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  • Academic Search Premier

    This database covers academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

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    1975 - present; updated daily
  • Criminal Justice Abstracts

    Citations to criminology and related disciplines.

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    1968 - present
  • PsycARTICLES

    The database contains more than 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 journals published by the American Psychological Association) and 11 from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 59 journals.

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    1894 - present
  • PsycINFO

    Articles and book chapters in psychology and behavioral sciences.

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    1887 - present; Updated monthly
  • Public Affairs Information Services (PAIS) International

    The Public Affairs Information Services International database provides information on public affairs, public and social policies and internation relations.  PAIS International includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world.

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    1972 to 1990 (PAIS Foreign Language Index); 1976 to 1990 (PAIS Bulletin); 1991 to present (PAIS International in Print). Updated monthly
  • Social Services Abstracts

    Current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development.

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    1979 - present
  • Sociological Abstracts

    Citations to sociology journals and dissertations covering sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology.

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    1952 - present; Print indexes available: v.1(1953)-10(1963)

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  • ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts

    ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional. ASSIA currently contains over 312,000 records from 650 journals in 16 different countries, including the UK and US.

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    1984 - present
  • LexisNexis Academic

    News, business, legal and reference information.

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    1970 - present; updated continuously
  • NCJRS Abstracts Database

    Database of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts with summaries of more than 180,000 criminal justice publications.

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    1970 - present; updated weekly
  • NCJRS Full-text Database

    Database of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. Searches the NCJRS web site and the web sites of the agencies of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

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    1970 - present

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  • Alternative Press Index

    Provides international and interdisciplinary in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences. Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical right and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.

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    1991 - present; updated quarterly
  • Alternative Press Index (Archive)

    Provides international and interdisciplinary in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences. Indexes alternative, radical right and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.

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    1969 - 1990
  • Cambridge Journals Online

    Cambridge Journals Online is the online Cambridge University Press’s collection of several journals across the sciences, social sciences and humanities. 

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    varies by publication
  • CenStats

    CenStats provides access to several popular Census Bureau databases, including: Building Permits, Census Tract Street Locator, County Business Patterns, International Trade Data, Detailed Occupation by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex, USA Counties, and 1990 Public Law 94-171 Data.

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  • Electronic Journal Service (EJS)

    Search through EBSCO's database of scholarly e-journals.

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    varies by publication
  • Health Source Plus: Consumer Edition

    Consumer health journals, and general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Subjects covered include behavioral health, cardiology, sports medicine and more.

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    1984 - present; updated daily
  • ICPSR (Inter University Consortium for Political and Social Research)

    ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Brought to you by the UNCW Office of Research Services and Sponsored Programs 
    Currently available from on campus only.

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  • LexisNexis Congressional

    Comprehensive U.S. legislative information.

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    varies by publication; some files go back to 1789 and may be updated daily, weekly, monthly, annually, or as the material becomes available
  • MasterFILE Premier

    Provides abstracts and indexing for multi-disciplinary periodicals, reference books, full text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags.

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    1975 - present
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook

    Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. The MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership.

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    Volume 9 - present
  • SpringerLink

    SpringerLink offers online access to several fully peer reviewed journals in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics.

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  • Wiley InterScience

    This database covers academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, psychology, law and criminology, life sciences, and business.

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    1799 - present

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  • Government Periodicals Index

    Index of approximately 170 magazines and newsletters from U.S. government agencies.

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  • GPO Access

    Gateway to searchable databases from the federal government. Includes the Federal Register and Congressional Record.

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    varies by publication; updated irregularly
  • SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online)

    SciELO is a multinational effort to provide open access to scientific research journals produced in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain.

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    1990's - present
  • State Data Center

    North Carolina economic and population statistics, county profiles.

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  • WorldCat

    Books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

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    1200 - present; Updated daily