| MAIN INDEXES AND DATABASES |
 Legal - LexisNexis Academic
via LexisNexis |
Varies |
U.S. state and federal laws and cases plus law review journals. |
LegalTrac
via InfoTrac |
1980-present |
Indexes 1,400+ major law reviews, international law journals, specialty law and bar association journals, and legal newspapers for most legal subjects. |
PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |
1972-present |
Indexes 3,890+ international scholarly journals, government documents, Internet materials, and other publications from over 120 countries on current events in the political and social sciences. |
Social Sciences Full Text and Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective
via WilsonWeb |
1907-present; Full text: 1995-present |
Indexes international scholarly journals and popular magazines in the social sciences. Full text coverage begins in 1995. Allows to search Social Sciences Full Text and Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective concurrently. |
Sociological Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |
1952-present |
Indexes 2,000+ international journals and other publications in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Many records, added to the database since 2002, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article. |
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
via InfoTrac |
Varies |
Database covering viewpoints on a variety of social topics. It includes articles, topic overviews, government and organizational statistics court cases, profiles, and more. |
| SPECIALIZED INDEXES AND DATABASES |
Congressional
via LexisNexis |
Varies |
Database of U.S. congressional information, including papers, bills, and biographies. |
Criminal Justice Abstracts
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |
1968-present |
Indexes international scholarly journals and other publications in criminology and related disciplines. |
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
via Library of Congress |
Current |
Index of laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources from member nations. |
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
via Ovid |
1985-present |
Indexes 450+ international legal journals and other publications. Only 1 user at a time can access this database. |
Legal Periodicals Full Text and Legal Periodicals Retrospective
via WilsonWeb |
1908-present; Full text: 1994-present |
Indexes legal journals and other publications. Full text of nearly 270 periodicals, as far back as 1994. |
Shepard's Citations
via LexisNexis |
Varies |
Indexes laws and cases of U.S. federal courts and Florida courts. Enter a citation to retrieve prior and subsequent history and all citing references. |
Statistical
via LexisNexis |
Current |
Indexes statistical data from U.S. government, international, professional, and other organizations. |
| RELATED INDEXES AND DATABASES |
Academic OneFile
via InfoTrac |
1980-present |
Full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources in the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Indexes 11,000+ journals. |
Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
via FirstSearch |
Varies; Full text available for 2002 and earlier |
Indexes electronic journals in all disciplines, with links to available full text articles from 559 journals. Full text available for 2002 and earlier. |
General OneFile
via InfoTrac |
1980-present |
Indexes 11,100+ multidisciplinary scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers. Includes 70+ reference sources. Covers topics in business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, etc.
Formerly InfoTrac OneFile. |
GPO Access
via GPO Access |
Varies by Database |
Provides free electronic access to government information databases, individual Federal agency files and much more. Consider aslo USA.gov. |
PsycINFO
via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts |
1806-present |
Indexes 2,300+ international scholarly journals, books, book chapters, reports and other publications in psychology and related disciplines. Many records, added to the database since 1998, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article. |
SourceOECD
via OECD |
1998-present |
Provides full-text access to OECD's (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) monographs, periodicals, and statistical databases. |