Abstracts and Journals

Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective, 1907-1984

Platform: EBSCO

An interdisciplinary resource of indexed and full-text research in the humanities and social sciences.

Covering a wide range of interdisciplinary fields under the umbrella of humanities and social sciences, this resource provides access to both well-known and specialized journals spanning from 1907-1984. Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective is a bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals. Full-text available.

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Humanities
Social Sciences
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Health Technology Assessment

Platform: Ovid
Brings together details on ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical, and economic implications of healthcare interventions).
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Health Science
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Historical Abstracts

Platform: EBSCO

Bibliographic information pertaining to world history from the 15th century to the present—excluding the United States and Canada.

Historical Abstracts is an exceptional bibliographic database that covers the history of the world—excluding the United States and Canada—spanning from the 15th century to the present. Topics covered include world history, military history, women’s history, history of education, and more. Historical Abstracts provides indexing of more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages—some of which date back as early as 1955. This resource does not include access to full-text.

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Communication, Media and Film
Dramatic Art
History
Music
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GeoRef on ProQuest

Platform: ProQuest

Provides access to the geoscience literature of the world. The database contains references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. The GeoRef database covers the geology of North America from 1785 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered. The GeoRef database, established by the American Geological Institute (AGI) in 1966,
 

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Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environment
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GeoRef on GeoScienceWorld

A comprehensive electronic resource of books and journals for research and communications in the geosciences.

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Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environment
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HealthSTAR

Platform: Ovid
Comprised of data from the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) MEDLINE. It contains citations to the published literature on health services, technology, administration, and research. It focuses on both the clinical and non-clinical aspects of health care delivery.
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Health Science
Social Work
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Indigenous Studies Portal (I-Portal)

The I-Portal contains full-text electronic resources including articles, e-books, theses, government publications, videos, oral histories, reports, and digitized archival documents and photographs. Its primary focus is on Indigenous peoples of Canada with a secondary focus on Indigenous peoples of the United States, Australia, Aotearoa – New Zealand, and other areas of the world.
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Reference
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English and Creative Writing
Human Kinetics (Kinesiology)
Movement Science
Physical Education
Sports and Leisure Management
Indigenous Studies
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Social Work
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GreenFILE

Platform: EBSCO
A research database focused on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports.
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Sciences
Social Sciences
Environment
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Health and Safety Science Abstracts

Platform: ProQuest
Survey of recent work relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene. Cited studies are geared to help individuals identify, evaluate, and eliminate or control risks and hazards across the spectrum of environmental and occupational situations. The database provides the latest perspectives on topics of widespread concern such as aviation and aerospace safety, environmental safety, nuclear safety, medical safety occupational safety, and ergonomics. Health and safety related aspects of pollution, waste disposal, radiation, pesticides, epidemics - and countless other phenomena having the potential to threaten the public, the environment, or the workplace itself - are reported here. Drawing on government reports as well as journal articles, conference proceedings, books, and other publications, Health and Safety Science Abstracts synthesizes the most important new developments in safety science and human factors research. Part of the Biological Sciences suite of databases on ProQuest.
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Health Science
Human Kinetics (Kinesiology)
Environment
Work and Employment Issues
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Google Scholar

Leddy Library has registered its holdings with Google Scholar. Google Scholar indexes the scholarly press and university websites and with this link, adds "Get It!" for locally licensed content.

For more information about using Google Scholar with Leddy Library links embedded in your results, please see our research guide on using Google Scholar.

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Biomedical Science
Business
Human Resources & Labour Studies
International Business
Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Supply Chain & Business Analytics
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Communication, Media and Film
Computer Science
Disability Studies
Dramatic Art
Economics
Education
Engineering
Environment
History
Human Kinetics (Kinesiology)
Indigenous Studies
Integrative Biology
Mathematics and Statistics
Multidisciplinary
Music
Physics
Social Work
Sociology
Visual Arts
Work and Employment Issues
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