Two
Types of Article Indexes
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Subject Indexes
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Is your topic in a particular
subject area?
If so, use a subject
index. Subject indexes specialize in a particular subject, and the articles
indexed are generally from scholarly sources. Examples of subject indexes
and the kinds of articles they identify are:
PsycINFO
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Covers Psychology
with records from 1806 to present. Provides abstracts from dissertations,
books, book chapters, technical reports, and approximately 2,000 journals
on psychology published in 50 countries. |
Historical Abstracts
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Provides
historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the
U.S. and Canada) by providing citations to over 1,700 journals, books,
and dissertations published worldwide in over forty languages. Covers 1954
to present. |
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
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Comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines; includes links to full text articles in 270 journals |
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