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Browse Database List by Subject -- Social Sciences
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Contains full text of articles from 1991 to present from over 500 international business and management periodicals. Abstract and index coverage begins with 1971 material.
Indexes and abstracts over 1600 magazines and journals in all fields of the sciences, social sciences, communication sciences, and humanities since 1980, and reproduces the full text for over 600 titles.
Indexing and abstracts, along with selected full text, of magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals on a wide variety of topics, with coverage from 1975 to the present.
This online version of McGraw Hill's Encyclopedia of Science and Technology includes articles, definitions, biographies, and weekly stories on scientific and technological breakthroughs.
Index of journal articles, monographs, theses, reports, and other documents related to all aspects of agriculture, with coverage from 1970 to the present.
Indexing and abstracts of literature covering the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada, with coverage of over 1,700 books and journals from 1964 to the present.
American Periodicals Series 1740-1900
Digitized images of American magazines and journals that began publishing between 1741 and 1900, including special and general interest magazines, literary and professional journals, and many other historically-significant periodicals.
Index to literature in anthropology and archaeology from the 19th century to present.
Full text journals from the American Anthropological Association, including an electronic archive of all their publications. Coverage varies by title.
Keyword searchable database of selected photos from the Associated Press library, covering
all major news events photographed from the 1840s to within minutes of an event
occurring today.
Provides bibliographic access to holdings of over 4000 archival repositories, with contact information
Blackwell Handbooks of Developmental Psychology
Collection of online reference works on various aspects of developmental psychology.
Comprehensive bibliographic database that provides records for in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios, and videos. Coverage from 1979 to the present.
Business & Company Resource Center
Indexing and full-text access to a wide variety of global business information, from 1980 to the present.
Directory of journals in the areas of economics and finance, psychology, accounting, management, marketing, and education, along with information on style, format, and publication guidelines.
Historical reference compendium of renowned texts from the Cambridge Histories series, comprising over 250 volumes published since 1960.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Research reports, conference proceedings, and working papers on international affairs.
Coverage includes human rights issues and the United Nations.
Comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database that provides summaries of journal articles, technical reports, and conference papers and proceedings, from 1970 to the present.
Indexing, abstracts, and selected full text of journal and magazine articles providing the latest information and current trends in high technology.
Includes full text access to CQ Weekly and CQ Researcher from 1983 to current. Content is devoted
to congressional news, analysis, summaries of events and bibliographies.
In-depth profiles on members of the U.S. Congress and their districts.
CQ Vital Statistics on American Politics
Valuable source of statistics covering the full spectrum of American politics, dating back to 1788.
Criminology: A SAGE Full Text Collection
Full text of 15 criminology journals, with coverage from 1984 to the present.
Full text images of books, pamphlets, essays, and biographies on gender-related topics written between 1450 and 1910.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Provides links to over 1,000 free online scientific and scholarly journals, covering a variety of subjects.
Dissertations and Theses Full Text (Proquest)
Indexing, abstracts, and full text of doctoral dissertations and some masters theses from most North American graduate schools and some European universities. Indexing from 1861 to the present, abstracts from 1980 to the present, and full text for most indexed dissertations from 1990 to the present.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans
Digitized collection of books and pamphlets printed in America between 1639 and 1800, presented as full text page images which can be viewed online or downloaded as PDF documents. Based on Evans' American Bibliography, the definitive resource for information about every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, the database can be searched and browsed in a variety of ways.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker
Online collection of over 36,000 American books, pamphlets, and broadsides published between 1801 and 1819, presented as fully searchable digitized images.
Early American Newspapers (1690-1922)
Online collection of American newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, presented as fully searchable digitized images.
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles, books, dissertations, working papers, and other publications, in the field of economics, with coverage from 1969 to the present.
eHRAF Collection of Ethnography
Collection of full text primary source materials such as books, articles, and dissertations, on world cultures and societies.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Online collection of English and foreign language books and pamphlets published in the U.K. and the Americas between 1701 and 1800, presented as full text page images which can be viewed online or downloaded as PDF documents.
Bibliographic database of education literature, with coverage from 1966 to the present.
Descriptions of over 25,000 tests and research instruments, including both commercial and noncommercial measures, with coverage from 1900 to the present. Go to http://rdl.lib.uconn.edu/databases/1533 for more details.
This leading reference work on world affairs provides political and economic information on over 250 countries and territories.
Company, industry, and market data, stock price history reports, company financial reports
and company-to-industry and company-to-company comparison reports, and full text access to
hundreds of newspapers, general interest magazines and academic journals.
Coverage is current and varies by publication.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full text access to a variety of popular reference books.
Global Development Finance (GDF)
Access to more than 200 debt and financial flows indicators for 136 developing countries, from 1970 to the present.
International trade and market information and statistics.
Searches for articles, books, theses and other scholarly materials on a variety of topics through Google interface, with links to full text in UConn Libraries where available.
Indexing, abstracts, and full text of scholarly and general interest articles focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with topics such as global warming, recycling, and alternate fuel sources. Coverage varies by title.
HAPI (Health & Psychosocial Instruments)
Provides access to information on questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, rating scales, projective techniques,
vignettes/scenarios, & other tests in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science since 1985.
HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index)
Index of over 400 journals covering political, economic, and social issues since 1970.
Full page and article images of the Hartford Courant newspaper, with coverage from 1764 to 1984.
Indexing and abstracts of literature covering the world, excluding the U.S. and Canada, with coverage of over 1,700 books and journals from 1954 to the present.
Collection of full text articles from 12 scholarly history journals.
Collection of online reference works in history.
Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles
Business informatoin on over 15,000 companies, including the company's location, summary financials, top officers, top competitors, and more.
Full text of industry, company, and economic reports, covering over 700 U.S. industries and over 8,000 U.S., Canadian, and global public trade companies.
Keyword and table of contents searching for over 25,000 multidisciplinary periodicals, along with Reveal research alerts and table of contents (TOC) alerts services. You must register for a password before logging on.
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Online edition of 26 volume encyclopedia covering all fields of the social and behavioral sciences.
International Financial Statistics
Financial statistics for over 200 countries, including exchange rates, commodity prices, consumer prices, and other financial data. Current data as well as historical data, in some cases dating back to 1945.
Full text of U.S. nationwide public opinion surveys, from 1935 to the present. Includes survey results from academic, commercial, and media survey organizations, including the Gallup Organization, Harris Interactive, and Pew Research.
JSTOR provides digitized backfiles of core scholarly journals in many academic fields, beginning with the first issue up to a ‘moving wall’ of 2 to 5 years.
Indexing and full text of theses and dissertations related to the science of movement or physical activity, with indexing from 1948 to the present and full text from 2003 to the present.
News and educational service on Latin America (click on Search Archive at the top of LADB screen).
Full text access to a variety of publications, including newspapers, magazines, legal journals, business journals, as well as state and federal primary legal materials such as statutes, regulations, and case law.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Consists of over 250,000 bibliographic records with abstracts citing journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and reviews of books and other media since 1973. Over 2,600 journals from 50 countries are scanned for inclusion in the database.
Full image online archive of every page published by The Times from 1785 to 1985.
Indexing and abstracts of standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas, with coverage from 1989 to the present.
Military and Intelligence Database
Indexing and full text of more than 600 military and general interest publications, with coverage from 1980 to the present.
Product and industry market research reports covering U.S. and international marketplaces.
Full page images of the New York Times, from its first issue in 1851 to 2003. Includes digital images of every page from every issue, cover to cover, including the New York Times Book Review.
Series of indexes to periodicals, newspapers, and books on a variety of subjects, with coverage from 1786 to 1922.
Indexing and abstracts of U.S. Government-sponsored worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related literature, with coverage from 1964 to the present.
Index to worldwide public and social policy literature, from 1972 to the present.
Pennsylvania Gazette 1784-1800
Full text of this important 18th century newspaper, with coverage from 1784 to 1800.
Indexing and some abstracting of literature published in the field of philosophy from 1940 to present.
Political Science: A SAGE Full Text Collection
Full text of 23 journals in the field of political science, with coverage from 1984 to the present.
Summaries of scholarly articles on the topics of population, family planning, and related health issues, with coverage from 1970 to the present.
Professional Development Collection
Indexing and selected full text of journal articles and reports related to education.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Indexing, abstracts, and selected full text of journal articles in the areas of psychology and the behavioral sciences. Coverage varies by publication.
Psychology: A SAGE Full Text Collection
Full text of 30 journals in the field of psychology, with coverage from 1982 to the present.
Indexing and abstracts of literature published in the field of psychology, from 1887 to the present.
Indexing and abstracts of articles from popular U.S. general interest periodicals, from 1890 to 1982.
ScienceDirect offers access to the Elsevier Science journal collection (over 1,200 titles), along with journals from a host of prestigious societies and STM publishers. The full text collection of over 1 million articles from 1995 to present covers a wide variety of subject areas and disciplines.
Indexing and abstracts of articles from scientific, medical, technical, and social science journals, with coverage from 1966 to the present.
Indexing and abstracts of articles from over 450 journals in all areas of social work, with coverage from 1966 to the present.
Provides access to the latest worldwide findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social
science, and policy science.
Sociology: A SAGE Full Text Collection
Full text of 28 journals in the field of sociology, with coverage from 1984 to the present.
Statistical database from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, including reference tables and statistical country profiles for over 25 countries.
Indexing and abstracts of journal articles, books, dissertations, theses, conference proceedings, and research papers on the topic of sports and fitness.
Springer (formerly Kluwer Online)
Full text of scholarly journals from a variety of disciplines.
Current U.S. and international business, economic, and trade statistics from the Department of Commerce.
International trade and market information and statistics.
Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa (Aluka)
Documents and images related to conflicts in Southern African countries, including periodicals, newspapers, records of colonial government commissions, correspondence, UN documents, out of print books, oral testimonies, life histories, and speeches.
Tabular data pertaining to business and industry. Includes statistical data, tables, charts, and graphs from trade publications, magazines, and journals.
Filings, quotes, investment research, and earnings estimates for U.S. and global companies
Indexing and abstracts of articles from scholarly journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, with coverage from 1994 to the present.
Group of indexing, abstracting, and selected full text databases
in many fields of science, social science, and the humanities from 1983 to present.
Women and Social Movements in the United States
Collection of primary materials on the history of women in social movements in the United States between 1600 and 2000.
Provides statistics on the economies of over 200 developing countries, with coverage from the 1960s to the present.
Databases displaying this notation are supplied to the University of Connecticut
as part of the Connecticut Digital Library
project. A note for off-campus users: you must use the
Law Library Research Database pages in order
to access iConn databases from off campus.