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Subject coverage: the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature covers virtually all English language core journals in nursing and allied health disciplines, as well as publications from the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing
Size/scope: over 5,400 journals
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SocINDEX with Full Text

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Subject coverage: sociology and social work practice
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Size/scope: citation databases that allow searching for a specific article by subject, author, journal or author address. It is also possible to search for articles that cite a known author or work
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Date range: 1945-
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