FAU Libraries Databases by Title: S

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Safari Tech Books Online  | Full Text | Vendor: ProQuest
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Contents/Info: An online, searchable database of top IT books from leading technology publishers.

Safety Science and Risk Abstracts  | 1981-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Provides comprehensive, timely information across the fields of public health, safety, and industrial hygiene.

SAGE eReference | Full Text | Vendor: SAGE Publications
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Contents/Info: A selection of SAGE's authoritative and award-winning encyclopedias (46) within the social sciences, psychology and education.

Sage Full-Text Collections  | 1982-present | Full Text | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Provides access to Communication Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection; Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection; Politics and International Relations: A SAGE Full-Text Collection; Sociology: A SAGE Full- Text Collection; and Urban Studies & Planning: A SAGE Full-Text Collection.

The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Florida | 1860-1923 | Full Text | Vendor: SUS Digital Library
Open Access
Contents/Info: The Sanborn Map Company produced a series of maps dating from the 1860s to present day that depict the commercial, industrial, and residential sections of around 12,000 cities and towns in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. This collection, digitized from original copyright-deposit copies now held by the University of Florida's Map and Imagery Library, includes more than 3000 map sheets dating from 1860 through 1923.  Digitized maps are in the public domain and illustrate the development of more than 130 Florida cities. 

SCIENCE CITATION INDEX see Web of Science  | 1900-present | Full Text | Vendor: Institute for Scientific Information
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Contents/Info: A unique citation database which allows searching cited references as well as traditional searches independently or in combination with Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.

Science Direct see Elsevier Science Direct  | 1945-present | Full Text | Vendor: Elsevier
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Contents/Info: 1,100+ scholarly journals in engineering, science, and social science disciplines (Group-wide login is no longer necessary to access this database).

Science Online | 1880-present | Full Text | Vendor: AAAS
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Contents/Info:  Provides access to the full text of Science 1997-current issue, Science Classic: 1880-1996, ScienceNOW, Science of Aging Knowledge Environment Archive and to all free content at the site. (Note: research papers in Science Express become available under this subscription after publication in the print version of the journal.)

SciFinder Scholar  <New 2007 Version!>  | Full Text | Vendor: CAS
This product is only accessible from the FAU campuses.
Contents/Info:  Provides comprehensive chemical and related scientific information including journal articles, patents, chemical reactions, and chemical regulatory data.  [See SciFinder Scholar Conditions].

SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs  | Late 16th century-present | Vendor: FirstSearch
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Contents/Info:  Describes art auction and rare book catalogs for sales from the late sixteenth century to scheduled auctions not yet held. Records include the dates and places of sales, the auction houses, sellers, institutional holdings, and titles of works.

Scribner Writers Series see Literature Resource Center   | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
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Contents/Info: Provides access to 1,600 original and detailed bio-critical essays on the lives and works of important authors from around the world. Each entry averages 15-20 pages in length and includes a concise essay, hyperlinks for cross-referencing, a citation and biographical information that places the author's work in personal and historical context. [Under 'Limit the current search,' select the desired database.]

Sea Turtle Bibliography  | 1965-present | Vendor: FCLA
Open Access
Contents/Info: This online bibliography includes all aspects of sea turtle biology, conservation and management. Citations are from recognized bibliographic sources as well as "grey literature."

Shoah Visual History Archive see Visual History Archive | Full Text | Vendor: USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education
Access available in the S.E. Wimberly Library and the John D. MacArthur Campus Library
Contents/Info: Florida Atlantic University serves as a site where users can access testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education.  This collection of nearly 52,000 video testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses—in 32 languages and from 56 countries—is the largest visual history archive in the world. The USC Shoah Foundation Institute interviewed Jewish survivors, homosexual survivors, Jehovah’s Witness survivors, liberators and liberation witnesses, political prisoners, rescuers and aid providers, Roma and Sinti survivors (Gypsy), survivors of Eugenics policies and war crimes trials participants.  Note: Not all video testimonies are available immediately, but can be requested to be viewable within 48 hours.  To check the status of a certain interview prior to visiting the Library, please call the Reference Desk at 561-297-3785, or e-mail LYREF@fau.edu.

Short Story Index | 1984-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: H. W. Wilson
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Contents/Info:  An index to short stories written in or translated into English that have appeared in collections and selected periodicals. The periodicals included are those indexed in Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature and Humanities Index.

SimplyMap | Full Text | Vendor: Geographic Research, Inc.
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Contents/Info: SimplyMap is an Internet-based mapping application that enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables. Since there is some training required in order to understand a few concepts related to mapping, we highly recommend that you watch our 6 minute training video to get the most out of SimplyMap. The training video can be accessed by clicking on the "Tutorial" link in the top right corner of SimplyMap. [Users will be asked to create a personal workspace the first time they log-in to SimplyMap.  This resource is limited to 5 concurrent users.]

SIRS Knowledge Source  | Some Full Text | Vendor: SIRS Knowledge Source
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Contents/Info: A reference source which includes access to SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS Renaissance, SIRS NetSelect and SIRS Interactive Citizenship.

Social Sciences  | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Search multiple databases covering social sciences.

SOCIAL SCIENCES CITATION INDEX see Web of Science  | 1956-present  | Vendor: Institute for Scientific Information
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Contents/Info: A unique citation database which allows searching cited references as well as traditional searches independently or in combination with Science Citation Index Expanded and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.

Social Sciences Full Text  | 1983-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: H. W. Wilson
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Contents/Info:  Subject areas include addiction studies, anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, corrections, criminal justice, criminology, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology, and urban studies.  Full text coverage begins in January 1995.

Social Services Abstracts  | 1980-present  | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.

 Social Work Abstracts  | 1977-present | Vendor: SilverPlatter ERL
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Contents/Info: Contains more than 45,000 records, spanning 1977 to the present, from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more.  [Access to this database is no longer available.  Please see SocINDEX with Full Text.] 

SocINDEX with Full Text | 1895-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: EBSCOhost
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Contents/Info: The world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. The database features more than 1,660,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300 term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 344 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 129 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 700 books and monographs, and full text for 6,800 conference papers.

Sociological Abstracts  | 1952-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Sociology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection  | 1982-present | Full Text | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Includes the full-text of 33 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 24 years, encompassing over 12,700 articles. It covers such subjects as Childhood, Contemporary Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Consumer Culture, Classical Sociology, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Leisure Studies, Social Theory, Sociology of Sport, and Sociology of Work and Employment (Labor Studies).

Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts   | 1981-present | Vendor: CSA
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Contents/Info: Presents global coverage on all aspects of solid state and superconductivity technology.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text | 1985-present | Some Full Text | Vendor: EBSCOhost
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Contents/Info: The world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals, providing full text for more than 415 journals indexed in SPORTDiscus. Of those, nearly 250 have cover-to-cover indexing in SPORTDiscus. With more than 700,000 full-text articles dating back to 1985, SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of sports and sports medicine literature.

Sports Business Research Network (SBRnet)  | Full Text | Vendor: (SBRnet)
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Contents/Info: Provides market research and industry news covering all facets of the industry…sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing.

SpringerLINK  | Full Text | Vendor: Springer
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Contents/Info: Provides access to scholarly journals in business, law, medicine, humanities, science, and social science disciplines. This resource also provides access to the following book series: Lecture Notes in Physics and Topics in Current Chemistry .

SRDS Services| Full Text | Vendor: SRDS
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Contents/Info:  Provides access Business Publication Advertising Source, Consumer Magazine Advertising Source, Newspaper Advertising Source, Radio Advertising Source, TV and Cable Source, and "My Support Services" which include SRDS help, calculators, links and more.

St. Petersburg Times  | 1987-present | Full Text | Vendor: NewsBank
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Contents/Info: Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.

Standard and Poor's (S&P)  NetAdvantage  | Full Text | Vendor: McGraw-Hill
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Contents/Info: Standard & Poor's Net Advantage provides nine of its most popular publications: Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, Register, Stock Guide, Bond Guide, Earnings Guide, The Outlook, and Dividend Record.

STAT-USA  | Full Text | Vendor: STAT-USA
The STAT-USA link above is only accessible within the FAU Libraries [Boca, Davie, Jupiter, Tower only].  To access STAT-USA  from anywhere (on or off-campus), log into your MyFAU  account.  After logging into MyFAU, click on the Library tab.  The STAT-USA link appears at the bottom of the left column.
Contents/Info: Provides access to authoritative U.S. business, economic and trade information from the Federal government.

Student Research Center | Full Text | Vendor: EBSCOhost
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Contents/Info: Designed for grades 6-12.  Includes Columbia Encyclopedia and MAS Ultra - School Edition which contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. MAS Ultra – School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, more than 350 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and flags.

Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale)  | 1986-present | Full Text | Vendor: NewsBank
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Contents/Info: Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.  

Synergy   | Full Text | Vendor: Blackwell
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Contents/Info: Online fulltext access to selected journals published by Blackwell Science and Munksgaard Presses. Your library may not subscribe to all journal titles offered through this site.