Indexes & Databases
Public Administration


EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite [Off-campus Access]
A multi-disciplinary database that offers full text for more than 1,850 scholarly journals including 1,300 peer-reviewed titles. Academic Search Elite offers full text information dating as far back as 1985. Also contains Business Source Plus, ERIC, MLA, CINAHL, Health Source: Nursing/ Academic Edition, and Clinical Pharmacology.. 

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Search [Off-campus Asccess]
includes full-text articles (found under "General News Topics" and "Medical and Health" and "Law Reviews"). "General News Topics" includes newspaper and journal articles. A very extensive collection of fulltext legal materials is under "Federal Case Law," "U.S. Code, Constitution & Court Rules" and "State Legal Research."  A title list is available for viewing.

INFOTRAC Expanded Academic ASAP [Off-campus Access]
(1980 to present) From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!

Wilson Web [Off-campus Access]
Full text begins in 1994. OmniFile Full Text Mega 1982-present. Comprehensive database covering Business, Education, Science, Humanities, Social Sciences etc. Full text degins in 1994.

PSYCINFO [Off-campus Access]
PsycInfo contains summaries of articles from journals and chapters of books in social work, psychology, psychiatry and related subjects. Because of its research orientation and the large number of citations it contains, this database is a very important source for social work research.

JSTOR [Off-campus Access]
Full-text articles and images from more than 120 scholarly journas. Subjects covered include African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology,Economics, Political Science, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Population Studies, Sociology, Statistics, and General Science Collection.

NCJRS Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 180,000 criminal justice publications. NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.

PAIS INTERNATIONAL (Print) covers resources in public affairs and policy. Its scope is international, and it includes periodicals as well as books and reports, and federal and state documents. This is an excellent source for social policy research and discussion. REFERENCE FLOOR 2 - 016.3 P83A 1965-1998

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