Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that thirteen universities in Australia and New Zealand have selected Century of Social Sciences, a set of archival data (backfiles) covering research in the social sciences back to 1900, for their education and research needs. Century of Social Sciences expands the coverage of Web of Science, which provides easy access to more than 11,000 of the world's leading peer reviewed journals and 110,000 conference proceedings.
The 13 universities include Monash University, University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, University of Adelaide, Griffith University, University of Technology Sydney, Swinburne University, University of Auckland, University of Otago, University of Canterbury and Massey University.
Culled from over 300 prestigious journals, this archive of social sciences data makes information dating back to 1900 available to researchers, faculty, authors and students. These social science journals represent a collection of the oldest and most prestigious sources in their respective fields. Full bibliographic and cited reference data is available in disciplines such as communication, education, geography, history, law, political science, and public health. Century of Social Sciences also features extensive coverage of high-impact psychology journals, including key titles associated with Sigmund Freud.
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