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REL 4343 Saints, Sages, and Social Reformers: 3 Journal Databases

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Religion & Philosophy Collection

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Nearly 250 full-text articles cover topics in world religions major denominations biblical studies religious history epistemology political philosophy philosophy of language moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Total publications indexed 268
Number of Journals: 223
Number of Magazines: 45
Reason to Use: It contains all Religion and Philosophy journals

SocINDEX

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Contains articles from journals and magazines, plus books and conference papers on all aspects of sociology. The full text in the title means that for some the resources, the entire resource in available in the database.

Total publications indexed 5809
Number of Journals: 4134
Number of Books: 1079
Magazines 414
Reason to Use: It contains many sociology journals--which is where you could find social reformers

Academic Search Complete

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This database covers many subjects found at colleges and universities. Contains articles from thousands of journals, magazines, news sources, and videos from the Associated Press.

Total Number of publications indexed 17,989
Total Number of academic journals 15,991
Total Number of magazines 1,757
Total Trade Publications 239
Reason to Use: It Contains a lot of journals--"Something for everybody"