Two Types of Article Indexes

2. Subject Indexes or Discipline Specific Databases

Subject indexes specialize in a particular subject, and the articles indexed are generally from scholarly sources. Examples of subject indexes and the kinds of articles they identify are:

America: History & Life
(ABC-CLIO)
Indexes articles, book reviews, and dissertations in American and Canadian history
Biological Abstracts
(Ebscohost)
Comprehensive indexing of life sciences literature
ERIC
(Ebscohost)
Journal articles and government documents on education
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