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Globalization: A Research Guide to Resources in the Princeton University Library
1. Sociological Abstracts Online, subscription database. The forces of Globalization and its attendant winds of change have a profound effect on the culture and custom of society which is well documented in the Sociological literature. Sociofile, the Sociological Abstracts database, is the most useful and comprehensive index in the field of Sociology, covering the world's literature in Sociology and related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. Database covers 1963 to date and paper 1952 to date. Sociofile indexes over 2,500 journals, abstracts of conference papers presented at various sociological association meetings, relevant dissertation listings from Dissertations Abstracts International, enhanced bibliographic citations of book reviews, and abstracts of selected sociology books. Journals are in 30 different languages from about 55 countries, covering sociological topics in fields including anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology. Note that the abstract of articles must be requested on the search screen by clicking on the CHANGE DISPLAY button. Recent Search Examples:
2. SocINDEX , subscription database. SocIndex is a new entry into the database world, starting with a brilliant comprehensive base of materials in 2005. Some older items are included, including one or two journals with very long runs. But not much goes back. BEFORE 2005, use Sociological Abstracts - see above. But for 2005 and following, especially for sources woven together and plucked from myriad disciplines, SocIndex is indeed a treasure. Special strengths are materials from economic and business areas, and from the health sciences. Those are pure gold in the study of globalization. .
3. PsycINFO, subscription database. Globalization reaches down to the individual. Once persons lived in a small village or a great city, in solitary isolation or among many others, but always in different countries. No more. Globalization increasingly makes every person on the planet a resident of what has been ubiquitously termed the Global Village, and has changed forever the way people see themselves and the ways they relate. PsycINFO, the index of Psychological Abstracts, provides access to the scholarly literature in the field of Psychology which documents the individual's thoughts, feelings, and perceptions in a Globalized world. Recent Search Examples:
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