How to Access UCF Library Databases and Resources from off campus
WebLUIS
- UCF library catalog and gateway to electronic resources, such as:
http://webluis.fcla.edu/
Academic Index - indexes articles in approximately 1000 scholarly journals and popular magazines in the arts, humanities, social sciences, science and technology. Abstracts are included for some articles. Provides access to ASCII full text of some articles. Dates of coverage: 1982+
Elsevier Science Journals - provide the electronic full-text version of approximately 650 of Elsevier's research journals, including approximately 58 social sciences titles, including Cities, Electoral Studies, Food Policy, Land Use Policy, Resources Policy, and Transport Policy. Dates of coverage: 1997+
DataTimes (FirstSearch database) - provides abstracts for approximately 126 newspapers, 92 of which are regional U.S. newspapers. The other 34 titles are from financial and regional newspapers published outside the U.S. Dates of coverage: 1996+
FactSearch (FirstSearch database) - is a guide to statistical statements on current social, economic, political, environmental and health issues, derived from some newspapers, periodicals, newsletter and documents such as the Christian Science Monitor, the Congressional Record, Congressional hearings, Daily Press Briefings of the White House, State Department and Department of Defense, and Australian, British and Canadian Parliamentary Debates. Web links to free full text are included frequently.
GPO Monthly Catalog (FirstSearch database) - consists of records published by the U.S. Government Printing Office since July 1976. Includes references to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from executive departments, and more.
PAIS International (FirstSearch database) - indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs. Dates of coverage: 1972+
Social Sciences Abstracts (FirstSearch database) - covers some 350 core periodicals in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations. Dates of coverage: 1983+
WilsonSelect (FirstSearch database) - contains indexed and abstracted articles from periodicals, all with ASCII full text online. The database includes records from the following H.W. Wilson databases: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts. Dates of coverage: 1994+
Britannica Online (Encyclopedia Britannica) - The online version of the encyclopedia Includes maps, articles, and statistics on individual countries, and weekly background articles for news and current events.
Sociological Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts database) - a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles. Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts (SOPODA) is also included as a subfile, providing additional literature on policy issues addressing violence, abuse, neglect, aging, health, energy, environment, housing, education, women and development, disaster preparedness and risk assessment. Dates of coverage: 1963+
Congressional Universe (CIS) - gives researchers access to vast and varied information published by and about Congress, including full text of almost all Committee Reports from 1990 forward and Congressional testimony from 1988 forward, and indexing & abstracting from the CIS/Index to Publications of the U.S. Congress from 1970 forward.
Statistical Universe (CIS) - provides the full text of Statistical Abstract of the U. S., plus indexing and abstracts (with some full text available) from American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), and Index to International Statistics (IIS).
Academic Universe (CIS/Lexis-Nexis) - provides more than 9.5 million documents from over 18,300 sources, including access to company profiles and financial reports, government transcripts, trade journals and academic and legal databases. Their files are updated with full-text documents from general interest wire services, newspapers, and magazines from around the world.
Other UCF Electronic Resources,
such as:
http://library.ucf.edu/resources.htm
STAT-USA (U.S. Dept of
Commerce) - State of the Nation
provides current and historical economic and financial releases and economic
data. GLOBUS & NTDB provide current and
historical trade-related releases, international market research, trade opportunities,
country analysis, and the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB).
http://www.stat-usa.gov/stat-usa.html
EBSCOhost -
provides abstracts and indexing for over 3,200 scholarly journals covering the social
sciences, humanities, education and more. Also offers full
text for over 1,000 journals with many dating back to 1990. Includes
coverage of over 1,700 peer-reviewed journals.
http://search.epnet.com/cpidlogin.asp?custid=ucf
Dialog@CARL - offers 250+
databases in a wide selection of subjects, including article indexes, full text newspapers, directories and more.
Approximately 65 databases are identified for the topic "Law & Government",
including Public Opinion Online (POLL) which provides the full text of public opinion
surveys conducted in the U.S., 1936+.
http://dialog.carl.org:3017/
Political Risk Yearbook Online
- Contains unbiased detailed political risk assessment for 100 strategic countries based
on the research & knowledge of political & economic analysts & consultants.
Includes social & economic conditions, business climate, forecasts, trade information
& more. Data is updated annually in January.
http://www.prsgroup.com/yearbook/
Columbia
International Affairs Online - is designed to be the most comprehensive
source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of
scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes,
occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings
from conferences.
http://www.ciaonet.org/
Government Document Resources
http://library.ucf.edu/govdocs/
Untangle the Web! - Internet
Workshop Series
http://library.ucf.edu/Internet/
UCF Interlibrary Loan
http://library.ucf.edu/ill/
UCF Quick Reference provides links to
useful Internet sites, telephone reference (407-823-2562), and electronic reference
service via a Web form or by
e-mail.
http://library.ucf.edu/quickref/
Other Useful Web Sites:
PA Online Resources
(San Francisco State Univ)
http://thecity.sfsu.edu/~mpa/paonline.htm
Documents
Center (Univ Michigan) is a central reference and referral point for
government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web
pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science,
statistical data, and news.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/index.html
Public Administration Resources
(Univ of South Florida)
http://www.cas.usf.edu/pad/index.html
Public Administration Department
(UCF College of Health & Public Affairs)
http://www.cohpa.ucf.edu/pubadm/
rgause@mail.ucf.edu
(407) 823-2563
Last modified: August 17, 1999
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