Bibliographic databases

Access UN

Index to United Nations documents and publications from 1966 to date. Paper and microform copies of documents are available in the Social Sciences Library, 2nd floor Paterno Library. Selected documents are available in the PRI Library.

AfricaBib

Available free online. Provides access to the Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database and the African Women’s Database.

AGRICOLA

Agriculture and related subjects, including rural sociology and agricultural economics.

Annual Review of Population Law

Available free online. Full text of back issues of the Annual Review of Population Law, as well as topical pages on subjects in Population Law.

Anthropology Plus

Combines Harvard University’s Anthropological Literature and the UK Royal Anthropological Institute’s Anthropological Index.

Criminal Justice Abstracts

 

Current Index to Statistics

Indexes publications in mathematical statistics.

Dissertations and Theses

 

EconLit

 

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)

The subscription version of this free Department of Education database provides advanced search capabilities and links to full text.

Google Scholar

Available free online. Select Scholar preferences to connect Google Scholar to Penn State’s Libraries.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

Journal rankings from ISI.

JSTOR

Archive of full-text scholarly journals.

LexisNexis Academic

News, business, legal, and reference information.

LILACS

Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences - available free online.

Medline

Available free online through PubMed. Indexes biomedical literature.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

Available free online.

POPLINE

Available free online. Indexes international reproductive health literature.

Population Index

Available free online. Abstracts in the demography literature covering the period from 1986-2000. This database is no longer being updated.

ProQuest

Indexes scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers, with many full-text articles. Subject areas include general research journals, business and trade, education, psychology, and nursing.