Social Sciences

Indexes 400+ English and foreign-language library and information science journals, plus selected state journals, conference proceedings, pamphlets, library school theses, and over 300 books per year.  Includes full text for articles from more than 150 journals, as far back as 1997.

1984 - (Indexing and Abstracts); 1997 - (Selected full text)

CSA Sociological Abstracts 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 over 1,800 serial publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and non-evaluative abstracts of journal articles. Coverage: 1952 to present

1952-

Indexes and abstracts articles from more than 300 humanities publications.  Covers periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature.  Abstracts feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs.  Excludes editorials, letters to the editor, news, ephemeral announcements, cartoons, and advertising.  Each record contains a bibliographic citation for an article, book review, or other item in a journal.  Full text is included for many articles.

1984 - (Index & abstracts); 1994 - (selected full text)

Indexes major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals, and legal newspapers covering U.S. federal and state cases, laws, government regulations & legal practice; British Commonwealth, European Union & international law; etc. Includes some full-text.

1980 -

Provides a combination of indexing, abstracts and full text for over 600 leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications and electronic industries.

1980 -

The Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base presents comparative data on gender equality. It has been compiled from secondary sources such as Gender Stats and the Human Development Report as well a from indepth reviews of country case studies. The data are divided into six categories: (i) general country information, (ii) social institutions, (iii) access to ressources, (iv) political empowerment, (v) economic status of women, and (vi) composite indicators of gender equality.

Current

This database provides worldwide current and historical financial and economic data, as well as a reporting/charting interface. Office access is available for Ross Business School Faculty and PhDs. Please contact Todd Elkins at tle@umich.edu for details. Access Method: Available only on standalone computers in Kresge Library and PhD Lab. Use Policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of (name of database)."

Some time series date back to 1950. Equity information covers from approximately 1973 to present.

This database offers company and industry financial data and news stories, as well as full text articles in 6,000 trade publications, newspapers, newswires and magazines. Use Policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of (name of database)." Traders may not use this database.

Provides indexing for 127 currently published scholarly and popular periodicals in Black studies, with links to full text from 40 of them. Also provides retrospective indexing for 45 older periodicals.

1902 - 1990, 1998 - Varies by title.

Mergent WebReports is an online database of 180,000 corporate and industry related documents, including analyst equity reports on over 4,000 large and mid-cap US companies; annual reports, prospectuses, financial statements, and annual summaries on over 30,000 companies worldwide; and in-depth analyses of key industries in North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific, which describe the market environment, industry landscape and key market trends for companies, industries, countries and regions. Industries include automotive, banking, insurance, oil and gas, information technology.