Sage Publications to start "Full Text Collections" in January.Sage Publications This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. , CA), a publisher of books, journals and electronic media in the social sciences, has entered into a partnership with Cambridge Scientific Abstract (Bethesda, MD) to produce the Sage Full Text Collections. The online information resource will carry information under four main categories, "Communications Studies," "Criminology criminology, the study of crime, society's response to it, and its prevention, including examination of the environmental, hereditary, or psychological causes of crime, modes of criminal investigation and conviction, and the efficacy of punishment or correction (see ," "Politics and International Relations international relations, study of the relations among states and other political and economic units in the international system. Particular areas of study within the field of international relations include diplomacy and diplomatic history, international law, " and "Sociology." The target audience of faculty, researchers, students and practitioners will have access via site or campus-wide licenses. The four main data categories include: "Communications Studies," which will carry full text of 16 journals in journalism, mass communications, TV, and media studies; "Criminology," which will include text from 15 journals in such fields as criminal justice, policing and forensics See computer forensics. ; "Politics and International Relations," which includes text from 19 journals covering political science and government; and, "Sociology," which carries text from 29 journals on such topics as ethnic, gender and social studies. Each collection will include current issues and archived issues. |
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