CSA Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities Databases Laura Karves October 2006
Jan 25, 2016
CSA Social SciencesandArts & Humanities Databases
Laura KarvesOctober 2006
CSA has 4 subject areas
• Social Sciences
• Arts & Humanities
• Natural Sciences
• Technology
Social Sciences
CSA – Social Sciences
• Communication Abstracts
• Criminal Justice Abstracts
• PAIS International• Sociological Abstracts
+Social Services Abstracts
• WorldWide Political Abstracts
• Institute of Management International Database
•AgeLine
•ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences
•EconLit
•ERIC
•IBSS: International…
•Index Islamicus
•PsycInfo
•PsycARTICLES
•PsycBooks
Communication Abstracts
• Abstracts & indexes database published by SAGE.
• In addition to Communication Studies the database covers international literature in film studies, the role of technology in human communications, risk communication, crisis communication, and public policy.
• It includes journal articles, reports, papers, and books.
• 45,000 total records abnd backfiles up to 1977. • Bimonthly updated.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
• Abstracts database published by SAGE.• It covers crime trends, crime prevention and
deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment, and sentencing.
• Comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology.
• Also indexes and summaries of international journal articles, books and governmental and non-governmental reports.
• Total of 80,000 records, with backfiles up to 1968.
Sociological Abstracts +Social Services Abstracts
• CSA:s largest sociology database, which includes more than 750,000 abstracts
• Includes references and citations on over 3,000 journals, conference papers, books, book reviews and dissertations
• Backfiles from 1952!• Includes own thesaurus
CSA Sociological databases +ProQuest full-text journals
• 139 full-text titles; 161,000 full-text documents
• ONLY 19 embargoed for up to 1 year
• 93% (129 titles) are refereed; 66% (92 titles) have ISI impact factors
• Deep archive dating as far back as 1922.
• Weekly updating!
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Indexes & Abstracts
• A comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional.
• Covers health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.
• ASSIA currently contains over 375,000 records from over 500 journals published in 16 different countries, including the UK and US.
• Updated monthly.
AgeLine
• A bibliographic database covering social gerontology – the study of aging in social, psychological, health-related, and economic contest.
• Includes over 76,000 records from Journals, magazines, aging-related dissertations and deiscriptions of videos.
• Backfiles up to 1978.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
• Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in:
• political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.
CSA Political database +ProQuest full-text journals
• 131 full-text titles; 143,600 full-text documents
• ONLY 25 embargoed for up to 1 year
• 87% (129 titles) are refereed; 50% (65 titles) have ISI impact factors
• Deep archive dating as far back as 1922
• Weekly updating!
PAIS International
• Main focus on Public Affairs in an international perspective .
• Subjects covered: Child labour, Citizen militia, Cyber Cops, Disaster Relief, Ethnic Cleansing, Free Speech, Genetic Engineering, Globalization, Gun Control, Internet, Political Correctness, Street Children, Virtual reality, Weapon Stockpiles etc. etc. etc.
• Includes publications from over 120 countries
Index Islamicus
• The database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim World.
• It does not only write only about the Middle East but also about Asia and Africa and Muslin minorities elsewhere.
• It includes more than 2,000 journals, conference proceedings, monographs, book reviews and multi-authored works.
• More than 292,000 records and it is updated with about 12,000 records a year.
• Backfiles up to 1906!
PsycInfo
• Electronic bibliographic database• Covers ~2,000 journals, 2,300+
books a year, dissertations• 2.2 million records as far back as
1806• Multidisciplinary coverage• Scholarly content only—very
international in scope• >15 million cited references
PsycARTICLES
• Provides full-text articles from 48 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
• Coverage starts with 1985.• More than 41,000 articles as of January
2005 • Linking to CSA databases PsycInfo and
PsycBooks.• Updated weekly.
PsycBOOKS
• Another APA database, but instead of journal articles, it includes books and chapters of APA published books.
• Includes about 750 titles, including 100 out-of-print books from 1950 – 2002.
• The database offers 120 archival resources in psychology, and the exclusive electronic release of the APA/Oxford University press Encyclopedia of Psychology.
SAGE Full-text journals
Communication Studies17 journals, 5,000+ full-text articles and 23 years backfiles
• Criminology
21 journals, 5,000+ full-text articles and 23 years backfiles
• Education *NEW
23 journals, 7,000+ full-text articles and 36 years backfiles
• Political Sciences
23 journals, 9,000+ full-text articles and 23 years backfiles
• Sociology
31 journals, 12,000+ full-text articles and 23 years backfiles
SAGE Full-text journals
• Management & Organisation Studies *NEW
36 journals, 10,000+ full-text articles and 57 years backfiles
• Material Science *NEW
15 journals, 5,300+ full-text articles and 10 years backfiles
• Nursing & Health Studies *NEW
23 journals, 6,000+ full-text articles and 23 years backfiles
• Psychology *NEW
31 journals, 18,000+ full-text articles and 35 years backfiles
• Urban Studies *NEW
24 journals, 6,000+ full-text articles and 23 years backfiles
Arts & Humanities
Arts
• ArtBibliographies Modern• DAAI: Design and Applied
Arts Index• BHA: Bibliography of the
History of Arts• Avery Index to Architectural
Periodicals
Humanities
• LLBA: Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts
• LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts
• ATLA Religion Database • BHI: British Humanities Index New! • MLA International Bibliography
New! • The Philosopher's Index New!• RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
BHA – Bibliography of the History of Arts
• Western art history from the fourth century onwards, with a primary focus on traditional art media, as well as in-depth coverage of archaeology and architecture.
• Contains 650,000 records, with 24,000 records added per year.
• Covers journals, books, catalogues, dissertations, conference papers and other media.
• It has both French and English index terms and abstracts.
• International in both coverage and scope.
MLA International Bibliography
• Published by the Modern Language Association
• MLA is a subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
• It includes more than 4,000 periodicals and 1,000 book publishers.
• Very international coverage: records also in Swedish, Norwegian, German, Russian.
Philosopher’s Index
• A bibliographic database with informative, author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of Philosophy.
• Covers over 5,000 journals and book chapters, from more than 40 countries.
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