Social Sciences Abstracts (SocialSciAbs)
Abstracts of articles on the social sciences
Why select this database?
- Provides records for English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere.
- Contains a bibliographic citation for each record.
- Includes articles, interviews, obituaries, biographies, and book reviews.
| Database details |
| Subjects |
| anthropology |
political science |
| economics |
psychology |
| geography |
sociology |
| law |
| |
| Sources |
646
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| Number of records |
Over 964,000 |
| Dates covered |
1983 to present
Abstracts since 1994 |
| Updated |
Weekly |
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Index labels and examples of an expert search in Social Sciences Abstracts
Use a colon after an index label (for example, au:)
when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign
after an index label (au=) for
an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any
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| Search indexes |
Labels |
Examples |
| Keyword |
kw: |
music and african and dance+
[keyword searches the Abstract, Source Phrase, Subject, and Title indexes]
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| Abstract |
ab: |
kangaroo+ |
| Accession number |
no: |
198933503693010 |
| Article type phrase |
at= |
feature article
[use to limit other search terms;
browse index for available article types] |
| Author |
au: |
o'hara
ohara |
| Author phrase |
au= |
graham elizabeth
[last name first] |
| Corporate author phrase |
co= |
seattle wash |
| Descriptor |
de: |
tree+ |
| Descriptor phrase |
de= |
trees in cities |
| First page |
pg: |
2 |
| Geographic coverage phrase |
gc= |
adelaide australia |
| Issue |
is: |
3 |
| Named company phrase |
nc= |
e f hutton group inc |
| Named person phrase |
na= |
lamont norman
[last name first] |
| Place of publication |
pl: |
greece |
| Publication date |
pd: |
98-99
[browse index for date formats] |
| Publisher |
pb: |
mcgraw-hill |
| Record type phrase |
rt= |
book review
[use to limit other search terms;
browse index for available record types] |
| Reviewed journal phrase |
rj= |
peer-reviewed journal
[not common in records prior to 1999] |
| Source |
so: |
australia |
| Source phrase |
so= |
australian journal of anthropology |
| Standard number |
sn: |
5717200331 |
| Subject |
su: |
adolescent+ |
| Subject phrase |
su= |
dance african* |
| Title |
ti: |
music w3 aborigin* w3 dance |
| Title phrase |
ti= |
african american folklore* |
| Volume |
vo: |
4 |
| Year |
yr: |
1993 |
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