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TOPICsearch

Access Via: EBSCO, Inspire
System Requirements: Internet Explorer 5.5, Firefox 1.5, Safari 1.1
Off-Campus Password: From the Off-Campus Database Menu
Requires USF OneCard, 14-digit Barcode on back
Contains Full-Text: Yes (for many, but not all articles)
Peer Reviewed: Yes (some, not all journals)
Subject Areas:

Current events, social, political, and economic issues, science.

Description: This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. Students can use either the dropdown menus for Current Events or Topics to easily locate relevant articles. TOPICsearch contains full text for over 139,800 articles from 4,800 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO’s unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. This database provides full text for more than 1,550 publications. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 1,650 journals. Topics covered include: Aging, AIDS, Alcohol, Computers, Crime, Drugs, Education, Energy, Ethics, Family, Health, Human Rights, Multiculturalism, National Debate, People, Religion, Sports, Women, Work, World Affairs, etc. Examples of publications offered in TOPICsearch include: Addiction, Adolescence, Adult Learning, Advertising Age, American Fitness, Billboard, Child Welfare, Christianity Today, Clinical Nursing Research, Criminal Justice Ethics, Daily Variety, Discover, Field & Stream, Financial Management, Foreign Affairs, Fortune, Geriatrics, Health, HR Magazine, InformationWeek, Journal of Family Issues, Women in Business, and many more. The majority of full text titles are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color.
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Please note that the most current and detailed information for any database can be found by going directly to the database itself. More information can usually be found in the "ABOUT" or "HELP" sections of most databases. Please contact the library directly (library@sf.edu or 260-399-7700 x.6065) if you have any questions or concerns as you use any of the USF Vann library resources.

Last Updated 8/25/07