Databases
Here you can find databases licensed for the WZB and other electronic
ressouces.
For information on WZB licensed and freely accessible databases please visit DBIS, the "Database Information System" of the University Library of Regensburg. Information on DBIS holdings in general can be found here. (german only)
34 databases found.
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Database, Article database
Applied social sciences index and abstracts
Proquest SozialwissenschaftenResearch area: Sociology Language: English This database spans the literature of health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, and education. The database abstracts and indexes over 500 journals and periodicals, from more than 16 countries. -
Database, Article database
Arts & humanities citation index
Web of scienceResearch area: General / Interdisciplinary, Philosophy, Art, History, Geography, Linguistics and Literature Science Language: English Period: 1972 - This collection is an interdisciplinary database that references articles from 1,144 arts and humanities journals. It also includes articles selected from 7,000 other periodicals in the natural sciences and social sciences. It provides bibliographic and citation information for articles cited in the listed publications -
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BIOSIS previews
Annotation: - German-wide access provided by the DFG
Research area: Natural Sciences / Technology, Medicine / Healthcare Language: English Period: 1926 - 2004 This database contains: Biological Abstracts Archive, 1926-1968 Biological Abstracts, 1969-2004 References to articles from approximately 6,500 periodicals in the fields of biology, botany, medicine, pharmacology, microbiology, ecology, parasitology, toxicology, and environmental sciences. BIOSIS Previews Archive, 1926-1968 BIOSIS Previews, 1969-2004 BIOSIS Previews contains the references of journal articles and references to conference reports, books, dissertations, and gray literature. The collection comprises more than 3.5 million bibliographical entries, generally with abstracts. -
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Book citation index / science
Web of scienceResearch area: Mathematics / Computer Science, Medicine / Healthcare, Natural Sciences / Technology Language: English Period: 2005 - The Book Citation Index contains over 40,000 (as per 2013) editorially selected scientific books (online and print editions) published since 2005 in a wide range of disciplines. 10,000 new titles are to be added each year, including volumes published as a series. As a module in the Web of Science Core Collection, the Book Citation Index adds over 13.5 million references to that collection. Among other things, it allows users to search for comprehensive bibliographic information and to display the accurate numbering of citations (in journals, conference papers, and books). -
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Book citation index / social science & humanities
Web of scienceResearch area: General / Interdisciplinary, Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Educational Research, Ethnology, Linguistics and Literature Science, History, Art, Philosophy, Law, Science, Psychology, Geography, Information Science Language: English Period: 2005 - The Book Citation Index contains over 40,000 (as per 2013) editorially selected scientific books (online and print editions) published since 2005 in a wide range of disciplines. 10,000 new titles are to be added each year, including volumes published as a series. As a module in the Web of Science Core Collection, the Book Citation Index adds over 13.5 million references to that collection. Among other things, it allows users to search for comprehensive bibliographic information and to display the accurate numbering of citations (in journals, conference papers, and books). -
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Conference proceedings citation index / social science & humanities
Web of scienceResearch area: General / Interdisciplinary, Educational Research, Ethnology, Geography, History, Information Science, Art, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Law, Religion, Sociology, Linguistics and Literature Science, Economics, Science Language: English Period: 1990 - Covers the proceedings of conferences, symposiums, seminars, workshops, and congresses worldwide. The "Cited Reference Search" tool allows users to identify the conference proceedings that were cited most frequently. -
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Conference proceedings citation index /science
Web of scienceResearch area: Mathematics / Computer Science, Natural Sciences / Technology, Medicine / Healthcare Language: English Period: 1990 - Covers the proceedings of conferences, symposiums, seminars, workshops, and congresses worldwide. The "Cited Reference Search" tool allows users to identify the conference proceedings that were cited most frequently. -
Portal, Article database, Database
EconBiz
Access: - free access
Research area: Economics EconBiz is the virtual reference library for economics. A metasearch offers access to relevant information from Internet sources, full-texts, electronic periodicals, papers, and calendars of events. -
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ECONIS- Online-Katalog der ZBW
Access: Research area: Economics ECONIS is the online catalog for the German National Library of Economics (ZBW). It contains over 5.02 million titles for business administration, economics, and practice-oriented economics literature: books and journals, chapters/articles from books and journals, working and discussion papers, dissertations, and statistics, as well as some 140,000 links to full-text versions on the Internet. -
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EconLit
Research area: Economics Language: English Period: 1886 - The EconLit database analyzes more than 750 international periodicals in the field of economics. The source material consists of journal articles, chapters in collective volumes, research and working papers, books, dissertations, and reviews from all areas of political economics and business administration. -
Database, Fulltext database
eHRAF world cultures
Annotation: - German-wide access provided by the DFG
Research area: Ethnology Language: English The eHRAF World Cultures database currently contains approximately 500,000 pages. More than 200 national and ethnic groups are indexed on the basis of field research published in ethnographic monographs, essays, and manuscripts, whose content is used as "primary data." The information is subject-indexed at the paragraph level by means of a highly sophisticated system-the "Outline of Cultural Materials" (OCM). The OCM contains more than 700 different elements of classification. A full-text search of keywords is also possible. The database is constantly updated. -
Database, Article database
ERIC
Educational resources information center
Proquest SozialwissenschaftenResearch area: Sociology, Educational Research Language: English This resource gives access to bibliographical information and abstracts relating primarily to literature in English (monographs, periodicals, dissertations, conference reports, government reports) and audiovisual media in all areas of pedagogy, including schools and class instruction; kindergarten education; special education; primary, secondary, and tertiary education; teacher training; adult education; and vocational training. It draws on two directories: Resources in Education (RIE) and the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). -
Database, Article database
FIS Bildung Literaturdatenbank
Access: - free access
Research area: Educational Research, Sociology Language: German Period: 1980 - The FIS Bildung Literaturdatenbank has journal articles, monographs, chapters from collective volumes, gray literature, and online documents from the fields of pedagogy, empirical research on education, educational management, educational policy, the history of education, schools and instruction, higher education, basic and continuing vocational training, childhood, childcare, early childhood education, youth education, adult and continuing education, social and special pedagogy, media education, and social work. -
Database, Article database
GVK- Plus
Gemeinsamer Verbundkatalog mit Online Contents
Research area: Linguistics and Literature Science, Educational Research, History, Geography, Art, Mathematics / Computer Science, Philosophy, Law, Sociology, Economics, Natural Sciences / Technology, General / Interdisciplinary, Psychology The joint union catalogue (GVK) is the freely accessible section of the union database K10plus of the GBV and the SWB. The OLC are also accessible via this database. The OLC contain more than 48.8 million articles from more than 27,900 journals. Since its publication in 1993, this database has included tables of contents of journals of all disciplines with a special focus on the natural sciences. It is supplemented weekly with articles from more than 8,700 journals of different libraries. The Joint Union Catalogue (GVK) contains over 72.6 million titles with more than 183.0 million proofs of ownership of books, journals, articles, congress reports, microforms, electronic documents, data carriers, music, maps, etc. from approx. 1,110 GBV and SWB libraries. In addition, the journal references of all subito delivery libraries from Germany and Austria as well as other German university libraries are included. -
Database, Article database
Historische Bibliographie und Jahrbuch der Historischen Forschung
Access: - free access
Research area: History Language: German Period: 1990 - The Historical Bibliography documents currently published German historiography and a selection of non-German titles. At present (February 2016), researchers have access to 358.870 entries in this resource. The Jahrbuch der Historischen Forschung (Yearbook of Historical Research) documents specialized literature and dissertations in progress (i.e., still unpublished) at German universities and research centers outside the universities. This collection contains more than 8,758 working titles (February 2016). -
Database, Article database
International bibliography of the social sciences
Research area: Sociology, Political Science, Ethnology, Economics Language: English Period: 1951 - The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an essential online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,800 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books are included each year. Abstracts are provided for half of all current journal articles. -
Portal, Fulltext database, Database
IREON
Fachportal International Beziehungen und Länderkunde
Access: - free access
Research area: Political Science, Economics, Geography Period: 1974 - IREON offers literature references, full texts, and international treaties on topics relating to foreign policy, security policy, questions of international cooperation on economic and development policy, topics of European policy and transatlantic matters, regional and country-specific issues throughout the world, cultural policy abroad, the climate, the environment, and energy. -
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Literaturdatenbank Berufliche Bildung
Access: - free access
Research area: Educational Research Period: 1988 - This site is a bibliographical database for all topics relating to vocational education and research thereon. In April 2013 the literature database contained 56,000 references, primarily to professional literature published in German as of 1988. -
Database, Article database
OLC- online contents
Research area: Linguistics and Literature Science, Educational Research, History, Geography, Art, Mathematics / Computer Science, Philosophy, Law, Sociology, Economics, Natural Sciences / Technology, General / Interdisciplinary Period: 1993 - In OLC you have access to over 40,8 million articles from over 25.870 scientific periodicals. They are updated daily and supplemented weekly with the tables of contents of more than 10.000 periodicals from Special Subject Collections. Please press 'availability' to see if a journal in your result list is in the wzb-library. -
Database, Article database
PAIS
Public affairs information service
Proquest SozialwissenschaftenResearch area: Political Science, Sociology, Geography, Law, Economics Language: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Period: 1915 - This database contains topics under public discussion and combines PAIS Archive and PAIS International, offering titles from 1915 to the present. The sources include journal articles, books, government documents, statistical indexes, gray literature, research reports, conference papers, publications by international agencies, microfiches, and information material from the Internet. The database affords a broad look at public policies and social policies from several perspectives, ranging from Prohibition, the Civil Rights Movement, and the McCarthy era to current viewpoints on health, climate change, and terrorism. -
Database, Article database
Periodicals index online
PIO
Annotation: - German-wide access provided by the DFG
Research area: General / Interdisciplinary, Educational Research, Ethnology, Geography, History, Information Science, Art, Philosophy, Political Science, Law, Sociology, Linguistics and Literature Science, Economics, Science Language: English Period: 1739 -2000 This index of historical periodicals facilitates bibliographical research in approximately 4,800 journals in the arts, humanities, and social science in one user interface. It covers the period from 1739 to 2000 and gives access to publications in over 37 specialized areas and more than 40 languages and dialects. -
Database, Article database
Physical education index
Proquest SozialwissenschaftenAnnotation: - German-wide access provided by the DFG
Research area: Sociology, Educational Research, Medicine / Healthcare Language: English The database indexes journal essays, reports, congress reports, and other kinds of literature on all areas of sports sciences, including sports medicine and sports sociology. It also has abstracts dating back to 2001. -
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PsycINFO
Research area: Medicine / Healthcare, Sociology, Psychology Language: English Period: 1806 - PsycINFO (American Psychological Association) covers the international literature in all areas of psychology and in related fields of medicine, psychiatry, of nursing care, sociology, pedagogics, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, economic and legal sciences. Sources include approx. 2,000 journals, books, dissertations, and technical reports via platform Ovid. Bibliographic information, indexing terms, and abstracts are searchable. -
Database, Article database
PSYNDEX
Access: - free access
Research area: Medicine / Healthcare, Sociology, Psychology Language: German, English PSYNDEX covers German and English publications from authors in the German-speaking countries from all areas of psychology and related behavioral and social sciences such as psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, sociology, education, philosophy, sports, criminology, linguistics, and applied economics. Also included are audiovisual media as well as psychological, psychiatric, and educational tests developed or in use in the German-speaking countries (including published and nonpublished tests, adaptations of American, English and other-language tests, informal research instruments). Sources include approximately 540 journals, books, chapters, reports, and dissertations. Bibliographic information, indexing terms, and abstracts are searchable in German and English. -
Database, Portal
PubPsych
Access: - free access
Research area: Psychology, Medicine / Healthcare, Sociology PubPsych is a free information retrieval system for psychological resources. It offers a comprehensive and balanced selection of resources from a growing number of international databases with a European focus, covering the needs of academic and professional psychologists. Includes: PSYNDEX, PASCAL, ISOC-Psicologia, MEDLINE, ERIC, NARCIS, NORART, PsychOpen, PsychData About PubPsych: https://pubpsych.zpid.de/pubpsych/about.jsp -
Fulltext database, Database
RePEc- Research papers in economics
Access: - free access
Research area: Economics RePEc is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 75 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics and related sciences. The heart of the project is a decentralized bibliographic database of working papers, journal articles, books, book chapters and software components, all maintained by volunteers. The collected data is used in various services, e.g. IDEAS (the complete RePEc database), EDIRC (Institutions) and CitEc (citation analyis). -
Database, Article database
Social sciences citation index
Web of scienceResearch area: Sociology, Political Science, Law, Economics, General / Interdisciplinary, Ethnology, Information Science, Psychology Language: English Period: 1972 - Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 2,474 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. This database is part of Web of Science. -
Database, Article database
Social services abstracts
Proquest SozialwissenschaftenResearch area: Sociology Language: English Period: 1979 - This database affords access to all areas of the social services (e.g., social work, social welfare, social policy, health care, education, and minorities); journal articles, dissertations, and reviews; analyis of more than 1,300 professional journals. -
Database, Article database
SocINDEX
Research area: Sociology, Political Science Period: 1895 - SocINDEX contains more than 1.5 million records, with subject headings from a 20,000 term sociological thesaurus.Included are abstracts for 750 core journals with a very few which date back as far back as 1895. Also covered are some 575 related journals, and selected items from another 2,800 journals.Also indexes books, conference papers, and other non-periodical sources. You can access SocINDEX with full text by remote access via Stabi or by registration via SocioHub. -
Database, Article database
Sociological abstracts
Proquest SozialwissenschaftenResearch area: Sociology, Political Science Language: English Period: 1952 - Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records published by Sociological Abstracts in print during the database's first 11 years, 1952-1962, have been added to the database extending the depth of the backfile of this authoritative resource. Since 2002, most records from scholarly journals also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article. These references are linked both within Sociological Abstracts and across other social science databases available on ProQuest. -
Database
SOFIS
Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungsinformation
Access: - free access
Research area: Political Science, Sociology, Economics Period: 2000 - 2017 SOFIS provides information about theoretical and empirical research projects in the social sciences. It contains detailed descriptions of planned, ongoing, and completed research projects from the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. 2000 - 217. -
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SOLIS
Sozialwissenschaftliche Literatur
Access: - free access
Research area: Political Science, Sociology Period: 1945 - 2017 SOLIS provides information about social science literature from German-speaking countries or scientists: books and compilations, journal articles and reader articles, and grey literature (including unpublished GDR research reports). The total number of social science documents in SOLIS was 450,000 in January 2014, each presented with a short abstract. Time Period: 1945 - 2017. -
Database, Article database, Portal
Web of science
Research area: General / Interdisciplinary, Sociology, Political Science, Linguistics and Literature Science, Educational Research, History, Art, Mathematics / Computer Science, Philosophy, Law, Economics, Natural Sciences / Technology, Ethnology, Science, Geography, Medicine / Healthcare, Psychology Period: 1972 - Web of Science (WoS) is an extensive, multidisciplinary, bibliographical database with references to contributions in journals, books, proceedings, and other sources in the social sciences, the arts and humanities, natural science, and engineering. The WZB has licensed the following ancillary data banks: -Science Citation Index Expanded (1995 -) - Social Sciences Citation Index (includes approximately 4,500 social science and economics journals from 55 disciplines, such as psychology, sociology, and anthropology, 1972 -) - Arts & Humanities Citation Index (with references to approximately 2,300 journals in the arts and humanities, 1975 -) - Book Citation Index (with books published, 2005 -) - Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S, conferences, 1990 -) - Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH, conferences, 1990 -) - Current Contents Connect (1998 -) - Data Citation Index (research data, 1900 -) - Derwent Innovations Index (edited patents, 1963 -) - Zoological Records (technical database, 1964 -) - Biosis Citation Index (technical database, 1928 -) - Index Chemicus (with search function for chemical structures, 1993 -) - Current Chemical Reactions (technical database, 1985 -) Another special feature of the WoS is that it lists each document's sources (cited references) and gives their citation frequency (times cited). -
Database, Article database
Worldwide political science abstracts
Proquest SozialwissenschaftenResearch area: Political Science Language: English Period: 1987 - This database encompasses indexes and summaries of the international literature on political science and international relations, along with related fields such as international law, public administration, and public policy. The database contains summaries of journal articles and information on book reviews from more than 1,500 publication series. It also has summaries of books, book chapters, dissertations, and working papers.