News release

From the University Library

19 April 2005

CSA Sociological Abstracts enhanced

CSA have added abstracts to early records, plus over 1½ million cited references across the CSA social science databases. They are also in the process of digitising records in Sociological Abstracts from as far back as 1952 - this information will go live later in the year.

"As part of its long-standing commitment to improve quality and depth of content, the CSA Sociological Abstracts database has been enhanced with several new features... and more are on the way!

"Abstracts have been added to 1963-1972 records in the CSA Sociological Abstracts backfile, increasing access to this literature.

"Over 1,600,000 Cited References have been added to the CSA Social Science Databases. Included with Core Journal articles in CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts since 2001 and in CSA Sociological Abstracts since 2002, the feature is being extended to all journal articles included in CSA Sociological Abstracts, CSA Social Services Abstracts, and CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts as of 2004.

"The 1952-1962 backfile is being digitized and will be added to CSA Sociological Abstracts in 2005, offering subscribers electronic access to some of the early literature of sociology.

"Author Profiles will be available for selected databases later this year." - CSA Press Release