• gives citations & essays of articles of two or more pages in 890 periodicals,
        published in English and other European languages
      • covers anthropology, archaeology, art history, sociology, demography, economics,
        genetics, geology, linguistics, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology
        ethno-history, folklore,physical anthropology, and social anthropology
      • updated quarterly

      • gives citations & summary of articles in 2,307 periodicals
      • covers landscape architecture, city planning
      • gives citations & abstracts of 1,179 English language journals, books, dissertations,
        serials & pamphlets of several organizations, proceedings of the North American
        Nursing Diagnosis Association, publications
        of the American Nurses' Association, and the National League for
        Nursing, and standards of professional practice
      • covers nursing, bio-medial sciences, social sciences, health librarianship, behavioral science,
        education, management
      • updated monthly

      • is print equivalent of Resources in Education [RIE] and Current Index to Journals in
        Education         [CIJE]
      • gives citations & abstracts of periodicals in 1,016 educational journals, thousands of
        educational documents (collected by the U.S. Dept. of Education), books, theses, curricula,
        conference papers, standards, and guidelines
      • records with ED numbers (ED45193) are found in the Media Center's ERIC microfiche collection
      • records with EJ numbers (EJ33382) check "Fulltext Journal Titles" for our holdings!!
      • covers adult education, assessment & evaluation, career & vocational education, disabilities
        and gifted education, early childhood education, education management, linguistics,
        reading & communication, teacher education, and urban education
      • updated monthly

      • gives citations & abstracts of articles in 2,060 international periodicals
      • indexes also books, monographs, conference proceedings, reports
      • covers climatology, geography, hydrology, meteorology, sedimentology
      • updated monthly

      • gives citations & abstracts of articles in 25,145 periodicals
      • indexes books, maps, conference papers, reports, theses
      • indexing begins 1785- (North America) & 1933- to the present (entire world)
      • covers ecology, earth sciences
      • updated 24 times a year

      • excludes the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life
      • covering the history of the world from 1450 to the present
      • gives citations & abstracts of 2,100 periodicals, published in 50 languages
      • also includes books and dissertations
      • updated monthly

      • check also Medline (NLM) [PubMed] for more extensive coverage
      • print equivalent is Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and
        International Nursing Index
      • indexes & abstracts 3,500 U.S. international medical journals
      • covers also veterinary medicine
      • updated monthly

      PAIS (International - Public Affairs Information Services) (OCLC) 1972-

      • give citations & abstracts of articles in 3,800 journals, books, and book chapters
      • covers conference proceedings, economic- political & social issues, government
        documents, and statistical directories
      • updated monthly
      • print equivalent of Psychological Abstracts
      • gives citations & abstracts of articles in 1,400 international journals (in 25 languages),
        books & chapters of books, and reports
      • covers subjects such as anthropology, business, education, law, linguistics, medicine,
        nursing, pharmacology, physiology, psychiatry, and sociology
      • updated monthly

      • slightly different from MEDLINE (OCLC) - more updated information
      • the main difference is the PubMed indexes the entire journal!
      • Covers biology, medicine, health, nursing, nutrition / dietetics, physical therapy, speech-language
        pathology & audiology
      • updated weekly
      • gives citations & abstracts of articles in 559 international, English-language periodicals
      • includes interviews, obituaries, biographies, and book reviews
      • covers anthropology, economics, geography, law, political science, psychology, and sociology
      • updated monthly

      • gives citations & abstracts of articles in 2,797 journals
      • covers community development, cultural & social structure, demography, environmental
        interactions, family & social work, group interactions, health, medicine, law, human biology,
        religion & science, social psychology, welfare services, and women's studies
      • updated bi-monthly

      T E E A L - The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (Cornell University)
      • discusses current issues and events in foreign affairs, diplomacy, and national security

      • a coalition of more that 160 U. S. based, non-governmental, private, voluntary organizations
      • leading advocate for sustainable development, refugee, and disaster assistance and
        humanitarian aid
      • provides links to current news from and about the coalition
      • "Key Resources" provides access to important evaluation and assessment overviews
      • includes links to each member organization's Web site [C&RL News December 2001]

              ORGANIZATIONS
      • largest international source of population assistance for developing countries
        reproduction | population | population | development | gender issues | health
        problems | country-by-country reports
      • searchable using keywords and basic Boolean operators - results are displayed in
        relevance-ranking order
      • a site which brings together a range of programs, information and publications
        from its constituent parts - the National Research Council, the National Academy
        of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine
      • freely-availablew material here, including more than 2500 online books and reports, and journals
      • covers the social sciences and education, transport and global studies, earth studies,
        life science and medicine, engineering and physical science
      • for students who want to try their hand at a range of jobs and research opportunities in different
        disciplines   [inCite-Je2001]
      WHOSIS - Statistical Information System


              FOOD   SECURITY
      Food for All - FAO United Nations
      IFIC - International Food Information Council Foundation
      • produce scientific research reports in the field of food safety and health more easily understood
      • focuses mostly on U. S. issues
      • the strength of this site is the suggested guidelines for critical evaluating information
        about health and food


              HEALTH
              REFUGEES
              TERRORISM