Index to scholarship on East, Southeast and South Asia, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Date range: 1971-present
Indexing and abstracts for key journals in communications, mass media, and related fields of study. Level of access and searchability for titles vary. Information about journals will include indexing and abstracts, and may include full text, PDFs, or searchable cited references. Also provides a thesaurus and author profiles. Date range: 1915 - present
Index of articles from scholarly journals spanning the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Provides cited reference searching capability.
Index of articles from scholarly journals spanning the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Provides cited reference searching capability.
Consider the database's:
Since every database has different holdings (some unique, some overlap) you will need to search at least a few databases to ensure you have explored as much of the resources available to you as possible.
From Assignment 2: For example, you could look at quantitative data set looking at how acreage of land planted with GM seeds in China has changed over time and a recent policy document outlining new regulations surrounding the safety of GM seeds
Main Concepts & Potential Search Terms
Acreage of land: agriculture, farm
GM Seeds: genetically modified, transgenic, crop, rice, cotton,
China: Heilongjiang province
Policy: regulations, law
Safety
Sample Searches
China AND (GMO OR "genetically modified" OR "genetically altered" OR transgenic) AND (crop OR rice OR cotton OR seeds)
ProQuest Social Science Collection
