America: History & Life |
Indexes literature related to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistorical times to the present. This extensive database covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide including all key English-language historical journals, selected historical journals from major countries, and state and local history journals, as well as books, dissertations and book reviews. |
1964-present |
Some links to full text |
| L'Annee Philologique Online |
Annual index of scholarly publications relating to the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome (500 BCE to 800 CE). The most complete index available for classics, this resource includes over 375,000 citations to articles, books, book reviews, conference proceedings, and essays on on all aspects of Greek and Latin cultures, including literature, language, art, archaeology, philosophy, and religion. International in scope, it indexes works in all languages. |
1959-present |
No full text |
| Annual Reviews |
Online access to the contents of Annual Reviews: 29 volumes published yearly covering biomedical, physical, and social science disciplines. Full text is available for the complete backfiles of 13 titles, some going back to 1932: The Annual Review of Anthropology, Biochemistry, Cell & Developmental Biology, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Ecology & Systematics, Entomology, Genetics, Genomics & Human Genetics, Immunology, Neuroscience, Physical Chemistry, Psychology, and Sociology. |
1932-present |
Full text for titles listed |
| Arts & Humanities Search (AHSearch) |
Indexes 1,300 of the world's leading journals in arts and humanities, plus related publications in the sciences and social sciences, from 1980 to the present. Provides citations to articles, bibliographies, letters, reviews, and other materials about arts and humanities. |
1980-present; updated weekly |
No full text |
| Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive |
Search and browse the full text of 8 religion books and journals published by the Biblical Archaeology Society, including the Biblical Archaeology Review and the Bible Review. |
1975-present; updated monthly |
Full text available |
| Books in Print |
Contains over five million records of in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming book, audio book, and video titles from over 44,000 North American publishers. Also includes many book reviews. |
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No full text |
| Business Source Premier |
Full-text coverage to more than 2,800 scholarly journals and trade publications in business, economics, political science and public administration. Selected Datamonitor company reports and EIU country documents are also available. Access is provided by the Electronic Library of Minnesota (ELM). |
1965-present |
Considerable full text available |
| CIAO |
Columbia International Affairs Online contains references to working papers, conference proceedings, journals, books, policy briefs, economic indicators, and more, from 1991 to the present. The database focuses on theory and research in international affairs. |
1991-present |
Considerable full text available |
| CINAHL |
The Cumulated Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) indexes 3,024 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health back to 1937. Journal articles, legal cases, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials are included. May be searched with Journals@Ovid, which indexes over 800 journals and provides full text access to 38 journals. |
1937-present |
Some full text available |
| CSA Biological Sciences |
Citations and abstracts to research in all areas of biological sciences, including biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, and ecology. Coverage is from 1982 to the present. CSA Biological Sciences indexes over 6,000 primary journals plus patents, conference proceedings, books and reports. |
1982-present; updated monthly |
Some links to full text |
| CSA Databases |
Choose one or more databases from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts to search simultaneously, including ATLA, CSA Biological Sciences, ERIC, MEDLINE, MLA, PAIS, Physical Education Index, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, RILM, TOXLINE and all SAGE Full Text Collections. |
varies by database |
Some databases contain full text |
| Communication & Mass Media Complete |
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) was formed by merging two databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies - CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index. CMMC indexes around 600 journals and contains full text for over 240 titles. |
1915-present |
Considerable full text available |
| Communication Studies (SAGE Full Text) |
18 full-text journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Full text ranges from 1982-present. Topics covered include journalism, political communication, mass communication, interpersonal communication, organizational management communication, media studies and literacy studies. Browse these journals, or search along with other CSA collections.
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1982-present; updated weekly |
Full text |
| Congressional Universe |
Index to congressional publications from 1970 to the present, legislative histories for public laws, testimony at congressional hearings, and biographical and committee information. Also allows searching of the Congressional Record and Federal Register. |
1795-present |
Full text available |
| Criminology (SAGE Full Text) |
23 full-text journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Full text ranges from 1982-present. Topics covered include criminal justice, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, corrections, policing, forensic psychology, and family and domestic violence. Browse these journals, or search along with other CSA collections. |
1976-present; updated weekly |
Full text |
| Dissertation Abstracts (Dissertations) |
Includes abstracts of over 1.5 million dissertations on all academic topics accepted at accredited institutions from 1861-present. Some masters theses and selected international dissertations from Canada, Great Britain, and Europe are also included. |
1861-present; updated monthly |
No full text |
 Early English Books Online |
Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of nearly 100,000 books in English printed between 1473 and 1700 - virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, plus works in English printed elsewhere. Texts range from the first book printed in English by William Caxton through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War. Included are works by Malory, Bacon, More, Erasmus, Boyle, Newton, Galileo; musical exercises by Henry Purcell; novels by Aphra Behn; prayer books, pamphlets, and proclamations; almanacs, calendars, and many other primary sources. |
1473-1700 |
Full text |
| EconLit |
The EconLit database, produced by the Journal of Economic Literature, includes subject indexing and abstracts to 685 journals, books, dissertations, and working papers in the field of economics and allied disciplines. |
1969-present; updated monthly |
No full text |
| Education (SAGE Full Text) |
Includes the full text of 26 peer-reviewed journals published by SAGE and participating societies from 1968-present. Topics covered include: adult and continuing education, educational administration, educational policy, elementary and secondary education, higher education, measurement and testing, and teaching methods. Browse these journals, or search along with other CSA collections. |
1965-present; updated weekly |
Full text |
| Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM) |
ELM resources include four EBSCOhost databases, WorldCat, and others. ELM resources are licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations to the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning. |
varies by database |
Depends on specific database |
| ERIC |
ERIC is the major index to literature in education. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, it provides full citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, curricula, government documents, dissertations, and research reports selected by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). ERIC citations date from 1966 to the present, and full text is available for many research reports. Limit to ERIC documents to search full-text only. ERIC can also be searched through the U.S. Department of Education's free web interface. |
1966-present; updated monthly |
Some full text available |
| FirstSearch Databases |
Choose up to three databases provided by FirstSearch to search simultaneously. Includes Arts & Humanities Search, Alternative Press Index, Dissertation Abstracts, EconLit, GeoRefS and WorldCat. |
varies by database |
No full text |
| GeoRefS |
GeoRefS contains citations to nearly 2 million records about geology and earth sciences. It is international in scope, and citations date from 1785 to the present. |
1785-present; updated twice monthly |
No full text |
| Grove Music Online |
The online counterpart to the Grove Dictionary of Music, this reference source contains articles on composers, performers, styles, genres, world music, instruments, and much more. The print version is also available in the Music Library. |
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Full text available |
| HLAS Online |
The Handbook of Latin American Studies is an online annotated bibliography on Latin America edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Coverage alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Over 5,000 new references are added each year. |
1936-present |
Some links to full text |
| Health Sciences (SAGE Full Text) |
The full text of 26 journals published by SAGE and participating societies from 1982-present. Subjects covered include nursing, social studies of health, health services & administration, community/public health nursing, aging and gerontology, physical medicine & rehabilitation, mental disorders & learning disabilities, health education & health promotion. Browse these journals, or search along with other CSA collections.
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1982-present; updated weekly |
Full text |
| Informe |
Full text access to hispanic magazines covering business, health, technology, culture, current topics and other subjects. Both an English interface and a Spanish interface are available. Access is provided by the Electronic Library of Minnesota (ELM). |
1994-present |
Full text available |
| InfoTrac Databases |
Ten databases, including the Spanish-language database Informe, the Professional Collection of journals for educators, and a number of databases designed for K-12 students. Access is provided by the Electronic Library of Minnesota (ELM). |
varies by database |
varies by database |
| IngentaConnect |
IngentaConnect is a vast repository of full-text electronic journals and the electronic versions of print journals - including over 20,000 titles in a range of disciplines. Free full-text access is available for 58 titles to which Gustavus subscribes; fee-based access is available for other titles, many of which can also be obtained through interlibrary loan. |
varies by title |
Full text available to some journals |
| JSTOR |
Full-text backfiles to over 350 journals from more than 25 academic disciplines published between the 19th and 21st centuries. JSTOR provides complete journal backruns from the date of initial publication up to a "moving wall" of 3 to 5 years before the present year. |
varies by title; spans 1831-three years ago |
Full text |
| Journals@Ovid |
Search over 800 scientific, technical and medical journals from over 60 different publishers. Includes full text coverage to 38 nursing journals. May be searched with CINAHL, which indexes 1,000 nursing and allied health journals. |
1995-present |
Full text available |
| LexisNexis Academic Universe |
Search current news, business information (including business news and corporate financials), and legal news and information. International news sources are also included. |
varies by title; mostly 1980s-present |
Considerable full text available |
| Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) |
LISTA indexes journal articles, books, research reports, and conference proceedings in librarianship, information management, search engines, the information industry, scholarly communication, and electronic publishing. From 1966 to the present. |
1960s-present |
No full text |
| MLA International Bibliography |
The major research resource for information on English literature, foreign languages and linguistics. Includes references to scholarly articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, and dissertations from 1963 to the present. For earlier references, see the print version at Reference Z7006.M643. |
1923-present; updated 9 times yearly |
Some links to full text |
| Management & Organization Studies (SAGE Full Text) |
The full text of 38 journals related to business, management, organizational studies, human resources, marketing, public administration, hospitality, travel and tourism management, industrial relations, and organizational and interpersonal communication. Published by SAGE and participating societies from 1948-present. Browse these journals, or search along with other CSA collections.
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1948-present; updated weekly |
Full text |
| MasterFILE Premier |
Designed specifically for public libraries, this database provides full text to more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of topics, including general reference, business, education, health, general science and multicultural issues. Indexing and abstracts are available for another 2,700 titles. This database features full text book reviews, reference and travel books, biographies, and an image collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags. Access is provided by the Electronic Library of Minnesota (ELM). |
1975-present; updated daily |
Full text available |
| Materials Science (SAGE Full Text) |
Includes the full text of 15 journals published by SAGE and participating societies from 1995-present. Topics covered include: high performance polymers; molecular modeling characterization and evaluation of polymers; polymeric drugs and drug design; polymeric functionalization; natural polymer modification; enzyme modeling by polymers; membranes for biological use; and liposome stabilization and cell modeling. Browse these journals, or search along with other CSA collections.
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1995-present; updated weekly |
Full text |
| MathSciNet |
A comprehensive index, with abstracts, to the research literature of mathematics. Corresponds to the print indexes Mathematical Reviews (MR) and Current Mathematical Publications (CMP). Published by the American Mathematical Society. |
1940-present |
Full text available |
| Medieval Sources Online |
Medieval Sources Online is a web-based learning resource containing hundreds of original medieval history documents compiled for the teaching and study of history. |
covers Europe from 640-1600 |
Full text available |
| MEDLINE (PubMed) |
The National Library of Medicine's index to scholarly literature in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and the health care system, from 1994-present. MEDLINE links to the CSA interface; this database can also be searched through the NLM's free PubMed web interface. |
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Some links to full text |
| New York Times Historical (1851-2001) |
The full text of the New York Times from 1851 to five years ago, covering the entire publishing history of the newspaper back to the first issue. The newspaper text is fully indexed and searchable and the database also contains full-page images, including graphics. Available on the Web through ProQuest. |
1851-five years ago |
Full text |
| Oxford English Dictionary |
The Oxford English Dictionary is the ultimate authority on the English language, speech in English, and the usage of words. It provides the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words and traces their usage through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources. The OED includes words from across the English-speaking world, from North America to Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean. |
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Full text |
| Oxford Reference Online |
Over 100 full text language and subject dictionaries and reference works. Topics covered include general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities, social sciences, and business. |
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Full text |
| PAIS International |
The Public Affairs Information Service indexes scholarly journal articles and reports related to international politics. PAIS is the best source for issues such as international trade and economic policy. It covers business, government, international relations, banking, environmental issues, health, social sciences, demographics, law and legislation, political science, public administration, finance, agriculture, education, and statistics. Coverage is from 1972-present. |
1972-present; updated weekly |
Some links to full text |
| PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive) |
Backfiles to the journal Physical Review from 1893 to 1998, Physical Review Letters back to 1958, and Reviews of Modern Physics back to 1929. |
1893-five years ago |
Full text |
| Physical Education Index |
Search PEI for a wide range of Physical Education & Kinesiology topics including physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sport law, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sports psychology & sociology. Citations to scholarly journal articles, report literature, conference proceedings, trade magazines, patents, and articles from the popular press are included, dating back to 1970. Abstracts were added starting in 2001. |
1970-present; updated monthly |
Some links to full text |
| Plant Science |
Indexes literature from 1994-present on pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, and genetics. |
1994-present; updated monthly |
No full text |
| Political Science (SAGE Full Text) |
24 full-text journals published by SAGE and participating societies on political science, American government, political sociology, policy studies, peace studies and international relations. Full text from 1982-present. Browse these journals, or search along with other CSA collections.
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1981-present; updated weekly |
Full text |
| Professional Collection |
Access to more than 300 full-text journals for educators. Coverage includes child and adolescent psychology and development, drug and alcohol abuse, health/nutrition/fitness, learning disabilities, school law and sports/athletic training. |
1977-present |
Considerable full text available |
| Project MUSE
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Project MUSE provides full text electronic access to over 100 scholarly journals in humanities, the social sciences, and mathematics. Topics covered include literary theory; classics; history and cultural studies; philosophy; film, theatre and the performing arts; political science and mathematics. |
1993-present |
Full text available |
| ProQuest Newsstand |
Indexing and selected full text access to over 350 newspapers from around the world. Archival coverage begins in 1985 for some titles. Access is provided by the Electronic Library of Minnesota (ELM). |
1986-present (most from 1995 on) |
Considerable full text available |
| PsycARTICLES |
Full text access to the 43 journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber, some going back to 1988. PsycARTICLES journals are indexed in the PsycINFO database. |
1985-present; updated weekly |
Full text |
| Psychology (SAGE Full Text) |
35 full-text journals published by SAGE and participating societies from 1970-present. Topics covered include applied, clinical, cognitive, counseling, and developmental psychology, child development, learning disabilities, neuropsychology, personality, psychiatry, and school psychology. Browse these journals, or search along with other CSA collections.
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1970-present; updated weekly |
Full text |
| PsycINFO |
Citations and abstracts to articles from more than 1300 international journals in psychology and related fields, going back to 1840. This database covers all areas of psychology, including experimental, developmental, communications, social processes and issues, personality, physical and psychological disorders, professional issues, applied psychology, educational psychology, and behavioral literature in such related fields as law, business and medicine. Also includes citations for books and book chapters. Provides links to the full text of selected articles, including the 43 journals in the PsycARTICLES collection. |
1806-present; updated weekly |
Some links to full text |
| PubMed (MEDLINE) |
The primary source for scholarly information in the health sciences. This database is provided by the National Library of Medicine and indexes scholarly literature in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Many links to full text are included for articles older than six months. Can also be searched in the CSA interface as MEDLINE. |
1966-present |
Some links to full text |
| PubMed Central |
Free full text scholarly journal archive of literature in the life and health sciences, managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). |
early 1900s-6 months ago |
Full text |
| RILM Abstracts of Music Literature |
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature indexes over 500 scholarly sources on music and related disciplines, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, dance, music therapy, music librarianship, the physics of music, and other fields as they relate to music. The majority of citations include abstracts. |
1967-present; updated monthly |
No full text |
| Regional Business News |
A supplemental database for customers of Business Source Premier. With daily updates, Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). It incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Access is provided by the Electronic Library of Minnesota (ELM). |
varies by title |
Considerable full text available |
| SAGE Full Text Collections |
Search the full text to over 250 scholarly journals published by SAGE in a range of disciplines, including many social sciences titles. Many journals include full backfiles - back to 1982 or earlier. Each of the 10 collections can also be searched separately. Browse these journals, or search along with other CSA collections. |
varies by title |
Full text |
| Science Citation Index Expanded |
The Science Citation Index Expanded is a multidisciplinary index with searchable author abstracts covering the journal literature of the sciences, including agriculture, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, medicine, pharmacology, physics, plant sciences, psychiatry, and zoology. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. In addition, it is possible to search for works that have cited a specific author or a specific work. May be searched simultaneously with Social Sciences Citation Index through the Web of Science interface. |
1994-present; updated weekly |
No full text |
| SciFinder Scholar |
SciFinder Scholar retrieves information contained in databases produced by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS): CAplus (contains over 19.6 million documents from more than 8,000 journals), CAS REGISTRY (provides access to 32 million specific chemical substances), and CASREACT (provides access to reaction information for more than 5 million single- and multiple-step reactions). For many substances, one may also obtain chemical source and regulatory information from the CHEMCATS and CHEMLIST databases. In addition, SciFinder Scholar also includes the over 19.6 million citations from MEDLINE, produced by the National Library of Medicine (see above). This database may be accessed from any computer lab on campus, including the computers at the library: go to Start > Programs > SciFinder Scholar. |
1907-present |
Considerable full text available |
| Scitation |
Online access to the tables of contents of journals published by the American Institute of Physics plus other sci-tech publishers: indexing for over 600,000 articles are included in this e-journal portal. The Gustavus community can access the full text of selected publications, including the Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA), Reviews of Modern Physics, American Journal of Physics, and Journal of Chemical Physics. See PROLA to connect directly to the Physical Review Online Archive. |
1933-present |
Full text for the titles listed at left |
| Social Sciences Citation Index |
A multidisciplinary index with searchable author abstracts covering the journal literature of the social sciences, including anthropology, history, law, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, political science, public health, social work, sociology, urban studies, and women's studies. SSCI indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines. In addition, it is possible to retrieve a list of works that have cited a specific author or specific work. May be searched simultaneously with Science Citation Index Expanded through the Web of Science interface. Coverage from 1997 to the present. |
1994-present; updated weekly |
No full text |
| Sociology (SAGE Full Text) |
33 full-text journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Full text ranges from 1982-present. Topics covered include comparative sociology, ethnic studies, gender studies, leisure studies, social theory, sociology of sport, and sociology of work and employment. Browse these journals, or search along with other CSA collections.
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1981-present; updated weekly |
Full text |
| SPORTDiscus |
The world's most comprehensive bibliographic resource for all aspects of sport and fitness. Contains bibliographic references to international practical and research literature in sport, physical fitness, active living, and physical education. This database contains over 650,000 records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800. |
1800-present; updated monthly |
No full text |
| Statistical Universe |
Includes summaries of statistical publications and searches and displays tables of statistical data. Statistical Universe includes links to the full-text of selected publications and government web sites, including the information contained in the Statistical Abstract of the United States. |
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Considerable full text available |
| Teacher Reference Center |
Provides indexing and abstracts for over 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator trade journals, periodicals and books to assist professional educators. Coverage includes assessment, curriculum development, literacy standards, and more. |
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No full text |
| TOXLINE |
The National Library of Medicine's index to scholarly literature in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. This version provides citations from the last five years plus the current year. |
1996-present; updated monthly |
No full text |
| Urban Studies & Planning (SAGE Full Text) |
12 full text journals (1982-present) published by SAGE and participating societies on subjects such as anthropology, economic development, environmental science, planning theory, policy analysis, public administration, regional geography, social, spatial, and cultural dynamics, urban and regional planning, urban culture, and welfare economics. Browse these journals, or search along with other CSA collections.
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1968-present; updated weekly |
Full text |
| Web of Science |
The Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Besides indexing a wide range of publications in the sciences and social sciences, this resource allows you to search for articles that cite a specific author or published work. Coverage from 1997 to the present. |
1994-present (sciences) |
No full text |
| Women and Social Movements |
Primary source documents related to the history of women and social movements in the United States between 1600 and 2000. |
covers events from 1700-2000 |
Considerable full text available |
| World Shakespeare Bibliography Online |
Desciptions of books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between 1968 and early 2003. |
1963-2003 |
No full text |
| WorldCat |
Includes over 40 million bibliographic records representing cataloged resources in 400 languages owned by libraries around the world. Materials date back to the 11th century. Owning libraries can be identified for books, journals, archival resources and electronic resources. Access is provided by the Electronic Library of Minnesota (ELM). |
1000 BCE-present; updated daily |
No full text |
