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International databases (including Australian content)
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WoS indexes the top ranking journals in every field. On entry, de-select the Science database. |
| Scopus |
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Scopus is an abstract and citation database of research literature including peer-reviewed titles, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, patent records, scientific web pages, and seamless links to full text articles and other library resources. It is updated daily. |
| Emerald full text |
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Small management collection of about 100 journals. |
| (1) Multidisciplinary databases with scholarly and general content N.B. Search results can be limited to scholarly or peer reviewed journals via a check box on the search page (except for Factiva) |
| Business Source Premier full text |
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Indexes 4000 journals of which 1000 are peer reviewed. Includes Harvard Business Review from 1922+
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| ABI/Inform Global full text |
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Good coverage of marketing, economics and business journals. Full text of about 750 of the 1,500 journals covered. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP full text |
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Tip! Subject Search 'labor relations' finds 4000 articles. Narrow by subdivision, gives easy access to topics via subheadings. |
| Wilson Omnifile FT Mega full text |
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Includes Business Periodicals Index. Indexes 2,730 journals back to 1982. Full text of 1,300 journals available from 1994+ |
| Factiva full text |
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Huge international content and a major resource for Australian newspapers, including the SMH, Australian Financial Review and The Australian. For best results, view in Explorer -to access Australian materials, choose from the dropdown menu My Source List, any selection starting with Group is a fixed set of publications i.e. Group : Australia Publications only searches all Australian publications in Factiva. |
| (2) Multidisciplinary databases |
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A major resource for social sciences students |
| British Humanities Index (CSA) 1962+ |
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BHI has a UK and European bias. |
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PAIS has a USA bias
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(3) Multidisciplinary databases with only scholarly content.
Apart from Project Muse, these databases allow researchers to nominate categories before searching.
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| JSTOR full text from the early 19th Century + |
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JSTOR now opens to the Advanced search screen. On entering JSTOR, scroll down and nominate your categories, e.g. Business, Economics, and Finance, then fill in the search box. Note the Sort by option "Oldest To Most Recent". Also, to search without book review items, which are very numerous, see 'Narrow Your Search To': and tick only Article. |
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Note Journal Subject search allows searching by subject e.g. Business/Management, Economics, Public Administration. |
| ScienceDirect full text 1823+ as an index, selected titles full text from 1900+ and a comprehensive collection full text from 1995+ |
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Click "Search" on the top righthand side. Either search the whole database or search by selecting categories by holding down the Control key and clicking relevant categories e.g. Arts & Humanities, Business, Management and Accounting etc. SciDir includes Geobase which searches environmental, 'green' issues and development studies. |
| (4) Subject Specific databases |
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Sociological Abstracts has a sophisticated thesaurus for searching subject terms. Click Search tools, click Thesaurus, type 'labor relations' and nominate Hierarchy and click Go. This gives your term and related terms that maybe of interest. |
| Social Services Abstracts (CSA) 1980+ |
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Social work, human services, social welfare, social policy. |
| ECONLIT (Economic Literature) via CSA 1969+ |
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Scholarly. Index searching sociological journals. A search using a field code may improve results e.g. de=labor relations, or de=economic history retrieve more focused results ('de=' performs a descriptor or subject search) |
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Scholarly content for health, social services, economics, politics, race relations and education. |
| NBER Working Papers full text |
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National Bureau of Economic Research. |
| Communication Databases |
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