Social Sciences Proprietary Databases

• ***** Central Search (Googlize ebooks & ejournals) - Search all or selected proprietary & some public domain ebooks & ebook & ejournal databases. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• Academic Search Complete - Designed for academic institutions. Search articles in over 5,300 publications (over 4,460 peer-reviewed) back to 1865, citations & abstracts for 9,300 journals & 10,900 publications (monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.), cited references for 1,000 journals. Covers all areas of academic study (area studies, biology, chemistry, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, etc.). Updated daily. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• ACLS Humanities E-Book Project - Was the History E-Book Project. Search & browse 1,500 ebooks on African, American, Asian, European, Jewish, Latin American, Middle Eastern, etc., history. Covers comparative history & the history of technology (computers, etc.). Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• Credo Reference - Was xreferplus. Search over 210 reference sources (biographies, conversions, dictionaries, encyclopedias, quotations) in 16 academic disciplines. Covers art, business, history, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, psychology, science, social sciences, technology, etc.. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• Dissertations & Theses @ Touro - Search over 440 School of Health Sciences & 150 Graduate School of Jewish Studies masters theses. All theses also listed in UMI's printed Masters Abstracts International, included in the ProQuest Digital Dissertations Database, preserved on microfilm in the UMI vault & at the Midtown Library. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual theses. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ. TO DOWNLOAD THESES, FOLLOW THE ONLINE INSTRUCTIONS & DOWNLOAD THE ACROBAT READER IF NECESSARY.



• ebrary - Search & browse over 31,000 ebooks. Covers all areas of academic study. To get started, go through the ebrary Quick Start Training Program flash demo (covers the ebrary Reader & ebrary InfoTools) or read the ebrary Quick Start Guide. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), THmed, TUI, TUN, LIJ. WHEN YOU LOG IN THE FIRST TIME, DOWNLOAD THE EBRARY READER.



• Education Research Complete - Search over 100 books & monographs, articles in over 750 journals, citations & abstracts for 1,500 jouirnals. Covers all levels of education (early childhood to higher), education specialties (multilingual, health, testing), curriculum instruction (administration, policy, funding, social issues). Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, South, Israel), TUI.



• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) - Was Embryonic Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (Embryonic ELS) & Nature Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ESL). Search 3,900 peer-reviewed articles on biology, clinical medicine, diseases & conditions, evolution, morphology, immunology, neuroscience, plant science, science & society, etc.. Has a glossary with 4,000 definitions. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, Berlin), THmed, TUN.



• Ereserves - Link to required electronic course material selected by professors & input by library staff after filing with the Copyright Clearance Center. Includes ebooks & ejournal articles; scanned book chapters & journal articles; Web sites, documents, databases, etc.; Course Reserves pages in the Books & Media (Library Catalog). Read "Information for New Users," then go to "Electronic Reserves & Reserve Pages" & search for material by course, department, instructor, document. There is a link to EReserves in Blackboard courses that require online course materials. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, South), Thmed.



• Gale Virtual Reference Library - Provided by NOVEL, NY State Library's free public statewide virtual library pilot project funded via a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Search & browse 27 works. Covers business, history, law, literature, medicine, science, social science. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), Law, THmed.



• GreenFILE - Search 295,00 citations of journal articles and full-text for over 4600 records from open access titles. Focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond.



• Health Sciences: A SAGE Full-Text Collection - Search articles in 26 peer-reviewed journals back to 1982. Covers nursing, autism, psychiatry, psychology, aging & gerontology, public health, administration, pediatrics, family, mental disorders, learning disabilities, research methods & evaluation, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual jtitles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), THmed, TUI, TUN.



• History Reference Online Elite - Search 270 history reference ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• JSTOR Arts & Sciences I, II, III & IV and Business II Collections - Browse articles in over 500 arts, sciences & business journals back to the mid-1800s. Covers education, history, Jewish studies, language & literature, law, mathematics, political science, sociology, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• Management & Organization Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection - Search articles in 26 peer-reviewed journals back to 1974. Covers industrial psychology, human resources, business ethics, leadership, industrial relations, labor economics, entrepreneurship, small businesses, ecommerce, marketing, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, France, Israel), TUI.



• Mental Measurements Yearbook - Search information about & reviews of all English-language standardized tests of educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, etc.. Data is from the printed Yearbooks 9 to 15 & includes author, publication, scoring information; test materials & time needed; etc.. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, Israel), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• Military & Government Collection - Search & browse articles in 400 periodicals & 245 pamphlets. Covers all branches of the military & government. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• netLibrary - Search over 13,180 ebooks. Covers all areas of academic study. To get started, go through the Welcome to NetLibrary flash demo (covers econtent & eaudiobooks) or read the NetLibrary QuickStart Guide & NetLibrary Audiobooks QuickStart Guide. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ. WHEN YOU LOG IN THE FIRST TIME, CREATE YOUR OWN ACCOUNT. CHECKOUTS LAST FOUR HOURS.



• NoodleTools - Generate, edit, publish an MLA Works Cited list or APA References list that complies with rules of the current MLA Handbook & APA Publication Manual. For detail on using this program, read our Creating Your Bibliography with NoodleTools. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South). WHEN YOU LOG IN THE FIRST TIME, CREATE YOUR OWN ACCOUNT. WHEN FINISHED, CLICK ON LOG OUT TO CLOSE YOUR SESSION. FACULTY - Create a Class Name for your students so they can share their citation/reference lists with you for review & comment.



• OCLC FirstSearch - Search over 30 bibliographic, numeric, full-text specialty databases. Includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index, BasicBIOSIS, Biology Digest, Business and Management Practices, Clase and Periodica, Contemporary Women's Issues, Dissertation Abstracts Online, EconLit, GEOBASE, MDX Health Digest, Media Review Digest, PAIS International, ProceedingsFirst, SIRS Researcher, WorldCat, etc.. RESTRICTED to TC (NY) library PCs.



• OT Search - Search 34,000 citations of books, proceedings, theses & dissertations, unpublished papers, journal articles on rehabilitation, education, psychiatry, psychology, health care delivery & administration topics & assessment tools. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), THmed, TUN.



• Ovid - Search over 150 bibliographic, numeric, full-text specialty databases. Includes Criminal Justice Abstracts, Derwent Biotechnology Abstracts, Drug Information Fulltext, EMBASE, Evidence Based Medicine Reviews (EBMR), Exceptional Child Education Resources, Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI), Human Nutrition, etc.. RESTRICTED to TC (NY) library PCs.



• Oxford Reference Online (premier collection) - Search & browse over 100 ebooks in 24 categories. Covers the English language, history, literature, physical sciences & mathematics, politics & social sciences, religion & philosophy, science, etc.). Includes bilingual dictionaries. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY). WHEN FINISHED, CLICK ON LOG OUT TO CLOSE YOUR SESSION.



• Political Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection - Search articles in nearly 30 peer-reviewed journals back to 1912. Covers American government & comparative politics; political communication, sociology, theory/philosophy; area, peace/conflict, policy, presidential studies; international relations. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• ProQuest (all inclusive) - Search articles in periodicals. Includes The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, etc.. Encompasses ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, ProQuest Biology Journals, ProQuest Computing, ProQuest Education Journals, ProQuest Health Management, ProQuest Medical Library, ProQuest Newspapers, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source, ProQuest Psychology Journals, ProQuest Science Journals, ProQuest Social Science Journals, Research Library. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• ProQuest Health Management - Search articles in over 550 periodicals on all aspects of health administration. Covers public health & safety, hospitals, finance, personnel management, insurance, population studies, labor relations, law. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• ProQuest Psychology Journals - Search articles in over 485 journals back to 1971. Covers clinical & social psychology, genetics, psychology of business & economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, etc.. Has charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, other graphical elements. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• ProQuest Social Science Journals - Search articles in over 280 journals back to 1994. Covers addiction studies, urban studies, family studies, international relations. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• PsycARTICLES - Search articles in nearly 50 periodicals (American & Canadian psychological association titles, etc.) back to 1988. Covers human physiology, personality, social & educational psychology. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, South), Law, TUI.



• PsycBOOKS - Search over 700 American Psychological Association (APA Online) ebooks back to 1950. Includes 100 out-of-print books, 75 archival resources, over 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, South, Berlin).



• PsycCRITIQUES - Read releases of over 15 reviews of current books & films each week. Browse releases back to 1995 & search all releases plus the 10-year backfile of Contemporary Pschology book reviews. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, South).



• PsycEXTRA - Search books & chapters, magazines, newspapers, gray literature (dissertations, technical & annual reports, consumer brochures, etc.) back to 1872. Contains 45,000 records with 30,000 added annually. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, South).



• psychiatryonline - Search & browse a DSM Library, 6 journals back to 1998, APA Practice Guidelines, etc.. Log in to My PsychiatryOnline to use bookmarks, email to colleagues, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, South, Israel). WHEN FINISHED, CLICK ON LOG OUT TO CLOSE YOUR SESSION.



• PsycINFO - Search nearly 2.3 million citations & summaries of articles (2,100 journals, 97% peer-reviewed), book chapters, books, dissertations back to the 1800s. Covers the psychological aspects of medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law, etc..RESTRICT ED to TC (NY, South, Berlin), Law, THmed, TUI, TUN.



• Public Documents Masterfile - Search & browse citations of federal, state, local, international public documents back over 200 years, Includes links to World Bank publications back to 1946. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• Research Library - Search articles in 2,000 journals back to 1971. Covers the arts, business, children, education, health, humanities, international, law, literature, military, multicultural, political science, psychology, sciences, social sciences, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, Israel, Moscow), Law, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.



• SAGE Premier Collection - Search articles in over 485 journals. Covers business, health science, humanities, social sciences, science, and technology. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, France), Law, THmed, LIJ.



• ScienceDirect Social & Behavioral Sciences College Edition - Search articles in over 550 journals. Includes reference works, handbooks, book series. Covers business, education, health, history, psychology, etc.. Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY), TUC, TUI.



• Social Work Abstracts - Search 45,000 citations of journal articles back to 1977. Covers social work, homelessness, AIDS, child & family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, etc.. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• STATRef - Search all 42 standard medical reference ebooks or limit to individual titles. Can search PubMed, etc. Use the Books & Media (Library Catalog) to link to individual ebooks. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, Berlin, Israel), Law, THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN.



• Web Sites of Print Subscriptions - EBSCOhost EJS (Electronic Journals Service). Link to Web sites for over 150 of Touro College Libraries' print subscriptions, most with articles back several years. RESTRICTED to TC (NY).



• Westlaw Campus Research - Search & browse news (hundreds of U.S newspapers, magazines, trade journals, international & foreign language publications, 400 newswires, newsletters, broadcast transcripts, company information) & law-related content (analytical sources - American Jurisprudence, American Law Journal, 800 law reviews & journals; primary law sources - US Code, federal/state/Supreme Court cases, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, European Union Law). Use eJournals to link to individual titles. RESTRICTED to TC (NY, LA, South, Berlin, France, Israel, Moscow), THmed, TUC, TUI, TUN, LIJ.