Databases by Subject:  Public Administration (Graduate School)

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ABI/Inform

Public Administration Literature
Academic OneFile (Gale) Dates Covered: 1980-present Full Text: Partial Description:  This multidisciplinary index contains articles, many in full-text in the areas of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers are all included. Good public administration-related coverage. Title List
Business Source Premier (EBSCO) Business Searching Interface BSI Dates Covered: Indexing back to 1965; selected titles go back further Full Text: Partial Description:As the world’s largest full text business database, Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 3,800 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. This database is updated on a daily basis. In 2005, a new searching interface, known as BSI, Business Searching Interface, became available for this database.  This new interface provides a streamlined appearance and faster searching capabilities for locating country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research. It contains the same coverage as Business Source Premier. Title List
CQ Researcher Plus Archive with CQ Global Researcher Dates Covered: 1923-present Full Text: Yes  Description:  Provides in-depth reports on current events and topics of current interest. Each report provides historical background on the topic, outside commentary, pro/con arguments, chronological information, and a substantial bibliography. CQ Researcher addresses a wide range of topics including legal, political, and social issues, communication and mass media, health, education, science, and technology. CQ Global Researcher adds international viewpoints to global affairs with coverage beginning in 2007.   Also available as a print index: 1981-1982, 1988-90 as: Editorial Research Reports and as CQ Researcher 1991-2007, REF H35 .E35
JSTOR Dates Covered: Indexing begins with first issue/first volume of each title indexed. Current 3-5 years of each title not included.   Full Text:  Yes Description: JSTOR contains a moving wall of back issues of 522 journals in full-text format. Generally the last 3-5 years of publication of each title are NOT included in this index. Bush Library subscribes to the Arts and Sciences collections I, II, and IV, the Complement, and the Language and Literature Collection. View a list of journal titles organized by subject area Collection I and Collection II, Collection IV, the Complement, and the Language and Literature Collection Title List Some titles indexed in JSTOR, are also indexed and available full-text in Project Muse (including more recently published articles); or check Journals @ Hamline for a specific title. Includes these public administration journals: Administrative Science Quarterly 1956- [moving wall] Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 1979- [moving wall] Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory: J-PART 1991- [moving wall] Philosophy and Public Affairs 1971- [moving wall] Public Administration Review 1940- [moving wall]
ABI INFORM Dates Covered: 1971-present Full Text: No Description: Available both on and off campus with a username and password through the FirstSearch interface (call the Reference Desk for this information, 651-523-2375.  Have your Hamline ID handy so we can verify that you're currently registered). This index covers U.S. and international articles on business and management; including the fields of accounting, advertising, economics, finance, human resources, insurance, international trade, management, marketing, and public administration, among others. Title List

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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) Dates Covered:  1975-present Full Text:  Partial Description: The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals.  Title List
AgeLine (Abstracts) Dates covered: 1978-present, with selected coverage 1966-1977. Full Text: No Description: AgeLine abstracts the literature of social gerontology as well as aging-related research from psychology, sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and the health sciences. It covers aging-related issues for professionals in aging services, health, business, law, and mental health. AgeLine also includes selected consumer content. AgeLine summarizes journal articles, books and chapters, research reports, dissertations, gray literature, and educational videos from many publishers and organizations, including AARP. Article Linker is not enabled on this free version of AgeLine. Subject searching can be enhanced by using terms provided in the AgeLine thesaurus. A .pdf version of the AgeLine Thesaurus is freely available for download. Title List
Annual Review of Sociology Dates Covered: 1975-present Shelved in Reference: HM1 .A763  Description: Each volume of this series contains articles in essay form which trace the progress of research in that field during a given year. Also available online: see Annual Reviews Index or Journals @ Hamline
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) Dates Covered: 1991-present Full Text:  Yes  Description: CIAO is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. CIAO is also a widely-recognized source for teaching materials including original case studies written by leading international affairs experts, and course packs of background readings for history and political science classes. Title List
CIS Annual (Congressional Information Service) Dates Covered: 1970-1983 Shelved in Reference: KF49 .C62 Description:  Abstracts of congressional publications and legislative histories, and an index to congressional publications and public laws. Continued by: Congressional Universe (LexisNexis)
Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) Dates Covered: Full Text: Partial  Description: Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. Provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media. Title List
Congressional Universe (Lexis Nexis) Dates Covered: 1789-present Full Text: Partial Description: CIS indexing and abstracting of congressional publications and the CIS Legislative Histories (1970-present) as well as Congressional Indexes, 1789-1969, and Indexes to Unpublished Hearings Through 1980. On campus access limited to Law School building. Off campus access limited to law students only.  Print version of CIS Annual available 1970-1983 in REF KF49 .C62
CQ Weekly Dates Covered: 1966-present Current 5 years shelved in Reference, JK1 .C665; older years in Periodicals  Description:  CQ Weekly provides in-depth reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrapup of the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes. For Earlier Articles: 1966-1998, had title: Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report
Criminal Justice Abstracts Dates Covered: 1968-present Full Text: No Description:  This index provides provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing. Title List
CSA Illumina Dates Covered: varies by Database Full Text: Partial  Description:  CSA Illumina is the name of the database service provider which serves up 21 databases provided through Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Some of the indexes contain full-text articles. The indexes available from this provider are: Communication Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection Criminal Justice Abstracts Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection Education: A SAGE Full-Text Collection ERIC Health Sciences: A SAGE Full-Text Collection Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) Management and Organization: A SAGE Full-Text Collection Materials Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection MLA International Bibliography MLA Diretory of Periodicals National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Philosopher's Index Political Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection PsycARTICLES Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection PsycInfo Social Service Abstracts Sociological Abstracts Sociology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection Urban Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection Use the CSA Illumina link if you want to search all the indexes simultaneously. If you want to search only one of the indexes from this provider, select the link to that specific index from the journal index page.
Dissertation Abstracts (FirstSearch) Dates Covered: 1861-present, abstracts since 1980 Full Text: No  Description:  This index covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the US at accredited institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations Also shelved in periodicals: 1958-1966, 1970, 1979-1985 Available in microfilm: 1952-1966
Econlit (FirstSearch) Dates Covered: 1969-present Full Text: No  Description: This index contains citations, with abstracts, to articles from economics journals. In addition, subject indexing and abstracts of books and subject indexing of dissertation titles are included. Corresponding printed sources are: Journal of Economic Literature, Index of Economic Articles, and Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics.  Title List For Earlier Articles: 1886-1986, See Index of Economic Articles  REF HB1 .I52
Education: A SAGE Full-Text Collection  (CSA Illumina) Dates Covered: 1968 - current Full-Text: Yes Description: Education: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full text of 26 peer-reviewed journals published by SAGE and participating societies. It covers such subject areas as: Adult and Continuing Education, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Elementary and Primary Education, High School and Secondary Education, Higher Education, International Education, Leadership, Measurement and Testing, Multicultural Education and Diversity, Professional Development, Teaching and Instruction, Teaching Methods. You might also want to try:  Education Full Text
Environment Complete (EBSCO) Dates Covered: 1950's to present Full Text: Partial Description: Environment Complete (created by the International Academy at Santa Barbara), Environment Index offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy resources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Title List Formerly known as: Environmental Issues and Policy Index
Ethnic NewsWatch Dates Covered: 1990-present Full Text: Yes  Description: This database is a full text general reference database of the 240 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press dating from 1990 to the present. It is searchable in both English and Spanish, and contains titles in a wide range of current and historical topics in both languages. Title List
GenderWatch Dates Covered: 1970-present Full Text: Yes Description: This index is a full text database comprised of 175 periodicals and other publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. GenderWatch supports programs in business, education, literature and the arts, health sciences, history, political science, public policy, sociology and contemporary culture, gender and women's studies and more. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, n-g-o and special reports. GenderWatch contains some archival materials from the 1970's, making this an important repository on the historical perspective of the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles over the last fifteen to twenty years. Title List
Hamline Law Library Online Collections Dates Covered: Varies by Index Full Text: Partial Description: Link to the Law Library web site and the journal indexes which are available to Bush Library patrons. All indexes cover journal literature in the area of law and legal issues.
HeinOnline Dates Covered: varies by Title Full Text: Partial Description: HeinOnline is an ever-expanding, comprehensive, image-based collection of legal periodicals. Title List is available as a .pdf document linked off the web page. Greater access to full text may be available in the Law Library building.
Legal Periodicals Full Text Dates Covered: 1994-present Full Text: Yes, in the law library only Description: International coverage and access to scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews, and more.  Print version of this index 1909-1994, available in the Law Library
LegalTrac InfoTrac Dates Covered: 1980-present Full Text: Partial Description: LegalTrac indexes over 800 titles from law reviews, legal newspapers, and international legal journals. It also indexes over 1000 business and general interest titles containing law-related articles. Also known as Legal Resources Index or Current Law Index by other publishers. Title List
LexisNexis Academic Search Dates Covered: varies with title Full Text: Yes Description: This service provides full-text access to articles in news, business, legal research, medicine and reference. This service is especially useful to students looking for full-text of foreign newspapers. Access to full-text of the Minneapolis Star Tribune is available from 1991-present and the St. Paul Pioneer Press from 1996-present. Title List
MNMag Minnesota Magazine Index at Minneapolis Public Library Dates Covered: 1991-present Full Text: No Description: Produced by the Minneapolis Public Library, this resource indexes material from nine local (Minnesota) magazines. They include: City Pages, Hennepin History, Minneapolis and St. Paul Skyway News, Mpls. St. Paul Magazine, Minnesota History, Minnesota Monthly, Minnesota Law and Politics, Ramsey County History and Twin Cities Reader. Title List
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1975 - present Full Text: Partial Description: NCJRS is a federally-sponsored information clearinghouse for people involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control. Title List
New York Times Index  ProQuest Dates Covered: 1851-2001 Full Text: Yes Description: ProQuest Historical Newspapers interface provides indexing and full image online archive of the entire New York Times newspaper from 1851-2001. The current 3 years is not found in this product.  More recent articles indexed with selected full text in ProQuest NewsStand Complete, and in LexisNexis Academic  Print index available: 1907-2003 Ham Bush Index Table
News Sources Dates Covered: Varies by title Full Text: Partial Description: This web page provides a list of online newspapers, radio, television and news wire services; many of which are full-text. Some services are available by library subscription only.
Project Muse Dates Covered: varies by title Full Text: Yes  Description: This database indexes full-text articles in 220 journals which are published by 37 scholarly publishers. They cover the disciplines of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others. Title List Earlier Articles available: Some titles are indexed and full text in earlier dates in JSTOR
ProQuest Newsstand Dates Covered: varies by title Full Text: Yes Description: This database indexes over 350 full-text state, national and international newspapers. Includes the Minneapolis Star Tribune full-text from 1986 to present, as well as the Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition) 1984-current, and the New York Times East Coast Late Edition, 1999-current. To search historical back issues of the New York Times, select that database alone. Title List
PsycARTICLES CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1985 - present Full Text: Yes Description: PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals with the exception of advertisements and editorial board lists. Title List
SAGE Full Text Collection:   Criminology CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1982 - current Full Text: Yes Description: Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full-text of 23 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. It covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence. Title List
SAGE Full Text Collection:   Health Sciences CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1982- current Full Text: Yes Description: Health Sciences: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full text of 26 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. It covers such subjects as nursing, social studies of health, nursing research, health services & administration, community / public health nursing, qualitative research, cultural studies, child psychiatry, transcultural psychiatry, adult health nursing, public health, public policy & public administration, health psychology, aging and gerontology, health communication, family studies, physiology, physical medicine & rehabilitation, pediatrics, holistic nursing, nursing theory, pediatric nursing, autism, mental disorders & learning disability, health education & health promotion, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, psychopathology, health evaluation, research methods & evaluation, dementia, and sociology of the family. Title List
SAGE Full Text Collection:   Management and Organization  CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1948 - current Full Text: Yes Description: Management and Organization: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full text of 38 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. It covers such subjects as: Business & Management, Organizations Studies, Management, Strategic Management and Business Policy, Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, , Marketing, Analytical Marketing, Sociology, Sociology of Work, Public Policy and Public Administration, Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Management, Labor Economics, Industrial Relations, Small Business/Entrepreneurship, Organizational Communication and Interpersonal Communication. Title List
SAGE Full Text Collection:   Political Science CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1982- current Full Text: Yes Description: Political Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full-text of 24 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. It covers such subjects as General Political Science, American Government & Politics, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Policy Studies, Political Communication, Peace / Conflict Studies, Presidential Studies, Political Theory / Philosophy, International Relations, and Area Studies. Title List
SAGE Full Text Collection:   Sociology CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1982 - current Full Text: Yes Description: Sociology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection includes the full-text of 33 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. It covers such subjects as Childhood, Contemporary Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Consumer Culture, Classical Sociology, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Leisure Studies, Social Theory, Sociology of Sport, and Sociology of Work and Employment (Labor Studies). Title List
SAGE Full Text Collection:   Urban Studies and Planning CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1982- current Full Text: Yes Description: Urban Studies and Planning: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (CSA Illumina) includes the full text of 12 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. It covers such subjects as Anthropology, Economic Development, Economics, Education, Environmental Science, Planning Pedagogy, Planning Practice, Planning Theory, Policy Analysis, Political Science, Public Administration, Regional Geography, Regional Science, Residential and Community Development, Social, Spatial, and Cultural Dynamics, Sociology, Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Culture, Urban Geography, Urban Policy, Urban Politics, and Welfare Economics. Title List
Social Services Abstracts CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1980 - present Full Text: No Description: Contains indexing of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. This index also includes links to "Scholar Universe", a directory of faculty and organization profiles. Title List
Sociological Abstracts CSA Illumina Dates Covered: 1963 - present Full Text: No Description: CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. This index also includes links to "Scholar Universe", a directory of faculty and organization profiles. Title List Available in print format: 1953-1995 HM1 .S67