| Database Information |
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts  |
| Access: | Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect: 1. from a public computer in the University of Delaware Library 2. from a University of Delaware campus connection in your dorm, lab, or office 3. from an off-campus connection (University of Delaware ID required) |
| Description: | ASSIA: Appliced Social Sciences Index and Abstracts is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations, and education. It provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional. ASSIA includes over 500 journals. Major areas of coverage include: anxiety disorders, communication, criminology, cultural anthropology, education, ethnic studies, family, geriatrics, health, housing, marriage, nursing, unemployment, immigration, industrial relations, child abuse, legal issues, National Health Service reforms, political science, psychology, race relations, religion, sociology, social work, substance abuse, urban planning, and women’s studies. |
| Coverage: | 1987 to the present |
| Updated: | monthly |
| Journals: | A Serials Source List for ASSIA is available. |
| Links: | Depending upon the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts database, there might be links to full-text electronic journal articles from the American Meteorological Society, BioOne, HighWire Press, IngentaConnect, JSTOR, National Sea Grant Library, Nature Publishing Group, Project MUSE, PsycARTICLES, Sage Publications, ScienceDirect, Springer LINK. If full text is available, there will be a clickable “Full-Text” link at the top of a citation. Additional Get It! links are provided by clicking on the “Get It!” button. |
| Alerts: | Click on “Alerts” in the “Search Tools” area to set up a personal profile. You can click on “Alerts” above a result set to save it. A saved “Alert” will be used to automatically search your selected databases for new content every week. |
| Output Formats: | Click on “Save/Print/Email Records.” Available as an option from the Save/Print/Email screen, QuikBib allows you to generate a bibliography from your search results in any of eight popular bibliographic styles. Final output is available as HTML, Text, RTF, and MS Word. |
| Help: | Click on “Help” in the upper right of the screen. For further assistance, contact a librarian. |
| Software Requirements: | Best viewed with Netscape 6.0 or newer or Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer. |
| Related Resources: | Databases for: Anthropology, Communication, Criminal Justice, Education, Ethnic Studies, Gerontology, Human Development and Family Studies, Nursing, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology, Sociology, and Women’s Studies. |
| Users: | unlimited concurrent users |
| Producer: | ProQuest |
