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Sociological Abstracts (via ProQuest)

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Includes the titles Sociological Abstracts and Social Planning/Policy and Development Abstracts as well as theses in the field of sociology. This service supercedes the Sociofile service.

Sociological Abstracts provides access to the latest worldwide findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and policy science. Produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts features journal citations and abstracts; book, chapter, and association paper abstracts; and book, film, and software review citations. The database also contains major and minor descriptors. Entries coversociological aspects of twenty-nine broad topics, including anthropology, business, collective behavior,community development, disaster studies, education, environmental studies, gender studies, gerontology, law and penology, marriage and family studies, medicine and health, racial interactions, social psychology, social work, sociological theory, stratification, substance abuse, urban studies, and violence. SociologicalAbstracts is fundamental for interdiciplinary research in social sciences issues and for practitioners seekingthe sociological perspective on various disciplines.

Subjects areas include:

• Aging;
• AIDS;
• Alcohol Abuse;
• Anthropology;
• Counseling;
• Crime;
• Drugs;
• Education;
• Family Studies;
• Gerontology;
• Healthcare;
• Law;
• Political Science;
• Psychiatry;
• Psychology;
• Public Administration;
• Public Health;
• Rehabilitation;
• Social Development;
• Social Issues;
• Social Psychology;
• Social Sciences;
• Sociology;
• and Welfare.

Over 500,000 records are available.

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