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Child Development & Adolescent Studies
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Current and historical literature related to the growth and development of children through the age of 21.
- Child Development & Adolescent Studies includes all of the issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography from 1927-2001, plus new coverage on child rights and welfare issues. Formats include abstracts, book chapters, book reviews, books, technical reports, theses and dissertations. Subjects cover biomedical as well as social sciences.
- Coverage Dates: 1855-present
- Title List
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=chiv-uga1
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
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Print and electronic publications, websites, databases and more covering topics related to child safety, welfare and adoption.
- The Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to resources including print and electronic publications, websites, databases and more covering topics related to child safety, welfare and adoption.
  Searching the Gateway's catalog lets you search the Child Welfare Information Gateway's information sources, and using the "library search" lets you search the general child welfare literature.
  Formed by the consolidation of the two clearinghouses that compiled the data for the Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database - the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse - the Child Welfare Information Gateway is a service of the Children's Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services.
  For additional information about the Gateway see this flyer.
- URL: http://www.childwelfare.gov/
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Education Research Complete (EBSCO)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Articles on education practice and educational research.
- Covers professional and scholarly journals in all areas of education from early childhood to adult education. Indexes more than 2,200 journals and provides full text for over 1,300. Also contains the full text of selected reference books and conference papers.
- Coverage Dates: 1865-
- Updated: Monthly
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xeaf-uga1
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Family and Society Studies Worldwide
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Index to articles on family science, human ecology, and human development.
- Family and Society Studies Worldwide attempts to provide comprehensive coverage of family science, human ecology, and human development. Bibliographic citations are created for journal articles, books, conference papers, government reports and other sources. It contains all the records of the discontinued print version, Inventory of Marriage & Family Literature.
- Coverage Dates: 1970-
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xfsd-uga1
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SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
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Index and abstracts to articles in sociology.
- SocINDEX with Full Text features more than 2,066,400 records with subject headings from a 19,750+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 777 journals dating back to 1908. This database also includes full text for more than 820 books and monographs, and full text for 13,947 conference papers.
- Coverage Dates: 1880-present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=son9-uga1
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Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)
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Index and abstracts to articles in sociology.
- Sociological Abstracts is a primary resource for accessing research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. International in scope, over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations are covered. Records added after 1974 contain nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
  Included in the database is the searchable Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms.
- Coverage Dates: 1963 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
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- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=sooi-uga1
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Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (2005) (SAGE)
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Provides articles on all components of behavior modification, behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and applied behavior analysis for both child and adult populations.
- The three-volume Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy provides a thorough examination of the components of behavior modification, behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and applied behavior analysis for both child and adult populations in a variety of settings. Although the focus is on technical applications, entries also provide the historical context in which behavior therapists have worked, including research issues and strategies. Entries on assessment, ethical concerns, theoretical differences, and the unique contributions of key figures in the movement (including B. F. Skinner, Joseph Wolpe, Aaron T. Beck, and many others) are also included. No other reference source provides such comprehensive treatment of behavior modification—history, biography, theory, and application.
  Access note: On and off campus. Unlimited simultaneous users allowed.
  Database provider: SAGE.
- Database Provider: sage
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=enox-uga1
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Encyclopedia of Social Work, 20th ed. (Oxford University Press)
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Includes 400 subject entries and 200 brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work.
- The Encyclopedia of Social Work contains four hundred subject entries and two hundred brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work. This new edition provides coverage of areas that have come to the fore since the 1995 publication of the 19th edition, including demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster. Each article is fully cross-referenced and includes a select bibliography to guide interested readers to primary sources and the most important scholarly works on a given subject. The work also includes a comprehensive index and topical outline.
- Coverage Dates: 2008
- Updated: Annual
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Oxford University Press
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=cycl-uga1
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ERIC (at EBSCOhost)
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Educational Resources Information Center. Index and abstracts of articles, books, and documents covering education research and practice.
- ERIC (at EBSCOhost) covers all aspects of education and educational research, includes both abstracts of published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics. It corresponds to the printed indexes of RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). This database is produced by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education. The EBSCOhost version of the ERIC database includes the searchable Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors. The EBSCOhost version of ERIC is updated quarterly; to see citations of articles and documents added since the last update (but not the full text) go to Department of Education's ERIC web site.
- Coverage Dates: 1966-
- Updated: Quarterly
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zber
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PsycARTICLES
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Full text articles on general psychology and specialized applied, clinical, and theoretical research.
- PsycARTICLES covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology. Over 25,000 full-text articles are available from 42 journals published by American Psychological Association, Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. Produced and copyrighted (c) by the American Psychological Association.
- Coverage Dates: Varies by title
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbpa
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PsycCRITIQUES
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Reviews of current psychology books and films.
- PsycCritiques publishes articles dealing with new concepts, trends and issues in every arena of psychology. It replaces the American Psychological Association's print journal Contemporary Psychology. Each week PsycCRITIQUES releases 15 or more reviews of current books and films. In addition, the database contains book reviews previously published back to 1995. There are 3 ways to access information: (1) view the weekly releases; (2) browse by author/editor, book/film title, or publication year; (3) perform a standard database search.
- Coverage Dates: 1995-
- Updated: Weekly
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=psyu-uga1
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods (2008) (SAGE)
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Methods, background, and examples from the field of qualitative research.
- The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods is an interdisciplinary resource presenting information about the techniques & tools, background & theory, and examples from the field of qualitative research. Qualitative research is conducted widely in disciplines such as education, sociology & social work, public health & nursing, gender studies, and others.
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  Database provider: SAGE.
- Database Provider: sage
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=sagy-uga1
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Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO)
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On issues related to social work theory and practice.
- Social Work Abstracts is a bibliographic citation database contains references on homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization and related topics.
- Coverage Dates: 1965-
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbsa
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Broader Databases

Academic Search Complete
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.
- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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JSTOR
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Access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals.
- JSTOR provides electronic access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals. The goal of the project is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. The journals are organized into the Arts and Sciences Collections I & II, the General Sciences Collection, the Ecology and Botany Collection, the Business Collection, the Language and Literature Collection, the Mathematics and Statistics Collection, and the Music Collection.
- Coverage Dates: 1800s- (dates vary)
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Database Provider: jstor
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjst-uga1
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Web of Knowledge
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Provides access to the Web of Science suite and Journal Citation Reports.
- Web of Knowledge contains a suite of research tools, including:
  - Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index)
  - Journal Citation Reports (1999-)
  - Also, links to discipline-specific databases, Biosis Previews and Zoological Record.
  Education & Training Materials
- Coverage Dates: Last 5 years (Current Contents Connect); 1999- (Journal Citation Reports); 1945- (Science Citation Index); 1956- (Social Science Citation Index); 1975- (Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
- Updated: Weekly
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=webf-uga1
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