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Social Work Databases

Canadian Research Index
Indexes and, in many cases, provides links to Canadian government documents from federal and provincial departments and agencies.
Coverage: 1982 - present

Most of the material identified in the Canadian Research Index corresponds to the "Microlog Collection" located in Dana Porter Library's microform area, 1st (basement) floor. These are filed with call numbers beginning with: CA7.P__. If you cannot find a title, or would like assistance using the micro collection or microscanner, please, just ask Library staff.
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Family and Society Studies Worldwide
Research, policy, and practice literature relating to family studies, human ecology, and human development.
Coverage: 1970s - present

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PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress
Journals, books, book chapters, pamphlets, and technical reports on stress disorder, its assessment and treatment, services to the population, and ethical and public policy issues.
Coverage: 1871 - present

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PsycINFO
Articles, dissertations and book chapters in psychology and behavioral health.
Coverage: 1840 - present

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Scholars Portal Books
Full-text ebooks in a wide range of subject areas

Coverage:Varies

This online platform hosts multiple resources.

Note: Local saving restrictions: Saving in PDF format restricted to 15% of a work.
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Scholars Portal Journals
A repository for scholarly articles drawn from journals covering every academic discipline
Coverage: Varies

This online platform hosts multiple resources.
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Social Services Abstracts
Journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews in the fields of social work and human services/community development.
Coverage: 1980 - present

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Sociology collection
Index and full text databases covering sociology and social services.
Coverage: 1952 - present

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Theses Canada Portal

Access Canadian electronic and non-digital theses and dissertations.
Coverage: index 1965 - present; full text 1998 - present

Theses Canada is a program between Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and nearly 70 universities accredited by Universities Canada. For the full text of recent theses, also check Proquest's "Dissertations and Theses Global."

Note: Access Theses Canada Portal is available free to the public How to search Consult the Theses Canada Portal help page for information on searching this site.
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Web of Science

Articles and citations in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Coverage: Varies

Web of Science is comprised of several databases. The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI) covers journals in the medical, physical and natural sciences, and engineering fields. The entire database extends back to 1899. The Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) covers journals in the social sciences. The entire database extends back to 1898. The Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) covers journals in the arts and humanities. It also selectively covers relevant items from science and technical journals. The entire database extends back to 1975.
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Other Databases of Interest

Alternative Press Index (API)
Tracks articles and other news pieces published in non-mainstream periodicals from the US and Canada.
Coverage: 1969 - present

API indexes articles of 5 or more paragraphs, including: editorials, regular columns, essays, fiction; speeches, interviews, statistics, reprints; bibliographies, directories, resource lists; autobiographies, biographies, obituaries, memoirs; and reviews: book, film, record, TV, drama, arts, and multimedia.

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Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America
Indexes books, articles, and government documents about Indigenous peoples of North America, covering the 1500s to the present.
Coverage: 1500s - present

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CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
Provides comprehensive coverage of the literature related to public health and allied health disciplines.
Coverage: 1981 - present

Offers complete coverage of English language nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses' Association, this database covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. In addition, CINAHL offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters.
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Cochrane Library
Articles on evidence-based medicine, including systematic reviews, clinical trials and health technology assessments.
Coverage: current

The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - evidence based systematic reviews prepared by the Cochrane Collaboration which provide high quality information to people providing and receiving care and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels.
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Family and Society Studies Worldwide
Research, policy, and practice literature relating to family studies, human ecology, and human development.
Coverage: 1970s - present

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Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America
Indexes books, articles, and government documents about Indigenous peoples of North America, covering the 1500s to the present.
Coverage: 1500s - present

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Medline
Literature in biomedicine, medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences.
Coverage: 1950 - present

Produced by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), Medline provides citations, many with abstracts, to the world's journal literature. Sources include current biomedical journals published in more than 70 countries.
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