SPS Research Assistant Orientation: Articles
A Guide to resources for graduate Public Service students at DePaul University
Article Databases
Use databases to search for articles related to your topic:
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Academic Search CompleteIndexes journals in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies and education.
Dates Covered: 1887-present.
Extent: Multidisciplinary -
Health Source: Nursing/Academic EditionIndexes scholarly journals in many medical disciplines; with full text. Dates Covered: 1984-present.
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PAIS IndexProvides a unique perspective on the 20th century's most important public and social policies, such as Prohibition, suffrage, pacifism, civil rights, McCarthyism, Vietnam War, and Watergate. Indexes over 1.23 million records and covers monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, and analytics. It forms part of the Politics Collection.
Dates Covered: 1914-present.
Extent: Multidisciplinary -
PsycArticlesProvides full-text access to many of the journals indexed in PsycInfo, including the ability to search within full-text of the articles.
Dates Covered: 1894-present. -
ScienceDirectFull text articles for well over 1,000 journals in science, health and the social sciences.
Dates Covered: 1996-present.
Extent: Multidisciplinary -
Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Includes Social Services Abstracts, and forms part of the Sociology Collection.
Dates Covered: 1952-present.
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ScienceDirectFull text articles for well over 1,000 journals in science, health and the social sciences.
Dates Covered: 1996-present.
Extent: Multidisciplinary
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Subject-Specific Databases
What is a subject specific database?
Subject-specific databases are like boutique stores. They specialize in a specific subject area and tend to include scholarly journals, book chapters, and dissertations. Databases in certain fields such as business, may also include trade journals.
Do they overlap with the general databases?
While there may be some overlap, subject-specific databases index the core journals for that area and provide more depth of coverage as compared to a general database.