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Title and Description	Some Fulltext	Coverage
Communications and Mass Media Complete (Ebsco)		1915 (a few titles) - current
Communications and mass media
Documenting the American South
Digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture. Projects include slave narratives, first-person narratives, Southern literature, Confederate imprints, materials related to the church in the black community, and North Caroliniana. Sponsored by the American Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Gender Inn
Searchable database of records pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature.
Historical Census Browser		1790-1960
Data on the population and economy of U.S. states and counties from 1790 to 1960 from ICPSR and the University of Virginia's Geostat Center.
In the First Person		1550s-2000s
Index to more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world. Contains references to diaries, letters, and oral histories.
NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) Abstracts Database
Abstracts of publications in criminal justice (corrections, courts, drugs and crime, juvenile justice, law enforcement, crime victims, etc.) from NCJRS sponsoring agencies (National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office for Victims of Crimes, Bureau of Justice Statistics, and Bureau of Justice Assistance. When fulltext is available online, a link is included with the abstract.
Scopus (Elsevier)		dates vary
Abstract and citation database covering over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 publishers. Emphasis on science and social science.
Social Science Research Network (Social Science Electronic Publishing)
Working papers and forthcoming papers in the social sciences. Consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection containing full-text documents.
Social Services Abstracts (CSA)		1980-current
Current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,406 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
Sociological Abstracts (CSA)		1963-current
Provides access to world's literature in sociology and related disciplines (anthropology, economics, education, medicine, political sciences, and more) Abstracts of journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, books, and book reviews.
Urban Studies Abstracts (Ebsco)
Covers essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (Alexander Street Press)		1600-2000
History of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000.