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Choosing a Database
Since Public Administration is quite interdisciplinary, you need to think about what discipline would cover your issue. Below are links for useful disciplinary databases. If you are unsure, try the following all-subjects databases and note what disciplinary journals the relevant articles come from.
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost)Academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books, and videos in all subjects.
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JSTORBack files of core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
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CINAHL Complete (EBSCOhost) -- 1937-presentCINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) which indexes journals as far back as 1937, is now "Complete" with over 1300 full-text journals. Also includes citations to books, dissertations, and conference proceedings.
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PTSDpubs (ProQuest) -- 1871-presentSponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, indexes relevant articles on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health consequences of traumatic events.
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SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost)Database for sociology, with solid coverage for social work, social psychology, addictions, and criminal justice issues. Full text for journals dating back as far as 1908, with selective text and abstracts for others going back as far as 1895, plus numerous books, conference papers, and other monographs.
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Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCOhost)Articles from criminal justice magazines and journals, with indexing/abstracting from others.
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PsycInfo - APA (EBSCOhost) -- 1806-presentA large and comprehensive index of peer-reviewed psychology journals, plus selected book chapters, books, and dissertations, in some cases back to the 1800's. Produced by the American Psychological Association.
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Social Work Abstracts (EBSCOhost) -- 1965-presentSelectively indexes journals for articles relating to social work and human services.
Set Up RefWorks Account
"Online bibliographic citation manager," meaning it will help you collect, organize and cite your sources. Click the link below and set up an individual account. [More information]
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RefWorks (Legacy System)Online bibliographic citation manager. After registration, use this program to import references from research databases into folders, then format them in any of more than 100 citation styles.