Databases - R
- Readers' Guide Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) (1983+)"includes indexing of over 450 periodicals as far back as 1983 and searchable full text of articles from over 250 journals as far back as 1994. Subject coverage includes antiques, arts, business, computers, education, entertainment, film & television, gardening, health & medicine, history, home improvement, literature, news & current events, photography, popular & classical music, politics, popular culture, religion, science, sports & fitness, transportation, travel and much more."
- Readers' Guide Retrospective (H.W. Wilson - EBSCOhost) (1890-1982)"provides indexing of over three million articles from more than 550 leading magazines, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature™. This important resource offers a wide range of researchers access to information about history, culture and seminal developments across nearly a century."
- RECOLECTA (Recolector de ciencia abierta)a repository of open access publications from Spanish universities
- Record of American Democracy, 1984-1990 (ROAD)- "data include election returns, socioeconomic summaries, and demographic measures of the American public at unusually low levels of geographic aggregation."
- Redalyc (en Español)An open access resource containing full-text journal articles in scientific journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal.
Red de Revisitas Cientificas de America Latina, el Caribe, Espana y Portugal. Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico - Reference UniverseSearching the UCF library’s specialized subject encyclopedia collection helps refine your search; save time, and get to the book or journal you need more quickly and accurately.
Reference Universe contains over 35 million data elements to over 45,000 specialized reference works. The elements are matched to the UCF library's electronic or print holdings, offering you a customized view. - RefWorks*UCF access to RefWorks ceased on Dec. 31,2020 due to budget cuts.
- Regional Business News (EBSCOhost)"incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States"
- RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)"a decentralized bibliographic database of working papers, journal articles, books, books chapters and software components"
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCOhost)RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) - records in over 100 languages; entries include original-language titles, title translations in English, full bibliographic information, abstracts in English, and author, journal & subject indexes
- Risk Abstracts (ProQuest) (1990+)
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"encompasses risk arising from industrial, technological, environmental, and other sources, with an emphasis on assessment and management of risk."
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Databases - S
- Sabin Americana Digital Archive (1500-1926) (Gale)"an online collection of books, pamphlets, serials & other works...covering a span of 400 years in North, Central & South America, as well as the Caribbean...provides primary source material critical to the understanding of the society, politics, religious beliefs, literature, customs & momentous events of the times."
- Safety Science & Risk* (CSA) (1981+)[subscription dropped]
provides comprehensive, timely information across the fields of public health, safety, and industrial hygiene, cited studies are geared to help researchers identify, evaluate, and eliminate or control risks and hazards from environmental and occupational
See Risk Abstracts and Health & Safety Science Abstracts - Sage Knowledge
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2,500 titles SAGE eBook including scholarly and reference works, handbooks, series, professional development titles, and more.
- SAGE Journalsfull text of hundreds of Sage journals in Sciences, Social Sciences & Humanities
- Sage Research Methods
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Full text of book, journal, and reference content to aid as students research design methodologies, understand and select methods, conduct research, and write findings.
Includes tools such as:
- Project Planner: find step-by-step guidance to complete your research project
- Which Stats Test: answer questions to see which statistical method is best for your data - Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Maps of Florida (1884-1923)illustrate the development of more than 130 Florida cities
- Sarasota County Water Atlasdesigned to provide citizens, scientists, professionals, and planners with comprehensive and current water quality, hydrologic, and ecological data, as well as information about recreational opportunities and a library of scientific and educational materials on water resource issues.
- SBRnet: Sports Business Research NetworkStatistics, market research, and publications on sports business, sales, and participation.
- School District Poverty Estimates (U.S. Census) (1995+)"The population and poverty estimates for each estimate-year are produced for all school districts identified in the most recent boundary update."
- School Enrollment (U.S. Census) (1946+)"collected annually in the October Current Population Survey (CPS) for the Nation."
- Science Citation Index Expanded (1965+)
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a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. - Science Direct (1997+)
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Full text scientific, technical and medical research journals, eBooks, Reference works, handbooks and book series published by Elsevier. - Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELOElectronic virtual library covering a collection of Spanish health scientific journals selected following pre-established quality criteria.
- SciFinder Scholar (CAS) (1907+)
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Bibliographic, compound and reaction information. First-time users must register. - SCImago Journal Rank Indicators (1999+)The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.).
- Scitation (American Institute of Physics) (1893+)Journals, conference proceedings and eBooks from AIP Publishing and AIP Member Societies such as American Association of Physics Teachers.
- Seminole County Water Atlasdesigned to provide citizens, scientists, professionals, and planners with comprehensive and current water quality, hydrologic, and ecological data, as well as information about recreational opportunities and a library of scientific and educational materials on water resource issues.
- Senior High Core Collection (H.W. Wilson - EBSCOhost)"a selective annotated list of fiction and nonfiction books for young adults in grades nine through twelve, along with review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists. It consists of fiction titles, nonfiction titles, and short story collections."
- Short Story Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson - EBSCOhost) (1915-1983)"a bibliographic index of short stories written in or translated into English that have appeared in collections and selected periodicals"
- Show Music on Record (Library of Congress)"provides a reference list for commercially-released show music recordings, starting with those captured on early cylinders in the late 19th century and continuing through compact disc productions of the early 21st century."
- SimplyAnalytics (Geographic Research)
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SimplyAnalytics "enables non-technical users to quickly create professional quality thematic maps and reports using extensive demographic, business and marketing data."
NOTE: Limited to 5 simultaneous users - Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)are produced for school districts, counties, and states.
You can view SAIPE estimates in tables or on a map online, or you can download Excel or text files to your computer. - Entrepreneurship (Gale Business)"Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites."
- Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)Search 1.89 million records, with links to 178,800 images, video and sound files from dozens of Smithsonian libraries, archives, museums, and specialized research units.
- Social Conflict in Africa Database (SCAD)"includes protests, riots, strikes, inter-communal conflict, government violence against civilians, and other forms of social conflict not systematically tracked in other conflict datasets. SCAD currently includes information on over 7,900 social conflict events from 1990 to 2011."
produced by Climate Change & African Political Stability (CCAPS) - Social Explorer- Census, 1790-2010+
- Religion, 1980-2010
See Research Guide for tips.
UCF subscription now allows for unlimited simultaneous access! - Social Science Research Network (SSRN)"is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences"
- Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) (1965+)
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a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences. - Social Sciences Index (H.W. Wilson) (1974-2004)[online access cancelled due to budget cuts]
paper index available: UCF ARC Main General Collection -- AI3.R492
"Subject coverage includes addiction studies, anthropology, community health & medical care, communications, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, urban studies and much more." - Social Security Programs Throughout the World (U.S. Social Security Administration)- Old age, disability, and survivors;
- Sickness and maternity;
- Work injury;
- Unemployment; and
- Family allowances - Social Services Abstracts (ProQuest) (1979+)Research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
- Social Work Abstracts (EBSCOhost) (1965+)offers extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides citations and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems such as homelessness, child and family welfare, and aging.
- Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) (1952+)
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Sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Includes information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. - Solid State & Superconductivity Abstracts (ProQuest) (1981+)"provides global coverage on all aspects of theory, production, and application of solid state materials and devices - as well as the new high- and low-temperature superconductivity technology, now highlighted in every issue."
- Something About the Author Online (SATA) (Gale)"examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people."
- Sources in U.S. History Online: The Civil War (Gale)"contains nearly 500 significant documents of the time--personal narratives, monographs, regimental histories, collected essays, sermons, songs, legal tracts, and political speeches"
- Speech Finder in LitFinder (Gale)Full text of speeches with references and citations. To search SpeechFinder, Search in LitFinder and set the Type of Work to Speech.
- SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering)the most extensive resource available on optics and photonics, providing unprecedented access to more than 200,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings.
- SPORTDiscus (EBSCOhost) (1975+)comprehensive, bibliographic coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines.
- Springer LINKProviding researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.
- Springer ProtocolsReproducible laboratory protocols in the Life and Biomedical Sciences.
On July 25, 2018, the Springer Protocols platform was deactivated. Springer Protocols are searchable on the new Springer Nature Experiments site. Click the title to be authenticated for access to full text of the protocols. SpringerProtocols can also be found on the Springer Link site. - SpringerMaterials - The Landolt-Börnstein Databaseis the world’s largest and most comprehensive research platform dedicated to information on materials, their properties and uses.
- STAT-USA* (U.S. Dept of Commerce)ceased existence after Sept. 30, 2010.
Links are provided to related content with statistics about the U.S. economy and international trade. - State & County Quick Facts (U.S. Census Bureau)People QuickFacts
Business QuickFacts
Geographic QuickFacts (land area & density) - State & Local Government on the Net"provides convenient one-stop access to the websites of thousands of state agencies and city and county governments"
- State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States (GODORT)In every US State and the District of Columbia, agencies are creating databases of useful information - information on businesses, licensed professionals, plots of land, even dates of fish stocking. Some of this content is available on search engines, but much of it is part of the invisible web.
- State Blue Books & Encyclopedias (GODORT)provides links to State Blue Books, which usually describe the organizational structure of state government and provide basic facts about the state
- State Contracts and Agreements (FL Dept of Management Services)"The State of Florida, Department of Management Services, Division of State Purchasing administers statewide contracts and agreements for use by Florida State agencies, local governments, educational institutions, and other entities as defined in 60A-1.005, Florida Administrative Code. Statewide contracts and agreements enable eligible users to pool their buying power to lower total costs and reduce administrative burden while complying with Chapter 287 Florida Statutes governing the purchase of products and services."
- STATS America (Indiana University)provides data profiles for states, counties and metropolitan areas, along with calculations, graphs, comparisons of time or geography, time series and maps
- States in Profile
- Counties in Profile
- County-Metro Side-by-Side
- County Peer Finder
- City-to-County Finder
- Industry Clusters
- Innovation Index
- Mapping Innovation
- Measuring Distress
- Occupation Clusters - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)- Multilateral Peace Operations Database
- Military Expenditure Database
- Arms Transfers Database
- Arms Embargoes Database
- National Reports Database - Story Finder in LitFinder (Gale)Full-text short stories plus explanations, biographies, pictures and more. To search Story Finder, Search in LitFinder and set the Type of Work to Short Story.
- High School Edition (Gale OneFile)a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
- Student Perception of Instruction (SPI) (University of Central Florida)is administered near the end of each term at UCF to give students the opportunity to assess their instructor's performance.
- Subsidyscope (Pew Charitable Trusts) (Archived 2012 Project)"Subsidyscope presented data and analysis on federal spending and subsidies across nine broad economic sectors, including agriculture; education; energy; health; housing; national defense; natural resources and environment; science, space, and technology; and transportation. Subsidyscope made this information more accessible to policy makers and the public by aggregating information from multiple government data sources, creating searchable data sets, and providing sector-specific analyses."
- Sustainability Science Abstracts (ProQuest) (1995+)
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explores all aspects of sustainable development, human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management. - Synthesis Digital Library (Springer)Morgan & Claypool's Synthesis Digital Library was acquired by Springer-Nature in 2022. These eBooks are now available on SpringerLink Each eBook is also in the Library's Primo Discovery service.
50- to 100-page electronic books that synthesize important research or development on topics related to engineering and computer science.
