Relevant KU Libraries Subject Guides
Starting Points
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Social work abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndexes and abstracts journal articles in the fields of social work including homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.
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PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowContains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. The journal literature spans 1887 to the present. PsycINFO indexes journal content published by the American Psychological Association that is available through PsycARTICLES. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present.
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Homeland Security Digital Library"Over 90,800 documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management from a wide variety of sources including federal, state and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit organizations and private entities."
Books
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Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowEbrary Academic Complete provides access to more than 70,000 e-books from 500 of the most trusted publishers. Covering broad subject areas including business and economics, computing, education, engineering, history, political science, humanities, area studies, literature, linguistics, law, life sciences, psychology, social work, sociology, religion, classics, and philosophy, this is the most comprehensive collection of e-books.
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KU Libraries E-Book GuideThis guide highlights e-book resources available through the KU Libraries and provides tips on how to search for e-books.
Article Databases
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Criminal Justice AbstractsComprehensive coverage of international journals, books, dissertations, etc. on criminology & related disciplines.
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Ethnic newswatch This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in America.
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GenderWatch This link opens in a new windowGenderWatch is a full-text database comprised primarily of the many ongoing periodicals that focus on women and women's issues, including academic and scholarly journals, regional publications, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets and reports.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowProvides access to: full-text of current news and up to the last 20 years; full-text company news & financial information; full-text federal, state & international legal materials; full-text and abstracted medical & health information; general reference sources.
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PAIS index This link opens in a new windowContains references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more about public policy and work affairs
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PolicyFileProvides online access to abstracts and if available, links to full-text articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers.
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Social services abstracts This link opens in a new windowThis is a useful database for social work research, somewhat more international in scope than Social Work Abstracts. SSA indexes social work journals as well as journals in related fields.
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Sociological abstracts This link opens in a new windowThe key database for researching sociology and related fields.
