David Michalski
Researcher Services
Researcher Services Librarian
Community Development
by
David Michalski —
September 15, 2021
Community Development
by
David Michalski —
September 15, 2021
Community Development
by David Michalski – September 15, 2021
This guide outlines some of the databases and research tools most useful for examining community development issues. If you have questions about the use of these databases, research in Community Development, cultural studies, the social sciences or if you need support with social sciences data, I am happy to help, or get you in contact with those who can. Feel free to contact me via email, michalski@ucdavis.edu or make an appointment https://calendly.com/michalski-1/research-librarian-consultation.
Library Catalogs
UC Library Search
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UC Library Search is the integrated library catalog for all University of California campus libraries, including the UC Davis Library.
WorldCat [via OCLC]
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OCLC catalog of millions of records for books, journal titles and materials in other formats from approximately 12,000 libraries worldwide.
Indexes important to Community Development
Sociological Abstracts [via ProQuest]
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Provides abstracts to sociology articles and the literature of related disciplines in the social, behavioral, and cultural studies. Covers over 1,800 journals, and book reviews. Mainly in English, but Includes materials in 30 languages.
PAIS Index [via ProQuest]
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Indexes all types of materials in the area of public affairs and public policy - journal articles, books and book chapters, reports, government documents. Topics include agriculture, banking, demographics, education, environment, finance, government, health, law, legislation, political science, social sciences, and statistics.
Coverage: 1914-present
Tags: Animals, Environmental Policy, Foreign Relations, Health Policy, International Relations, Politics, Public Policy
Tags: Animals, Environmental Policy, Foreign Relations, Health Policy, International Relations, Politics, Public Policy
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts [via ProQuest]
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Covers international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration policy.
Women’s Studies International [via EBSCO]
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Provides access to citations for a wide range of topics in the study of women and gender, 1972-present.
Social Services Abstracts [via ProQuest]
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Covers current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serials; covers journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews
EconLit [via Proquest]
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A comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world’s economic literature compiled from the American Economic Association’s Journal of economic literature and the Index of economic articles in journals and collective volumes. Topics include economic theory and history, monetary theory and financial institutions; labor economics; international, regional, urban economics; and other related subjects.
PolicyMap
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PolicyMap is a fully web-based online data and mapping application that gives you access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more. Data is available at all common geographies (address, block group, census tract, zip code, county, city, state, MSA) as well as unique geographies like school districts and political boundaries. Data comes from both public and proprietary sources.
CAB Abstracts [via Ovid]
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Provides citations and abstracts to the international agricultural literature, including veterinary medicine, human and animal nutrition, forestry, rural development, as well as other related topics such as tourism and human ecology. Covers over 11,000 journals & conference proceedings and selected books in agriculture. Produced by CAB (Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux) International (CABI) with more than 10 million records.
HISTORICAL SCOPE: Archive abstracts added in August 2005 go back to 1910 with 1,860,000 additional records. CAB DATABASE PDFs: As of January 2009, hard-to-find literature may be available as CAB Database PDFs (so noted *below* the UC-eLinks button). These CABI Full Text items give users automatic access to over 350,000 journal articles, conference papers and reports - 80% of which are not available electronically anywhere else. NOTE: the default UCD Search Type is set to Advanced Ovid Search.
Coverage: 1910-present
Tags: Agriculture, Animals, Ecology, Plants, Science
Related links: Database Guide[OvidSP]
Tags: Agriculture, Animals, Ecology, Plants, Science
Related links: Database Guide[OvidSP]
Social Explorer
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Social Explorer provides quick and easy access to current and historical census data and related demographic information.
Poverty Statistics Guide from Center for Poverty Research UC Davis
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This guide links to government agencies and others that maintain statistics and data related to poverty, including information on poverty measures at the national, state, and local level, along with other fundamental measures relating to poverty in the United States. It is organized by Poverty and Inequality Research Center at UC Davis.