E-Resources @ USF Libraries

Dance Literature and Research Descriptive Index

 

Requested by the USF Dance Department, the USF Libraries have acquired Dance Literature and Research Descriptive Index from the National Dance Education Organization.

Produced by the National Dance Education Organization, this resource formerly known as Research in Dance Education indexes articles, theses, dissertations, conference proceedings and more in the field of dance.  Search fields include: author, title, publication, institution, document type, methods and techniques, targeted populations, educational issues, populations served, areas of service, research methods and research techniques.  A “grid matrix”  allows the combining of multiple search fields.  Indexing begins in 1926 to present.

For this resource, consult http://www.lib.usf.edu//  Click on Databases by Title/Subject to begin.

 

Now Available: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences

 

Announcing the purchase of the classic reference work, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences and International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Second Edition. Both are  accessed through the Gale Virtual Reference Library platform.
The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, released in 1968 by Macmillan, co-edited by David Sills and Robert K. Merton, "established standards for knowledge in social science research and practice" (CHOICE, 2001). Hailed as a defining reference in the field of the social sciences, the work took fifteen years of planning and resulted in thousands of scholarly contributions from academics and experts from around the world.  It covered research in all the disciplines making up the field: anthropology, economics, demographics, political sciences, law, psychology, sociology, geography, history, and education. In those areas of study, the peer-reviewed and signed entries focused on concepts, theories, and methods.

The second edition to the classic work, The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, is a nine-volume set that covers scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition. The work highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by global scholars. Features include signed articles, bibliographies, see and see also references to related entries. Most entries provide a brief definition, description of historical origin and development, and different points of view surrounding the entry. Students of sociology, anthropology, political science, psychology, economics, and history will benefit from this comprehensive work.

To locate these resources, see http://www.lib.usf.edu/.  Click on Databases by Title/Subject to begin.

New Acquisition: Abstracts in Social Gerontology

 

A vital source in gerontology, Abstracts in Social Gerontology summarizes essential content related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and other key areas of relevance to the discipline. This index and abstracting service contains 70,000 records and covers the content to publications such as Journals of Gerontology Series, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, and Experimental Gerontology. Coverage begins in 1990. Abstracts in Social Gerontology appears on the EBSCO platform.

For these databases and other library resources visit http://www.lib.usf.edu.  Click on Databases by Title/Subject to begin.