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SocINDEX with Full Text, is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. The index features more than 1,300,000 records with subject headings from a 15,000 term sociology-specific thesaurus designed by expert lexicographers. This file also contains informative abstracts for more than 590 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 500 "priority" coverage journals as well as 1,040 "selective" coverage journals. Further, extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources is included. Searchable cited references are also provided. SocINDEX with Full Text offers coverage from all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography, economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 235 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 72 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 545 books and monographs, and full text for 6,601 conference papers.
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There are a number of helpful tips and hints you can use to improve your search results. For example, you can use Boolean operators to link search terms together; and/or limit the search to a specific title.
Sometimes a search can be overly general (results equal too many hits) or overly specific (results equal too few hits). To fine-tune your search, you can use AND, OR, and NOT operators to link your search words together. These operators will help you narrow or broaden your search to better express the terms you are looking for and to retrieve the exact information you need quickly.
USING THE "AND" OPERATOR: If you have a search term that is too general, you can append several terms together using "AND". By stringing key terms together, you can further define your search and reduce the number of results. Note: Unless you define a specific search field, the result list will contain references where all your search terms are located in either the citation, full display or full text.
• For example, type Sociology AND Behavior to find results that refer to both Sociology and Behavior.
USING THE "OR" OPERATOR: In order to broaden a search, you can link terms together by using the "OR" operator. By using "OR" to link your terms together you can find documents on many topics. Linked by this operator, your words are searched simultaneously and independently of each other.
• As an example, search Sociology AND Behavior OR Religion to find results that reference the terms "Sociology" and "Behavior", or the term "Religion".
USING THE "NOT" OPERATOR: In order to narrow a search, you can link words together by using the "NOT" operator. This operator will help you to filter out specific topics you do not wish included as part of your search.
Parentheses also may be used to control a search query. Without parentheses, a search is executed from left to right. Words that you enclose in parentheses are searched first. Why is this important? Parentheses allow you to control and define the way the search will be executed. The left phrase in parentheses is searched first; then, based upon those results, the second phrase in parentheses is searched.
Generalized Search: Sociology or Behavior and Religion or Family Focused Search:(Sociology or Behavior) and (Religion or Family)
In the first example, the search will retrieve everything on Sociology or Behavior Religions AS WELL AS everything on Familys, whether or not the articles refer to Sociologys or Behaviors.
In the second example, we have used the parentheses to control our query to only find articles about Religions or Familys that reference Sociologys or Behaviors.
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The default fields for unqualified searches consist of the following: all authors, all subjects, all keywords, all title info (including source title) and all abstracts.
The following list will help you locate detailed information referenced in this database as a field.
Searchable tag Description Example
AB Abstract or Author-Supplied Abstract AB Science
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search of the
abstract summaries.
AD Author Affiliation AD University of Jena,
[Phrase Indexed] Germany
Performs an exact search for companies
or organizations an author is affiliated
with; may also include correspondence
address.
AF Author Affiliation AF Germany
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for companies
or organizations an author is affiliated
with; may also include correspondence
address.
AN Accession Number AN 14849219
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for an article's
identification (accession) number.
AR Author Phrase AR Wenzel, Michael
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for an article's
author in the inverted format, and the
uninverted format for newswire articles.
AS Author Supplied Abstract AS Y
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for documents
that have an abstract supplied by the
author.
AU Author AU Smith
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for an article's
author in the inverted format, and the
uninverted format for newswire articles.
CO Company Entity CO ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search of company
subject headings, DUNS number, and ticker
symbol. Company entity and associated
fields are also searched by the SU tag.
CS Cover Story CS Y
[Word Indexed]
Performs an exact search for the value
"Y" indicating that the article is a
cover story. This tag is also used by
the Cover Story checkbox limiter.
CY Country ID CY US
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for a country's
ISO identification code, indicating an
article's country of publication.
DE Heading or Keyword DE Y CHROMOSOME
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search of the
Subject Terms, subject headings, companies,
products, people, and author-supplied
keywords for terms describing a document's
contents.
DN DUNS Number DN 197074024
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for the Data
Universal Numbering System (DUNS Number)
assigned to a record. This tag is also
used by the DUNS Number text edit
limiter. Further information on DUNS
numbers can be found at the D&B website.
DT Date of Publication DT 20020301
[Date Indexed]
Performs an exact search for articles
published on a specific date, in the
format of CCYYMMDD. This tag is also
used by the Published Date limiter. Date
range searching is also supported.
FM Images Available FM P
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for an article's
type of full text. The searchable values
are "T," "C," or "P." "T" indicates HTML
full text; "C" indicates images embedded
in the full text; and "P" indicates a
PDF document.
FR References Available FR Y
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for the value
"Y" indicating that an article contains
references. This tag is also used by the
References Available checkbox limiter.
FT Full Text Available FT Y
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for the value
"Y" indicating that a record has full
text available. This tag is also used by
the Full Text checkbox limiter.
GE Geographic Terms GE France
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search of geographic
locations pertaining to an article's
content.
IB ISBN IB 0028740076
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search (with or
without dashes) for a record's
International Standard Book Number.
IC NAICS Code or Description IC 56111
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for the North IC Office Administrative
American Industry Classification Services
Standard Number (NAICS) and text
associated with an article.
IP Issue IP 3
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for a
publication's issue number.
IS ISSN (No Dashes) IS 87558289
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for a
publication's International Standard
Serial Number.
JN Journal Name JN Pacific Affairs
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs am exact search for the
journal title in which an article
was published. This tag is also
used for the Publications authority
file.
KL Language of Keywords KL English
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search of the
language of author-supplied terms
describing the article.
KW Author-Supplied Keywords KW Humanism
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for
author-supplied terms describing
the article. Keywords are also searched
by the SU tag.
LA Language LA Hungarian
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for the
language in which an article was
originally published.
PE People PE Durkheim, Emile
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for people's
names referenced in articles. People
are also searched by the SU tag.
PG Number of Pages PG 19
[Number Indexed]
Performs an exact numeric search for
an article's page length. This tag
is also used by the Number of Pages text
edit limiter.
PS Reviews & Products PS "RACE & CULTURE (BOOK)"
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for products
referenced in articles. Products are
also searched by the SU tag.
PT Publication Type PT Periodical
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for the
publication. This tag is also
used by the Publication Type
list button limiter.
RV Peer-Reviewed RV Y
[Word Indexed]
Performs a search for the value "Y"
indicating that the article is from
a peer-reviewed and scholarly
publication. This tag is also used
by the Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals
checkbox limiter.
SU Subject Terms SU Sociology
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search of the
Subject Terms, subject headings, companies,
products, people, and author-supplied
keywords for terms describing a document's
contents.
SO Publication Name SO Journal of Comparative
[Word Indexed] Family Studies
Performs a keyword search for the journal
title in which an article was published.
This tag is also used by the Publication
text edit limiter.
SP Start Page SP 61
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for an article's
start page.
TI Title TI Book Reviews
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search for the title
of a document.
TK Ticker Symbol TK AMZN
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for a company's
stock ticker number.
TX All Text TX Sociology
[Word Indexed]
Performs a keyword search of all searchable
fields.
UI Unique Identifier UI 16125637
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for an article's
identification (accession) number.
VI Volume VI 2
[Phrase Indexed]
Performs an exact search for a
publication's volume number.
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The following table explains the contents of each field in a SocINDEX with Full Text record's detailed display.
Field name Description
Title Title of the article, and indicator as to whether or
not the article is a cover story.
Alternate Title Alternate title of the article.
Language Language in which the article was published.
Authors Author(s) name in both inverted and uninverted format,
as well as author affiliation and e-mail when available.
Editors Editor(s) of the book referred to in the article. This field
appears in reference records only.
Translators Translator(s) of the non-English language article. This field
appears in reference records only.
Source The source in which the article was published, its
volume number, issue number, part number, the number of pages
in the article, and a description and number of illustrations found
in the article.
Document Type Indicates a record's document type, such as article,
book, abstract, company report, industry overview,
and more. All available Document Types are displayed in
Index Browse.
Subject Terms Subject terms preceded by an asterisk, and general subject
headings describing the article's content.
Geographic Terms Geographic terms pertaining to the article's content.
Author-Supplied Author-supplied, searchable terms. If Keywords are in a
Keywords language other than English, the corresponding language
will be noted.
Company/Entity The company or organization, DUNS number, and Ticker number
referenced in the document.
Reviews & Products Products referenced in the article.
NAICS/Industry Provides common industry definitions and codes for Canada, Mexico,
Codes and the United States.
People People referenced in the article.
Abstract A brief summary taken from the article, or supplied by the author
or publisher.
Author The correspondence address of the organization or institution
Affiliations affiliated with the author(s) of the article.
Full Text The word count of the article's full text
Word Count
ISSN International Standard Serial Number.
ISBN International Standard Book Number.
URL Link to site where user can purchase Harvard case studies
or books.
Accession Number Unique number to identify the record.
Reference browsing allows the user to extend a search beyond the initial result list to records that are cited by an article. These citation records can be accessed through an article's "References" link, or through the References search screen. See online help for a detailed description of this feature.
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The Publications authority file is a list of the publications in the SocINDEX with Full Text database. The Publication authority file is drawn from the publications listed in each record; therefore, all terms will provide links to pertinent records. You can browse this list alphabetically, or as Relevancy Ranked (keyword search).
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The Subject Terms Authority File is a controlled vocabulary of terms that assists in more effectively searching the database. You can browse this list alphabetically, or as Relevancy Ranked (keyword search).
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Index browsing allows the user to view all values that occur in specified fields in a database, along with corresponding hit counts. Access the index browse feature by clicking the green "Indexes" button on the upper portion of the "Advanced" search screen. Use the drop-down menu to choose an index to browse. Indexes can also be searched using tags. Since browsable indexes are phrase indexed, the exact form and spelling of terms as they appear in the database must be used in conjunction with the tags when entering a search manually. Indexes available for browsing in the SocINDEX with Full Text database are listed below. Tags for all fields included in the index browse feature begin with "Z" (e.g. "ZA" for Author).
ZA Author ZW Author-Supplied Keywords ZO Company Entity ZT Document Type ZZ DUNS Number ZD Entry Date ZG Geographic Terms ZU Headings ZH ISBN ZI ISSN ZL Language ZC NAICS Code or Description ZJ Publication Name ZP People ZS Reviews & Products ZE Subject Terms ZN Ticker Symbol ZR Year of Publication
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The SocINDEX with Full Text database is made up of indexing, abstracts, and full text. The copyright of the abstracts and indexing is owned by EBSCO Publishing. This database is intended solely for the use of the individual patron of the licensing party.
Copyright of the full text is the property of the publisher of the original publication. Text may not be copied without express written permission except for the print or download capabilities of the retrieval software used to access it. This text is intended solely for the use of the individual user.
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