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Social Work Abstracts
Social Work Abstracts offers extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1966. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides citations and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems.
Social Services Abstracts
Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary resource with articles on a range of subjects including current events, health, humanities, sciences, and technology.

Sociological Abstracts
Indexes about 1800 journals published world-wide in sociology and related disciplines from the 1950s to present.

Social Sciences Abstracts
Indexes periodicals (some are peer-reviewed) in many areas including criminology, policy studies, psychology, sociology, social work and more.
Web of Science
Includes the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)- 1900-present. A valuable resource for finding references to articles relevant to the social sciences. To determine if UVic Library has access to the full-text of the article click on the "Get this?" link.
Also contains Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (1900-present)
PsycINFO

Canadian Public Policy Collection
Primary research and opinion publications from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think-tanks, university research centres and other public interest groups.

Access World News
The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources -- all in one easy-to-search database with a world map. Also includes over 40 African news sources.