Article Indexes for the Social Sciences

Anthropological Literature (ANTH)

Indexes articles from anthropology and archaeology books and journals. 1979-present.

Connect by typing MLA at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type), or point your Web browser at www.melvyl.ucop.edu/?CSdb=anth

Academic Universe

A WWW search interface to many of the thousands of full-text news, company and legal information sources found on the classic LEXIS-NEXIS service. Most of the included publications go back years, and are updated daily. Case law reporters go back decades.

Point your Web browser at http://sshl.ucsd.edu/universe/universe.html

Chicano Database (CHICANO)

Contains records for all types of material on Mexican-American topics and about Chicanos, including labor, politics, sociology, and women's studies. 1967 to December 1993; even earlier for some topics.

Connect by typing MLA at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type), or point your Web browser at www.melvyl.ucop.edu/?CSdb=chi

Current Index to Statistics (CIS)

For the fields of statistics and probability, CIS indexes more than 130,000 articles published since 1974. It also indexes IMS journals beginning with 1960 issues, Journal of the American Statistical Association beginning with 1955 issues, and all issues of The American Statistician and Technometrics.

Connect through this guide.

EconLit

Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, dissertations, and working papers in economics. 1969-present.

Connect from the SSH Library's EconLit page.

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)

Education database with abstracts of articles, reports, documents. 1966-present.

Connect by typing EDUC at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type).

Or for a WWW version, from any computer connected to the Internet through UCSD, point your Web browser at http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbsel.cgi?username=cgtry28&access=cgtry2828.

Essay & General Literature Index

Cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada with a focus on the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film. 1985-present.

Connect through this UCSD Gateway.

GPO Database (GDOC)

Indexes U.S. Government Printing Office documents. 1976-present.

Connect by typing GDOC at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type).

For a different interface (for instance if you want to email results), type USE FIRSTSEARCH, then choose GPO.

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)

Indexes journal articles, books, and conference proceedings. Most include abstracts. Mid-1980's to early 1990's.

A comprehensive version is available on the WWW at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/ Or you can connect by typing HLAS at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type).

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)

Contains citations to articles in journals and some magazines, on issues related to Latin America, the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, and Hispanics in the U.S.A. 1970-present.

Available on the WWW at http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (FLEG)

Indexes journal articles, collections of essays, and conference papers. No abstracts. 1985-present.

Connect by typing FLEG at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type).

For a different interface (for instance if you want to email results), type USE EUREKA, then choose FLP.

ICPSR

Index to numeric data sets from Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Connect by typing USE ICPSR at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type).

INFO-SOUTH

Indexes newspaper and magazine articles from and about Latin America. Includes abstracts. 1988-present.

Connect from the IR/PS Library's Latin American News page.

Library Literature

Indexes more than 220 key library and information science periodicals published internationally. It also indexes selected library journals, books, conference proceedings, and book reviews. Coverage is from December 1984 to the present, and is updated monthly.

Connect here to the library's Library Literature page.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)

Indexes and abstracts linguistics and language behavior literature from worldwide periodicals, books, technical reports, papers, dissertations from Dissertation Abstracts International, and book reviews. 1973-present.

It is available on CD-ROM in the SSH Reference area or you may connect through the Internet at this
UCSD Gateway.

Magazine Index (MAGS)

Indexes the 1,500 magazines and academic journals on this complete list. Most citations include abstracts. For journals on this shorter list, MAGS also provides the full text of articles. Updated weekly. 1988-present.

Connect by typing MAGS at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type), or point your Web browser at www.melvyl.ucop.edu/?CSdb=mags

Newsbank Newsfile

Full text of regional newspapers. 1991-present. Older index available in SSH Reference.

From any computer connected to the Internet through UCSD, point your Web browser at infoweb.newsbank.com

Newspaper Index (NEWS)

Indexes the Christian Science Monitor, LA Times, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Some abstracts. Updated weekly. 1984-present.

Connect by typing NEWS at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type), or point your Web browser at www.melvyl.ucop.edu/?CSdb=news

PAIS International

Extensive coverage of public policy issues. Includes more than 200,000 records respresenting articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs.

Connect by typing PAIS at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type).

For a different interface (for instance if you want to email results), type USE FIRSTSEARCH, then choose PAIS.

PCI: Periodicals Contents Index

Searches tables of contents of U.S. and European journals, 1771-1991. It includes journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. As of January 1998 PCI included eight million articles in 2,006 journals, and will will eventually grow to encompass 3,500 journals and fifteen million individual articles.

Available through Infopath or directly from the publisher; must be on campus or connecting through campus.

PsycINFO (PSYC)

Indexes psychology journal articles, books, and dissertations. Most provide abstracts. 1967-present.

Connect by typing PSYC at the MELVYL System's main screen (type VT100 if prompted for terminal type), or point your Web browser at www.melvyl.ucop.edu/?CSdb=psy.

Sociological Abstracts (SocioFile)

Contains more than 300,000 records and abstracts covering sociology, social work, and other social sciences. 1963-present.

From any computer connected to the Internet through UCSD, point your Web browser at http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbsel.cgi?username=cgtry28&access=cgtry2828.

Note: Topics in the Social Sciences may also be covered by databases in Business, Government, and Law. Also look under the General databases, which cover all subjects.

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