Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

Article Databases - Biographical, Geographical, & Historical

• African American Biographical Database (AABD)

  Coverage: 1790-1950
  Biographical information on thousands of African Americans, assembled from biographical dictionaries and other sources. Initial content was drawn from Chadwyck-Healey's Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790-1950. Provided by the Bell endowment.

• America: History & Life

  Coverage: prehistory - present
  America: History and Life (AHL) indexes the historical literature on North America and Canda.

• Country Studies

  Coverage: varies
  In-depth studies of countries' political, economic, social, cultural, and national security systems and institutions. Many photographs, maps, and charts. Formerly called Area Handbooks - US Army

• Human Rights - Country Reports from US Dept. of State

  Coverage: 1993 - present
  Submitted annually to the US Congress; covers internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the [United Nations'] Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

• Human Rights Watch World Report

  The web page for the International human rights organization. Includes full text of the Human Rights World Report for 1999 and 2000 plus other full text reports, maps, country information and human rights initiatives.

• United Nations InfoNation

  Coverage: current
  Comparative economic, demographic, geographic, and social data for every country in the world. Includes source citations.

Article Databases - International

• Historical Abstracts

  Coverage: 1954 - present
  Historical Abstracts indexes journals covering world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). Currently over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered.

• PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service

  Coverage: 1972 - present
  Indexes journals, books, and government documents in the fields of political science, policy, public administration, society. Includes backfile in July 05 through June 06.

Article Databases - General & Multidisciplinary

• Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)

  Coverage: varies
  Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

• MasterFILE Premier (Ebsco)

  Coverage: varies
  Indexes 3,100+ magazines covering general subjects. Includes full-text for over 1,000 journals.

• PsycINFO (Ebsco)

  Coverage: 1887 - present
  Indexes 1,300 Psychology journals from nearly 50 countries. Also includes abstracts for dissertations, books and book chapters. Same coverage as PsycLit.

• Social Services Abstracts

  Coverage: 1979 - present
  Indexes and abstracts current research focused on social work and human services, including social welfare, social policy, community development, crisis intervention, gerontology, poverty and homelessness. Includes Social Work Abstracts.