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Citation Indexes/Databases and Journal Information

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Citation Indexes
The following resources help identify which works have cited other works or authors, and how a particular article is related to previous and subsequent work.

• CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
  
• Elsevier Science Direct
• IEEE Explore (references added from 2003 -)
• Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts
• MathSciNet (Click on: MR Citation Database; also please see: MR Citation Database Help)
• Institute of Physics (reference lists included in citations)
• PsycINFO (please see the PsycINFO Cited References Facts page for details)
  
• PubMed
• SciFinder Scholar (requires download)
• Science Citation Index (available on workstation in Sci-Tech Library Room 103)
• Social Sciences Citation Index (available on CD-ROM in E.S. Bird Library; ask at the reference desk: Call number Z7161 .S62)
  
• Sociological Abstracts
• Web of Science

  Please note: Full text databases, databases that include references with citations, and databases that provide Related Articles links, can also be used to find citing authors. These are listed on the Databases and Ejournals/Publishers pages.
  

Free (non-subscription) Cited Reference Resources:

• CiteSeer
• Google Scholar
• CiteBase
  

Information About Journals:

Journal Abbreviations

• All that Jas: Journal Abbreviation Sources
  
• CUFTS (open source link resolver from the Simon Fraser University Library for the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL); go to Tools/Journal search for specific journal title information.
• National Library of Medicine - Journals database


• Periodical Title Abbreviations (Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co.), available at the E. S. Bird Library Reference Desk, Call Number: REF Z 6945 .A2

JCR: Journal Citation Reports contains information about impact factor and other measures of a journal's influence.

• JCR for Sciences is also available on a workstation in Sci-Tech Library Room 103
  
• JCR for Social Sciences is also available on CD-ROM at E. S. Bird Library (ask at the Reference Desk)
  
  

Journal descriptions, acceptance rates, impact factors, refereed/peer-reviewed listings
The following titles include information about journals and publishers, including acceptance rates:

• An Author's Guide to Social Work Journals: Location: E.S. Bird Library Reference; Call Number: REF HV85 .A93 1997
  
• American Psychological Association. Journals in Psychology. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1988. Call Number: E.S. Bird Library Reference, REF BF76.8 .J68
  
• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Curriculum and Methods. 6th ed. Beaumont, TX: Cabell Pub. Co., 2002. Location: E.S. Bird Library Reference; Call Number: REF Z286.E3 C322.
  
• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Psychology and Administration. 6th ed. Beaumont, TX: Cabell Pub. Co., 2002. Location: E.S. Bird Library Reference; Call Number REF Z286.E3 C323.
  
• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Economics and Finance. 8th ed. Beaumont, TX: Cabell Pub. Co., 2000. Location: E.S. Bird Library Reference REF HB63 .C22.
  
• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Marketing. 8th ed. Beaumont, TX: Cabell Pub. Co., 2000. Location: E.S. Bird Library Reference REF HF5415.2 .C23.
  
• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Management. 8th ed. Beaumont, TX: Cabell Pub. Co., 2000. Location: E.S. Bird Library Reference REF HD30 .C23.
  
• Loke, Wing Hong.Guide to Journals in Psychology and Education Metuchen, NH: Scarecrow Press, 1990. Location: E. S. Bird Library Reference; Call Number REF BF76.8 .L65 1990 and 2nd floor: BF76.8 .L65 1990.
  

Magazines for Libraries includes information about journals and indexing; available at E.S. Bird Library Reference Desk; Call Number: REF Z6941 .K2

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, available online and in print at E.S. Bird Library Reference Desk: REF Z6941 .U5, includes information for specific journal titles about:

whether a publication is refereed

publisher and subscription price

indexing/database coverage (which databases include coverage of journal)

Social Sciences Citation Index Subject List (journal information from ISI/Thomson)

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