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Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Social Work Abstracts Plus provides two unique databases in one subscription: Social Work Abstracts and The Register of Clinical Social Workers. Social Work Abstracts contains information on the fields of social work and human services from 1977 to present.
Social Services Abstracts (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
Social Sciences Citation Index (1987-present) This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences. A database in Web of Science.
Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Social Sciences Full Text provides sources covering a wide array of subjects, including addiction studies, ethics, public welfare, urban studies and more. Covering the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences, this full-text resource provides access to the most important English-language social science journals.
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
SocINDEX with Full Text offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. In addition to full-text journals, it contains informative abstracts for core coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. The database also provides data mined from priority coverage journals and selective coverage journals. Complete with extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers and other non-periodical content sources, the database also includes searchable cited references.
Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Social Sciences Full Text provides sources covering a wide array of subjects, including addiction studies, ethics, public welfare, urban studies and more.

Additional Article Databases

Abstracts in Social Gerontology (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Index of articles related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, etc.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Scholarly, popular, and trade articles from 1975-present in all fields.
CINAHL Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
CINAHL Complete is a comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1300 journals, including indexing for more than 5000 journals and searchable cited references for more than 1460 journals. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL and more than 3.9 million records dating back to 1937.
Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
U.S. and international journals including information for professionals in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security.
Educational Administration Abstracts (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Index of articles in areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, etc.
Education Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Educational publications covering primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education - 1988-present.
Education Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Index of education journals, books, conference papers, book reviews, etc. from early childhood to higher education.
Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare, 1970-present.
Family Studies Abstracts (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Index of literature of areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy, etc.
Health Business FullTEXT (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Articles covering the business of health care administration and other non-clinical aspects of health care institution management.
HealthSTAR (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
Index of literature on both the clinical and non-clinical aspects of health services, technology, administration, and research.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines in the humanities, health, sciences, and social sciences. For information on what collections and journals are available to IUPUI users, please click here.
MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Articles in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, etc.
PolicyFile (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
A unique database indexing research and publication abstracts addressing the complete range of US public policy research.
ProQuest Public Health This link opens in a new window
Core public health literature including journals, news, trade publications, reports and more.
PsycARTICLES (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber.
PsycINFO 1887-current (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work.

Dissertations and Theses

Dissertations & Theses @ CIC Institutions (ProQuest)
ProQuest/UMI's database of dissertations from the 13 universities in the CIC Consortium (the 11 members of the Big Ten athletic conference plus the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago). A subset of the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database with full-text of all CIC/Big Ten dissertations (including all University of Michigan dissertations) filed since 1997. Describes nearly all dissertations and selected master theses filed at CIC/Big Ten universities. Includes abstracts written by the authors for all dissertations from 1980 to the present.
Dissertations & Theses: Abstract & Index (ProQuest)
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is the world’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses, the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and the database of record for graduate research. The abstract and index version of PQDT includes 2.7 million searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day. You can request items through Interlibrary Loan using the 'Find It' icon.
Social Work School Theses and Dissertations (IUPUI ScholarWorks)
IUPUIScholarWorks is the institutional repository established to collect and disseminate IUPUI's scholarly output. Many scholars use to post dissertations and theses. The School of Informatics has a specific collection within the repository.

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