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AgeLine covers the literature of social gerontology and includes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy. The database indexes over 600 journals, books, book chapters, reports, dissertations, consumer guides, and educational videos related to elderly issues. Originally produced by AARP.
Covers all aspects of public policy research and analysis produced from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations, and publishers.
Compilation of the full-text of the questions and responses from over 12,000 national, state, and local surveys conducted by 700 polling organizations in the United States and more than 70 other countries. The database covers over 4,000 subjects, including: Business Current Events Demographics Economics Education Family Studies Health Sciences Law Marketing Planning Political Science Population Studies Psychology Public Affairs Public Health Public Opinion Social Issues Social Sciences Social Work Sociology and Statistics. Information is gathered by professional polling organizations, television networks, universities, newspapers, businesses and associations, including the Gallup Poll, the Roper Organization Poll and others. The simultaneous user limit for this resource may result in temporary delays.
Social Sciences Full Text contains citations to over 550 popular journal titles covering the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences. Includes articles, interviews, obituaries, biographies, and book reviews. Indexing (1983- ), Abstracting (1984- ), and select Full Text (1994- ).
Abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serial publications in the areas of social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, community development, child welfare, counseling, crime and corrections, disabilities, evaluation, families, gerontology, health and mental health, poverty, professional issues, social workers, substance abuse and therapies. Covers dissertations and citations to book reviews.
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology, political science, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences, as well as policy areas in science. Contains abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,700 serials publications.