Social Sciences
Specific Subjects
Article Databases
http://aio.anthropology.org.uk/aiosearch/
1957- Present
Indexes 650 periodicals from the Museum of Mankind Library and the Royal Anthropological Institute, 1957-present.
http://0-www.anthrosource.net.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
Current issues of 15 of American Anthropological Association's journals and bulletins as well as archived issues of all the AAA's journals, newsletters and bulletins. Journal issues generally appear online prior to distribution in print
Art Full Text and Art Index Retrospective
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/advancedsearch/advanced_search.jhtml;hwwilsonid=DPDGB2AOWW24ZQA3DINCFGGADUNGIIV0?prod=ARTFT#formTop
Indexes the major scholarly journals in art and related fields including archaeology, decorative arts, folk art, crafts, non-Western art, and textiles. Includes some full text,1997- . Use Art Index Retrospective for journal articles 1929-1984.
Child Development & Adolescent Studies 
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fgh
1927-present.
Indexes materials relating to the growth and development of children through the age of 21. Included are book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals, and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations that cover the biomedical and social sciences worldwide. Over 10,000 new records added each year. Based on Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography for 1927-2001 by the Society for Research in Child Development.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov/
Provides access to print and electronic publications, websites, and online databases covering a wide range of topics including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, adoption, search and reunion, and more. Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.
http://0-chronicle.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
1989- .
Provides online searchable fulltext access to the latest issues of the Chronicle and archives back to 1989. Also includes daily news, advice columns, current job listings, and discussion forums.
http://www.cios.org/www/journals.htm
Bibliographic information for journal articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field. Includes all regular articles published in every issue of the journals covered. Only book reviews and editorial notes are excluded.
http://0-www.cios.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/www/opnab.htm
1970- .
Bibliographic database that provides abstracts to articles located in over 50 primary communication journals. Coverage includes communication studies, rhetoric, mass communication (advertising, journalism, public relations) and speech from approximately 1970 to the present. Updated continuously.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=ufh
Communication & Mass Media Complete was formed by the merging of the databases CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index. It offers full text for over 200 titles and contains citation coverage for additional sources.
http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=commabs-set-c&adv=1
1977 - present
A comprehensive index to communication-related publications, including literature in other disciplines that is relevant to communication researchers. Also covers the international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication and public opinions.
http://0-search.rdsinc.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/texis/rds/sessions?userid=gtown_law&products=CWI
1992- .
Indexes more than 2200 publications (books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets). Full-text sources provide information dealing with women's issues in over 190 nations. Includes book reviews.
Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works
http://0-psyc.alexanderstreet.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu
A searchable collection containing real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material. Trial ends May 16, 2009. Evaluate this resource.
http://0-www.eenews.net.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
Provides comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy politics and policy. Includes articles, webcast video, and transcripts, presented under the titles Environment and Energy Daily, Onpoint, Greenwire, E&ENews PM, E&ETV news, and Land Letter.
http://www.eric.ed.gov
1966- .
The ERIC database consists of two files: the Resources in Education (RIE) file of document citations (tied to the ERIC document collection on microfiche) and the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) file of journal article citations from over 750 professional journals. It also includes full text of over 850 ERIC Digest records. ERIC documents are identified by an ED number. Use the ED number to locate the document on microfiche. Lauinger Library owns only part of the ERIC microfiche collection, from the FL clearinghouse (foreign language teaching). Check GEORGE, the library catalog, by title for other ERIC documents or to determine whether the library subscribes to the journals. Items not owned by Lauinger Library may be requested via the Consortium Loan Service (use WRLC Catalog to request) or InterLibrary Loan.
http://0-gateway.ovid.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&D=eric&PAGE=main&NEWS=N
1966- .
This version of ERIC uses the Ovid search form. Results link to Georgetown journal information using the "Find Fulltext at G" button. The ERIC database consists of two files : the Resources in Education (RIE) file of document citations (tied to the ERIC document collection on microfiche) and the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) file of journal article citations from over 750 professional journals. It also includes full text of over 850 ERIC Digest records. ERIC documents are identified by an ED number. Use the ED number to locate the document on microfiche. Lauinger Library owns only part of the ERIC microfiche collection, from the FL clearinghouse (foreign language teaching). Check GEORGE, the library catalog, by title for other ERIC documents or to determine if the library subscribes to the journals. Items not owned by Lauinger Library may be requested via the Consortium Loan Service (use WRLC Catalog to request) or InterLibrary Loan.
http://0-proquest.umi.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login?COPT=U0ZEPTImU01EPTYmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTImREJTPTM4M0Q@&clientId=5604
1970s- .
Publications focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas and include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, non-governmental organization and special reports. The database provides in-depth coverage of subjects that are central to women's lives as well as topics on the impact of gender and gender roles.
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=8gh
Focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and more. Includes citations to scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. Some full text documents are included.
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?prod=HSR
1907-1984.
Indexes book reviews and articles from English-language periodicals, including scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Covers a wide range of interdisciplinary fields (including sciences into the 1950s), represented in a broad array of humanities and social sciences journals.
International Abstracts of Human Resources
http://0-humanresourcesabstracts.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/search2/
1995-
IAHR is the most comprehensive journal of abstracts in human resource management. It abstracts articles from 53 journals, including the International Journal of Human Resource Managment, Management Communication Quarterly, and Performance Improvement Quarterly. The abstracts are organized into 80 different categories, making it easy to scan your topic of interest. It can be searched by author, keyword, category, and company.
LexisNexis Environmental
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=qth
Index to the world's literature regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues. This database contains indexing and abstracts for more than 80 LGBT-specific core periodicals. Includes some full text.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=lxh
Article abstracts from more than 600 periodicals, books, research reports and proceedings. Covers librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
http://0-www.policyfile.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
1990- .
Indexes otherwise hard to obtain research and publications from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations, and publishers. Each item includes an abstract and, where available, access to the full-text of the report and/or the homepages and electronic mail addresses of the authoring institution.
http://db.jhuccp.org/popinform/basic.html
Publications from 1970 to the present with selected citations dating back to 1886. Provides worldwide coverage of population, family planning, and related health issues, including family planning technology and programs, fertility, and population law and policy. In addition, POPLINE focuses on particular developing-country issues including demography, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, maternal and child health, primary health care communication, and population and environment.
http://popindex.princeton.edu/
1986-2000.
Presents an annotated bibliography of books, journal articles, working papers, and other material on population topics. Earlier years (1937-1999) are available through JSTOR at Population Index
Proquest Career and Technical Education
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1991- .
Searches over 400 vocational and technical periodicals (380 have full text articles available) covering all aspects of vocational and technical education.
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1988- .
Mostly fulltext collection of over 700 education journals.
Proquest Social Science Journals
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1994- .
Collection of articles from over 180 social science journals. Disciplines covered include: anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, economics, family studies, gender studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, urban studies and more.
http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&PAGE=main&NEWS=n&D=psyh
1887- .
The primary index to the literature of psychology and its related fields. Since 1887 covers journal articles, and since 1987, books and book chapters. International in scope, topics include psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.
http://0-online.sagepub.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/browsejournals.dtl?coll=COMM&journaltitle=Browse+by+Journal+Title
Includes the full text of 19 journals published by SAGE and participating societies in the areas of journalism, public opinion, political communication, mass communication, interpersonal communication, cultural studies/intercultural communication, television/film studies, media studies, business communication, organizational/management communication, written communication, rhetoric, and literacy studies.
Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?lng=en
An electronic library covering a selected collection of Brazilian scientific journals, including journals in the social sciences.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Knowledge)
http://0-isiknowledge.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/wos
1980- .
Web of Science is a multidisciplinary bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Distributed by the Institute for Scientific Information -- ISI, Web of Science at Georgetown University is a cumulation of three databases: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. In addition to traditional author, title and keyword searches, the citation databases offer access to articles' cited references -- the footnotes from authors' bibliographies. You may take a known, relevant paper and find other, more recent papers that cite it.
http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?prod=SSFT
1985-
Indexes the major scholarly journals in the social sciences, including public policy, since 1983. For prior years, use Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective.
http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=socioabs-set-c&adv=1
1963- . Citations and abstracts. Earlier years have citations only.
A primary resource for accessing the latest research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Based on an international selection of over 2500 journals and other serials, conference papers, books, and dissertations. Includes book, film and software reviews. Major areas of coverage include anthropology, collective behavior, community development, disaster studies, education, environmental studies, gender studies, gerontology, law and penology, marriage and family studies, medicine and health, racial interactions, social psychology, social work, sociological theory, stratification, substance abuse, urban studies and violence.
http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b1364813~S4
Index to scholarly literature written about women, including book and media reviews. Often includes bibliographic essays. Identifies and annotates special issues of journals and reports.
