Social Sciences Packages
The New ProQuest Social Sciences
Packages
Best of precision indexing with full text in an integrated solution
Sociology Package
• Sociological Abstracts
• Social Services Abstracts
• IBSS
• ProQuest Sociology (Full Text)
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Political Science Package
• World Political Science Abstracts (WPSA)
• Public Affairs Indexing Service (PAIS)
• IBSS
• ProQuest Political Science (Full Text)
Social Sciences Package
Combines the Sociology and Political Science packages with these full text and
precision indexing resources
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
ProQuest Criminal Justice (formerly CJPI)
ProQuest Education
ProQuest Social Sciences
Social Sciences News
 ProQuest Criminal Justice (formerly CJPI)
 70+% growth in active full text last 24 months…and more to
come
 ProQuest Political Science
 70+% growth in active full text last 24 months…more to
come
 Dissertations, SSRN, country reports now added
 Full Text build out in Social Sciences continues
 E.g. 15% growth of ProQuest Social Science resources last
24 months
Deep Indexing
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Sociological Abstracts
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (WPSA)
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
ProQuest Criminal Justice Periodicals
Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
PAIS
Social Services Abstracts
…and more products in other areas….
Example – Social Science Deep Indexing
on New Platform
Examine
figures & charts
with deep
indexing via full
size view
Figures and charts
appear in
results and can
be searched independently
Indexing added
based on chart
and figure data –
enhancing
discoverability
Political Science Package
Package Components
PAIS International and PAIS Archive
Access to publications from over 120 countries.
The PAIS International back file dates to 1972
and includes records from PAIS Bulletin and
from PAIS Print Foreign Language Index, 19721990, at which time it merged with the PAIS
Bulletin.
The PAIS Archive provides retrospective
coverage of the PAIS Annual Cumulated
Bulletin and contains over 1.23 million records.
Worldwide FT Political Science Abstracts
For an evolving global arena
This resource opens up user access to international
serials literature in political science and its
complementary fields, including international relations,
law, and public administration/policy.
Coverage dates from 1975, and comes from a
combination of journals, dissertations, working papers,
books and book chapters.
ProQuest Political Science
Search the full text of leading political science and international relations journals
This collection provides full-text coverage of 150 core titles included in Worldwide Political Science
Abstracts, and coverage dates back to 1985. In many cases, users will find full
images of graphs, diagrams and illustrations.
Titles include: Acta Politica; Capital & Class; Comparative European Politics; Japanese Journal of Political
Science; Perspectives on Political Science; World Politics.
And…
Take advantage of IBSS – Expand global
Coverage & part of all packages
•2.6M records back to 1951
•2,900 journals, 7,000 books, 100K
records/year
•4 key disciplines: Economics, Political
Science, Sociology, Anthropology
•50% of journals published outside the
US or UK, 60 languages (25% of
references non-English)
•Abstracts in English, French, German,
Spanish & Italian where available
•Adds over 250 economics titles not in
EconLit – over 900 economics journals,
700 currently indexed
Comprehensive Full Text with Precision Indexing
An authoritative research solution
Over 5. 4 million records and more than 7,136 titles are accessible to researchers.
Current and Relevant Content
Current bibliographic records with abstracts + full-text for core social sciences
titles. Abstracts & indexing updated weekly and full-text articles added daily.
More active full-text
500,00 full-text articles.
International Scope
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Broad coverage of international
political science journals and
perspectives
 A majority of titles published outside
of North America
 Over 20% of the content is
published in a language other than
English.
Current records and a deep backfile
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The historic bibliography of this content dates back to 1915.
 This deep backfile provides researchers the opportunity to track
political themes, trends, and policy evolution throughout the 20th
century.
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Current bibliographic records with abstracts + full-text for core
titles.
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New full-text titles are added
daily, abstract and
indexing content is
added weekly.
Publication Diversity
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Dissertations in full-text are being added beginning in Q4 2010.
500+ have already been added.
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Political science blogs including Inside the Beltway and Naked
Politics.
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538 working papers from the Political Science Research
Network, offer a glimpse of tomorrow’s research, today.
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65 succinct country profiles from OxResearch®. These
profiles utilize graphics, maps, data, and charts to summarize a
country’s economic, political, and geographical conditions.
Political Science Package – Key Benefits
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Key titles - All of the top ranked political science titles
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Content discovery - Expert indexing that is specific to political
science disciplines is applied throughout the package.
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High currency of content - New abstract & index content is added
weekly, full-text daily.
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Robust content - Much more content than any other political science
resource.
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Cross-search – This package is cross-searchable with Current and
Historical newspapers, PQDT, and diversity databases such as AltPressWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and GenderWatch on the new
ProQuest platform.
Sociology Package
Packaged Resources
Sociological Abstracts
“Bringing you sociological research since 1952”
A comprehensive, authoritative collection of
material—more than 808,000 records—from
international literature in sociology and related
disciplines in the social and behavioral
sciences.
This exceptional database provides abstracts of
journal articles and citations to book reviews
drawn from over 1,800 serial publications
for postgraduates, researchers and students.
Social Service Abstracts
Focused and current research from over 1,300
sources
This practical resource contains material from a
wide selection of sources, including over 1,350
serials publications dating back to 1979, abstracts
of journal articles and dissertations, citations and
book reviews
Updated monthly, this growing resource has
approximately 5,500 records added every year.
ProQuest Sociology
Full-text support for Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts
This comprehensive resources adds 180 in-demand full-text journal titles, covering the wide range of
sociological and social work topics. Subject areas address issues such as culture and social structure,
history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse, addiction, and more.
Titles include: American Sociological Review; Archives Européennes de Sociologie/European Journal of
Sociology; Criminology; International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy; Rural Sociology; Sociological
Theory; Symbolic Interaction.
And…
Take advantage of IBSS – Expands global
Coverage & part of all packages
•2.6M records back to 1951
•2,900 journals, 7,000 books, 100K
records/year
•4 key disciplines: Economics, Political
Science, Sociology, Anthropology
•50% of journals published outside the
US or UK, 60 languages (25% of
references non-English)
•Abstracts in English, French, German,
Spanish & Italian where available
•Adds over 250 economics titles not in
EconLit – over 900 economics journals,
700 currently indexed
Comprehensive Full Text with Precision Indexing
An authoritative research solution
Over 5. 6 million records and more than 5,083 titles are accessible to researchers.
Current and Relevant Content
Current bibliographic records with abstracts + full-text for core sociology titles.
Abstracts & indexing updated weekly and full-text articles added daily.
More active full-text
500,00 full-text articles. 182 active full-text titles.
Sociology package – Key benefits
• Cross-searching on the all-new ProQuest platform
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New capabilities offer a more holistic approach to research:
Historical & current newspapers
Interdisciplinary sociological research across:
• Political Science
• Humanities
• Business & Economics
• Medical and Sciences
• Deep-indexing
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Sociological Abstracts and other indexes bring a new level of accessible
research and instant identification of results.
Depth of content
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More core and priority titles indexed and covered in full text.
Virtually all of the relevant literature produced is covered: books, book
chapters, reviews of books and other media, and dissertations, along with
scholarly journals.
Social Sciences Package
Packaged Resources
Sociology Package
Sociological Abstracts
Social Services
Abstracts
IBSS
ProQuest Sociology
Political Science Package
Worldwide Political
Science Abstracts
PAIS International and
PAIS Archive
ProQuest Political
Science Journals
IBSS
Combined with…
ProQuest Criminal
Justice (formerly
CJPI)
ProQuest Social
Sciences
Applied Social
Sciences Index
(ASSIA)
ProQuest
Education
Linguistics and
Language
Behavior Abstracts
Packaged Resources
Social Science Journals
“Bringing you sociological research since 1952”
This database indexes 560 social science publications and provides full text for over 330 of these for
those who need access to a variety of scientific journals. Disciplines covered include: addiction studies,
gerontology, economics, international relations, minority studies, urban studies and more.
ProQuest Criminal Justice
ProQuest Criminal Justice (formerly CJPI) is a comprehensive full text and A&I only database supporting
research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime
trends – geared for scholar and career criminal justice professional alike.
ProQuest Education
Offering complete information on hundreds of educational topics, this database includes
both text and images from journals such as Childhood Education, College Teaching, Harvard
Educational Review, Journal of Athletic Training, and Educational Theory. Charts, tables, diagrams and
other graphical elements all serve to enhance the editorial value of these articles.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts database covers all aspects of the study of language
including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
Complete coverage is given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative,
theoretical and geographical linguistics.
Comprehensive Full Text with Precision Indexing
An authoritative research solution
Over 13.2 million records and more than 10,000 titles currently indexed.
Current and Relevant Content
Current bibliographic records with abstracts + full-text for core social sciences titles. Abstracts &
indexing updated weekly and full-text articles added daily.
Essential full-text from mostly scholarly journals
1,300 full-text titles. Nearly 1,000 active full-text titles.
International Scope
Majority of titles are published outside of North America. Plus, 20% of this content is published in
languages other than English, making this package truly international in scope.
Examples of the content additions
Social Sciences Package
Includes all titles in the Political Science and Sociology Packages. As well as ProQuest Education,
Criminal Justice, and Social Science full text resources. Totaling nearly 1,300 full text (1,000
active) publications.
Political Science Package
Gain 5,500 titles vs
WPSA, 3,000 vs PAIS &
FT of almost 400 (318 active)
10225
Sociology Package
Gain 3,000+ titles,
FT of 255 (180+ Active)
7136
4690
4170
1960
1600
Social Science
PKG
Political Science
PKG
PAIS
WPSA
Sociology PKG
Sociological
Abstracts
Key Benefits
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More comprehensive coverage
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Added deep discipline
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Key coverage of the applied social sciences, criminal justice, education,
and linguistics and language behaviour.
Added full text
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Coverage in all areas of social sciences – something that’s increasingly
important as research becomes more interdisciplinary.
Across the entire spectrum of social science disciplines such as Social
Services/ Welfare, Anthropology, Aging, Children/Youth, Applied Psych,
and Population/Migration Studies.
Expert indexing
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For records indexed in multiple databases – ensuring comprehensive
literature searches.
Social Science Packages – Summing up
3. Cost effective, subject specific full text
2. Search precision: innovative deep
indexing of tables and figures to uncover
hidden data
1. Trusted, comprehensive disciplineoriented databases
Thank you!