Urban Studies

Indexes and Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)

This database provides indexing/abstracts to over 4360 scholarly journals, popular magazines, and journals of commentary, including full text access to more than 3,430 of those publications/journals covering a wide variety of academic areas of study, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This database is updated on a daily basis. Coverage is from the early 1970's for some titles to the present.

Anthropological Index Online, Royal Anthropological Institute

(free access) Online version of the Anthropological Index to Current Periodicals in the Museum of Mankind Library, British Museum (incorporating the former Royal Anthropological Institute library). Coverage is from 1970-present, with limited coverage for the late 1960's.

Anthropology Plus (FirstSearch)

Indexes in one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. Coverage is from 19th century-present.

Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost)

This database indexing/abstracts to over 3230 scholarly journals and business periodicals, over 2,710 of which are full text. Subjects covered are management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc. The database includes also country economic reports from the EIU, DRI-WEFA, ICON Group, and CountryWatch. Coverage is from 1965-present.

Cleveland News Index

Indexes "The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer" and "Cleveland Magazine." Coverage is from 1982-present.

Contemporary Women's Issues (1992-7/2006)

"The Contemporary Women's Issues database provides full-text access to global information on women. Journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies are easily accessed through CWI. Information on women in over 190 countries is compiled in a single collection bringing together such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health, education, business administration and political science." "Contemporary Women's Issues focuses on timely and relevant topics and meaningful issues such as: Development, Human Rights, The Workplace, Violence & Exploitation, Education, Politics, Family Life, Pay equity, Legal Status, Lesbian Concerns, Health, Gender equity, and Reproductive Rights." [Information taken directly from the Responsive Database Services site.] Coverage is from 1992-7/2006.

Econlit

Comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature, compiled from the American Economic Association's "Journal of Economic Literature" and "Index of Economic Articles in Journals and Collective Volumes." Coverage is from 1969-present.

Ethnic NewsWatch

Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority, and press. The search interface is offered in both English and Spanish. Coverage is from 1985-present.

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books

Indexes articles from some 892 legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organs, law reviews, and government publications originating in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Also indexes books published in 1993 or later. Includes book reviews. Updated monthly. Coverage is from August 1981-present.

JSTOR (Search JSTOR)

This service enables the user to search the entire JSTOR journals database.

LexisNexis Academic

A broad-based database and full text online search service that provides indexing and full text access to sources in the following categories:
News: Search the full text of today's news or search back more than 20 years
Business: Retrieve full text company news & financial information
Legal Research: Search full text federal, state & international legal materials
Medical: Find full text & abstracted medical & health information
Reference: Search general reference sources

LexisNexis Congressional

Provides indexing and full text access to sources that enable researchers to:

track legislation and public policy.
pinpoint expert testimony on leading issues of the day.
tap authoritative sources of statistics, projections, and analysis.
trace legislative history back to 1970.
get a sense of congressional attitudes toward current topics.
find Congressional member legislative and voting information.
find floor votes back to the 100th Congress.
investigate the finances of members of Congress.
review federal regulations.
learn the makeup and mission of congressional committees and subcommittees.
and much more.

Search Categories Include:

CIS Index: CIS indexing and abstracting of congressional publications and the CIS Legislative Histories (1970-present)
Congressional Indexes, 1789-1969 and Indexes to Unpublished Hearings
Publications: Full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills and the Congressional Record
Testimony: Prepared statements and selected question & answer transcripts (1988-present)
Bills: Bill tracking reports that follow bills through Congress and the text of bills
Laws: Public laws and the United States Code Service
Regulations: The Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations

LexisNexis Government Periodicals

Indexes articles from over 170 periodicals and newsletters published by agencies of the U.S. Government. This database is a useful supplement to the Monthly Catalog of U. S. Government Publications - GPO file (FirstSearch). Updated quarterly. Coverage is from 1988-present.

LexisNexis Statistical

LexisNexis Statistical provides indexing, abstract summaries of, and full text access to U.S. Government as well as international statistical sources. The print counterparts to the indexing and abstracting aspect of this database include: American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), and Index to International Statistics (IIS).

Monthly Catalog of U. S. Government Publications--GPO file (FirstSearch)

Indexes documents published by the U. S. Federal Government agencies, including books, reports, studies, serials, and maps. Covers a wide range of topics. Coverage is from 1976-present.

NBER Working Paper Series

Indexes and provides full text access to the National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Seriesonline. "The NBER Web site offers full-text downloads of most NBER Working Papers. All papers issued since 1994 or numbered 4935 and higher are available...." (quoted from the Web site). Coverage 1994-present.

Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost)

This database provides indexing, abstracts, and full text for 171 regional U.S. newspapers, 20 international newspapers, 15 newswires and newspaper columns, 24 TV and radio news transcripts, The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, and USA Today (for a total of 233 full text newspapers and other sources). In addition, it contains indexing and abstracts for four national newspapers, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal-Eastern Edition. Coverage is from 1995-present; most of the coverage is from 2000-present.

Ohio Capitol Connection

Formerly called Hannah Online, the Ohio Capitol Connection is a rich, comprehensive site which provides online access to primary and secondary local, state, and federal legal, political, and informational publications, directories, data, web sites, etc. related to the state of Ohio. Many of the publications or publication series include search features or classified subject/title/publication number access. Included are such things as Ohio and federal laws, bills, and other legislative sources.

OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (Search Form)

This service enables the user to search the current Ohiolink database of electronic journals, which currently includes a growing database full text journals. It includes over 3000+ journals from such publishers as Academic Press, American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Elsevier Science, Institute of Physics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, MCB University Press, Project MUSE (Johns Hopkins University Press), Royal Society of Chemistry, Springer-Verlag, Wiley. More publishers will be added over time.

Ohio's Laws, Rules & Constitution

This is an official site operated by the State of Ohio Government which provides free public access to Ohio laws, legal publications, and legislation in full text and searchable formats.

PAIS International

PAIS International indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, internet sources, and statistical directories about public affairs. Abstracts are included for most records from 1985 to the present. Each year, PAIS indexers review more than 8000 books and issues of more than 1600 periodicals. Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed. PAIS international includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world. In addition to English, some of the indexed materials are published in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.Updated monthly. [Information is digested from the OhioLINK web site for this database.] Coverage is from 1972-present.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

Indexes the complete range of academic subjects appearing in doctoral dissertations accepted at accredited institutions since 1861. Masters theses, British dissertations, Canadian dissertations, and other European dissertations have been indexed selectively. It is the equivalent of Dissertation Abstracts International with the addition of online ordering functions. Updated monthly. Indexing coverage is from 1861-present. Abstracts included for doctoral dissertations from July 1980-present. Abstracts included for masters theses from Spring 1988-present.

Readers' Guide Retrospective

Readers' Guide Retrospective indexes both popular and general-interest magazines published in the United States. It indexes the same material as its' print counterpart, Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature for the same years. Coverage is from October 1963-1982. In the fall of 2002, coverage from 1890-1962 will be added.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1867-1970 (OhioLINK Digital Media Center)

The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1867-1970 (OhioLINK Digital Media Center) is a database of scanned images "...large scale street plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance company from 1967 to 1970. Sanborn Maps show the outline of each building including the location of windows and doors together with street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers." [Information taken from the help files for the database at the OhioLINK site.] Coverage: 1867-1970.

SocINDEX (EBSCOhost)

Provides access to journal articles in sociology and related disciplines. Coverage goes back to 1895 for core titles which represent about one-fourth of this collection. Coverage is more recent for the remainder of the collection (ca. 1100 titles). Many citations link to the full text of articles.

Sociological Abstracts (1963-2005)

Indexes and provides abstract summaries of the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. It covers journal articles selected from over 2600 journals, abstracts of conference papers, relevant dissertation listings from Dissertation Abstracts International, book review, and books. Coverage is from 1963-present.

Sociological Collection (EBSCOhost)

This database provides indexing, abstracts, and links to full text of articles from over 620 journals in the field of sociology; over 580 of those journals are peer-reviewed titles.Sociological topics covered in the database include social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. A small number of journals indexed in the database (about 10) provide indexing and abstracts only. The bulk of the coverage is from 1970-present, with a few titles covered back into the 1960's.

STAT-USA

"STAT-USA is a small organization within the U.S. Department of Commerce.... STAT-USA gathers business, economic, and trade data from over 40 government agencies, consolidates this information, and then provides it over a range of electronic formats," including this Internet site.

Urban Studies Abstracts

Urban Studies Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Studies, and Canadian Journal of Urban Research.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1975-7/2006)

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and related fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. The database keeps building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI/Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. Currently it indexes 1010 titles, although coverage is expected to reach 1250 titles by 2002. Coverage is from 1975-present.

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