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Global Books in Print
Holdings: Updated weekly.
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ISI Citation Indexes (Web of Science)
Indexes journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Allows for cited reference searching. Includes Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address, as well as for articles that cite a known author or work.

Holdings: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1945-present, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present, Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present. Updated weekly.
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Current Index to Statistics
The Current Index to Statistics is a bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields. References are drawn from 162 core journals (as of 2003) that are fully indexed, non-core journals from which articles are selected that have statistical content; proceedings; edited books, and other sources.
  • The entire contents of "core journals", in most cases from 1975 (or first issue if later) to the current end year, and pre-1975 coverage for several of them
  • Selected articles since 1975 from about 1200 additional journals (cumulatively), and
  • About 11, 000 books in statistics published since 1975

  • Holdings: 1995 - present
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World Bank Documents & Reports
Page-image fulltext of more than 14,000 World Bank documents. Covers World Bank activities and interests worldwide in agriculture, economic policy, education and social protection, electrical power, oil and gas, and other energy issues, environment, finance, health, nutrition, and population, water supply and sanitation, human resources, industry, mining, private sector development and public sector management, telecommunications and informations, transportation, tourism, and urban development,
Holdings: 1960-present. Updated weekly.
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Political Research Online
REQUIRES FREE REGISTRATION. Electronic fulltext preprint archive for political science. Includes conference papers, preprints, syllabi, and center and institute reports.
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PolicyArchive
Digital archive of non-partisan policy research. Collects summaries and full texts, videos, reports, briefs, and multimedia material of think tank, university, government, and foundation-funded policy research.
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International Financial Statistics Online
The IFS database contains approximately 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries and areas and includes all series appearing on the IFS Country Pages; exchange rate series for all Fund member countries, plus Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles; major Fund accounts series; and most other world, area, and country series from the IFS World Tables.
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Factiva
Factiva is a full-text online service that provides access to sources of national and international news, business, health and general information. News sources include newspapers magazines, media transcripts, wire services, pictures and WEB sites. In addition, FACTIVA provides access to several financial databases. FACTIVA covers 8,000 sources in 22 languages. FACTIVA is a joint venture between Dow Jones and Reuters.
Holdings: Dates vary. Most publications begin in the late 1980's or early 1990's
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Broad collection of fulltext scholarly journals and related periodicals in all scholarly disciplines. Includes bibliographic citations, indexing and abstracting for more than 8,000 periodicals. A component of EBSCO MegaFILE.
Holdings: Coverage varies: mostly 1990s to present.
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Social Services Abstracts
-from CSA Databases
Indexing with abstracts for scholarly and professional journal literature in social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Major areas of coverage include: crisis intervention, evaluation research, family welfare, gerontology, policy, planning, and forecasting, poverty and homelessness, social development, support groups and support networks, violence, abuse, and neglect, and welfare services, as well as professional issues and education in social work. Includes: Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts, SOPODA.
Holdings: 1979-present. Updates monthly
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NationalJournal.com
Online fulltext access to National Journal periodicals and resources. Provides coverage of current US government activity and policy, as well as technology and health care issues. Additional resources reproduce and analyze political advertising and public opinion poll findings, and provide calendar information and congressional bill markup reports.
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LexisNexis Statistical
Statistical Universe indexes statistical data published in federal, state, and selected privately published titles, at the table level. In some cases the fulltext of the document is also available.
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What Works Clearinghouse
Reviews of best practices in educational interventions.
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Social Science Research Network
Recent research results through abstracts and fulltext working papers and journal articles in economics, finance, law (especially business and economic aspects), accounting, and Latin American economics and business. Professional job openings and announcements, including conference announcements, are also available. Access is provided through searchable databases and through several dozen subject-specific or source-institution e-mail notification services.
Holdings: 1997-present. Updated daily
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STAT-USA/Internet
STAT-USA provides economic, business, and social/environmental data collected by over 50 government agencies. STAT-USA is a product of the Economics and Statistics Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Major segments include National Trade Data Bank and State of the Nation Library.
Business and Management, Economics, Education, Energy, General Business, Health Care Policy and Management, Marketing, Nursing, Political Science, Population Studies and Demography, Public Policy and Administration, Social Work, Sociology, Urban Studies.
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Sage Urban Studies Abstracts
-from OCLC FirstSearch ECO
Bibliographic citations with abstracts describing scholarly literature in all aspects of urban studies. Topics include trends in urbanization, urban history, architecture and urban design, housing and real estate, urban development and redevelopment, urban planning and land use, environment and resource conservation, transporation and communication, crime and law enforcement, urban economics, social services and public services, politics and government, urban fiscal and budgetary policy, and social issues.
Holdings: 1998-2004
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Sage Family Studies Abstracts
-from OCLC FirstSearch ECO
Bibliographic citations with abstracts for literature on policy, theory, and research relating to the family, traditional and alternative lifestyles, therapy, and counselling. Subjects covered include adolescent development, adolescent pregnancy and parenthood, aging, child abuse, child custody, child physical disorders, child psychological problems, dating, bereavement, divorce, domestic abuse and violence, family economics, employment, fertility and birth control, gender relations, health problems, homosexuality, marriage and marital relations, and sexual attitudes.
Holdings: 1999-2004
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National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information Documents Database
Indexing with abstracts for scholarly, professional, and technical books, journal articles, and other documents related to child maltreatment, child abuse and child neglect, adoption, and related child welfare issues. Topics covered include: all forms of adoption, including private adoption, adoption across country boundaries, and transracial adoption; all forms of child maltreatment, including emotional abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, and sexual abuse; and alternative child custody arrangements, including family reunification, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, visitation, and alternative dispute resolution. NCCANCH's other databases, including an Organizations Directory, are also hyperlinked from this web site.
Holdings: 1965-present.
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LexisNexis Statistical
Statistical Universe indexes statistical data published in federal, state, and selected privately published titles, at the table level. In some cases the fulltext of the document is also available.
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JSTOR
JSTOR specializes in making available the back issues of journals in a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines. Issues are available both as images and as text, making searching possible both within each title and across the whole database.

Penn's subscription currently includes all the available collections:

  • the Arts & Sciences Collection I, II, III, IV, V, VI and the complement
  • the Business II Collection
  • the Biological Sciences Collection
  • the Health & General Science Collection
  • the Language and Literature Collection
  • the Music Collection

Access to journals from JSTOR is restricted to current Penn faculty, staff and students.

Printing from the JSTOR database requires downloading a helper application called JPrint.
Holdings: active

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EBSCO MegaFILE
General, multidisciplinary fulltext periodical database, covering all scholarly disciplines, with many general and popular magazines, and news sources. Includes bibliographic citations with indexing and abstracts for more than 16,000 periodicals.
Holdings: Coverage varies: mostly 1990s to present.
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C2-SPECTR
Registry of over 10,000 randomized and possibly randomized trials in education, social work and welfare, and criminal justice. Selected trials are candidates for inclusion in Campbell Collaborative systematic reviews of effective policies and programs.
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Mental Measurements Yearbook
Descriptive information and reviews of English-language test instruments. Subject areas include achievement, behavior assessment, development, education, intelligence and scholastic aptitude, English and foreign languages, fine arts, mathematics, multiple aptitudes, neuropsychology, personality, reading, science, and sensory motor skills.
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What Works Clearinghouse
Reviews of best practices in educational interventions.
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UNESBIB
Indexing with abstracts for the international publication and document literature on education, culture, communication and information, the natural sciences, and the social sciences and humanities. Topics covered are those treated by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization): literacy, access to education, publishing, freedom of expression, access to media, information ethics, cultural policy, copyright, cultural heritage, tourism development, environmental studies, sustainable development, multiculturalism and tolerance, democracy, and urban issues.
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ScholarlyCommons@Penn
ScholarlyCommons@Penn is a repository of the research and scholarly output of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, administered by the Penn Library.
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Sage Family Studies Abstracts
-from OCLC FirstSearch ECO
Bibliographic citations with abstracts for literature on policy, theory, and research relating to the family, traditional and alternative lifestyles, therapy, and counselling. Subjects covered include adolescent development, adolescent pregnancy and parenthood, aging, child abuse, child custody, child physical disorders, child psychological problems, dating, bereavement, divorce, domestic abuse and violence, family economics, employment, fertility and birth control, gender relations, health problems, homosexuality, marriage and marital relations, and sexual attitudes.
Holdings: 1999-2004
tagged [none] by kewo ...and 4 other people ...on 05-SEP-08
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information Documents Database
Indexing with abstracts for scholarly, professional, and technical books, journal articles, and other documents related to child maltreatment, child abuse and child neglect, adoption, and related child welfare issues. Topics covered include: all forms of adoption, including private adoption, adoption across country boundaries, and transracial adoption; all forms of child maltreatment, including emotional abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, and sexual abuse; and alternative child custody arrangements, including family reunification, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, visitation, and alternative dispute resolution. NCCANCH's other databases, including an Organizations Directory, are also hyperlinked from this web site.
Holdings: 1965-present.
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JSTOR
JSTOR specializes in making available the back issues of journals in a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines. Issues are available both as images and as text, making searching possible both within each title and across the whole database.

Penn's subscription currently includes all the available collections:

  • the Arts & Sciences Collection I, II, III, IV, V, VI and the complement
  • the Business II Collection
  • the Biological Sciences Collection
  • the Health & General Science Collection
  • the Language and Literature Collection
  • the Music Collection

Access to journals from JSTOR is restricted to current Penn faculty, staff and students.

Printing from the JSTOR database requires downloading a helper application called JPrint.
Holdings: active

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PolicyFile
Indexing with abstracts of U.S. and foreign domestic and international public policy research literature.
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Past Masters Philosophy Fulltext
British Philosophy 1600-1900 (Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, Jeremy Bentham, David Ricardo, John Stuart Mill, John Dewey, others)
John Dewey - Collected Works
Immanuel Kant - Hauptwerke (in German)
Immanuel Kant - Philosophische Briefe und Vorlesungsnachschriften (in German)
G.W.F. Hegel: The Oxford Translations
Friedrich Nietzsche - Werke: Historisch-kritische Ausgabe (in German)
uvres Complhtes de Reni Descartes

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Mental Measurements Yearbook
Descriptive information and reviews of English-language test instruments. Subject areas include achievement, behavior assessment, development, education, intelligence and scholastic aptitude, English and foreign languages, fine arts, mathematics, multiple aptitudes, neuropsychology, personality, reading, science, and sensory motor skills.
tagged [none] by kewo ...and 3 other people ...on 05-SEP-08
PsycINFO
-from CSA Databases
The American Psychological Association's comprehensive indexing and abstracting service for the professional and scholarly literature in psychology and related fields. Coverage is worldwide. Sources are in English and over thirty languages.
Holdings: 1887 to the present. Updated monthly.
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Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)
Indexes journals in education and related fields. Updated regularly. Many full-text titles.
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Education Full Text
Indexes education journals, 1983 - present. Some full-text. Topics include: Arts, Comparative Education, Competency-based Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Government Funding, Higher Education, Language Arts, Multicultural/Ethnic Education, Parent-Teacher Relations, Preschool Education, School Administration, Science and Mathematics, Secondary Education, Special Education, Student Counseling, Teacher Education, Teacher Evaluation, and Teaching Methods.
Holdings: 1983-
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Social Science Research Network
Recent research results through abstracts and fulltext working papers and journal articles in economics, finance, law (especially business and economic aspects), accounting, and Latin American economics and business. Professional job openings and announcements, including conference announcements, are also available. Access is provided through searchable databases and through several dozen subject-specific or source-institution e-mail notification services.
Holdings: 1997-present. Updated daily
tagged [none] by kewo ...and 8 other people ...on 05-SEP-08
Current Index to Statistics
The Current Index to Statistics is a bibliographic index to publications in statistics and related fields. References are drawn from 162 core journals (as of 2003) that are fully indexed, non-core journals from which articles are selected that have statistical content; proceedings; edited books, and other sources.
  • The entire contents of "core journals", in most cases from 1975 (or first issue if later) to the current end year, and pre-1975 coverage for several of them
  • Selected articles since 1975 from about 1200 additional journals (cumulatively), and
  • About 11, 000 books in statistics published since 1975

  • Holdings: 1995 - present
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Finding Dissertations in Education - Research Guide
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Book Review Sources - Research Guide
A selective bibliography of sources for reviews of works in the social sciences and humanities.
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JSTOR
JSTOR specializes in making available the back issues of journals in a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines. Issues are available both as images and as text, making searching possible both within each title and across the whole database.

Penn's subscription currently includes all the available collections:

  • the Arts & Sciences Collection I, II, III, IV, V, VI and the complement
  • the Business II Collection
  • the Biological Sciences Collection
  • the Health & General Science Collection
  • the Language and Literature Collection
  • the Music Collection

Access to journals from JSTOR is restricted to current Penn faculty, staff and students.

Printing from the JSTOR database requires downloading a helper application called JPrint.
Holdings: active

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Condition of Education
Covers 2000 - present.
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Common Core of Data
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Pennsylvania Department of Education
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