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Social Services Abstracts  
Provided in collaboration with NDSU, CSA Social Services Abstracts provide bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development, and is updated monthly.  Major areas of subject coverage include:  Community development; Crisis intervention; Evaluation research; The family and social welfare; Gerontology; Policy, planning, forecasting; Poverty and homelessness; Professional issues in social work; Social development; Social work education; Support groups/networks; Violence, abuse, neglect; and Welfare services.  Published by Sociological Abstracts, a division of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, and covering the dates of 1980 - current.

Sociological Abstracts
Provided in collaboration with NDSU, CSA Sociological Abstracts is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences, and is updated monthly.  The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations.  Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.  Major areas of subject coverage include:  Community development; Culture and social structure; Demography and human biology; Environmental interactions; Evaluation research; Family and social welfare; History and theory of sociology; Management and complex organizations; Mass phenomena and political interactions; Methodology and research technology; Policy, planning, forecast and speculation; Radical sociology; Rural and urban sociology; Economic development; Social development; Social differentiation; Social psychology and group interaction; Sociology of the arts, business, education; Health and medicine and law; Religion and science; Studies in violence and power; Welfare services; and Women's studies.  Published by Sociological Abstracts, a division of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, and covering the dates of 1963 - current.

PsycINFO
Please use the following link if the main PsycINFO link above does not work:  http://www.umi.com/pqdauto
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From the American Psychological Association, contains citations and summaries of articles from 1500 journals, plus books, chapters, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology and related fields, published worldwide from 1887-present.

Professional Collection. - Gale   Part of the Gale/IAC databases suite, the Professional Collection is a custom selection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators that is updated daily and provides 24-hour access from school or home. It offers balanced coverage for any professional educator in the following areas: arts and humanities; child and adolescent psychology and development; drug and alcohol abuse; health/nutrition/fitness; learning disabilities; literature; school law; science and technology; social sciences; and sports/athletic training.

Academic Search Premier - EBSCO
This resource contains full text for nearly 3,400 scholarly publications. This collection provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

MasterFILE Premier - EBSCO
Provides full text for 1,830 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and a wide variety of general interest topics.

CINAHL
New Search Interface through ProQuest!!!  Designed specifically for nursing programs in academic institutions as well as hospital libraries, CINAHL PlusText covers a wide range of topics, including nursing, allied health, alternative therapies, biomedicine, consumer health, and health administration. This database offers over 1,200 titles (with more than 260 in full text) and coverage from 1982 to the present. 

ERIC Database  
This database includes Resources in Education reports on microfiche and Journals in Education. It contains journal articles and documents in the field of education, updated monthly.  Coverage begins for the documents in 1966, and for the journals in 1985.  (The ERIC Database is available through WebPALS. Click the circle next to ERIC on the Select Library and Resource screen).  Try the ERIC Online Thesaurus to find the best descriptors for your search.

FirstSearch Databases  
FirstSearch covers 49 databases ranging in subject areas from Arts & Humanities, Business & Economics, Conferences & Proceedings, Consumer Affairs & People, Education, Engineering & Technology, General & Reference, General Science, Life Sciences, Medicine & Health Sciences, News & Current Events, Public Affairs & Law, and Social Sciences.