Databases: S

Some databases are restricted to the Washington University community. Information about access from outside WU campuses.

• Safari Tech Books Online (8 concurrent users allowed)
  Full-text. Collection of over 5,000 full-text electronic books on computing, databases, networking, operating systems, programming, software engineering, .NET, Cisco products, Web design, Java, XML and more. More info
• Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods (2008)
  Full-text. 'Researchers and practitioners at all levels, and across disciplines, will benefit from this encyclopedia, as it defines and explains core concepts, describes the techniques involved in the implementation of qualitative methods, and presents an overview of qualitative approaches to research.' (from Introduction to ebook on the site)
• Sanborn Maps of Missouri (1867 - 1970)
  Sanborn fire insurance maps for cities and towns in Missouri, providing detailed property and land-use records. More info
• SBRnet
  SBRnet focuses on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry. It's mission is to provide a continuously updated resource featuring market research and industry news covering all facets of the industry…sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing.
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1988 - )
  Online access to the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, including the archive from 1988 to the present. Please note that while you can search the archive for free, full-text articles are not free on the web. The Libraries do have this newspaper on microfilm. Please ask at the Olin Library Help Desk for assistance. More info
• Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film (2007)
  Full-text. '...provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to film and film studies, covering such aspects as production, national traditions, studios, genres, critical theory and film history.' (from ebook homepage)
• SCI-TECHnetBASE
  Full-text. Over 3,100 full-text books across the sciences, fully searchable and browsable. More info
• Science Citation Index Expanded, via Web of Science (1980 - )
  Journal index. A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes over 6,650 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines, with all cited references captured. Updated weekly. More info
• Science of Synthesis
  Reference book: the entirely new edition of the acclaimed reference series, Houben-Weyl. More info
• ScienceDirect
  Electronic journals. Some are subscribed by WU Libraries (available full-text); some are not. Click on Search to search all titles. More info
• science.gov
  Journal indexes and other materials. Information provided by 10 U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. Allows multidatabase searching across up to 10 files, such as ERIC, PubMed, Agricola, USDA Integrated Taxonomic Informati on System, NSF Publications, U.S. Patents, and many more. More info
• SciFinder Web (4 concurrent users allowed)
  Journal Index. Chemical Abstracts database, covering journals in chemistry and related fields. Now available via the web, but requires individual registration. Registration form for Danforth campus users. More info
• Serials Directory
  Full-text. Directory of bibliographic information for popular U.S. and international serials from over 85,000 publishers with over 155,000 titles and historical data for over 20,000 titles. Updated quarterly. More info
• 17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
  Full-text. 'The newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. The present digital collection ...totals almost 1 million pages and contains approximately 1,270 titles.' More info
• Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive, Part I
  Full-text. '...includes documents from the United States and Europe, as well as other parts of the world. In addition to newspaper collections and books published in the antebellum era, Slavery and Anti-Slavery contains documents from several archives originally available only on microfilm. This first iteration, Debates over Slavery and Abolition, contains over 1.5 million cross-searchable pages, 7,247 books, 80 serials, more than fifteen manuscript collections, & court records...' (from database homepage)
• Social Explorer
  'Social Explorer is a detailed reference tool for current and historical Census data from 1790 to 2000. ...explore Census data visually through the use of interactive data maps and also browse and download Census data in convenient formats for offline processing.' More info
• Social Science Research Network
  Consists of "an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 30,900 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 15,000 downloadable full text documents." More info
• Social Sciences Abstracts
  Access to this database has ended. Please try Academic Search Premier, which indexes many of the same journals, or contact your subject librarian for other suggestions.
• Social Sciences Citation Index, via Web of Science (1980 - )
  Journal index. A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It indexes over 1,950 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Updated weekly. More info
• Social Services Abstracts (1980 - )
  Journal index. Indexes current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development More info
• Social Work Abstracts (1966 - ) (8 concurrent users allowed)
  Journal index. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc., this database contains records from social work and other related journals on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more. More info
• SocINDEX with Full Text (1895 - )
  Journal index, some full-text. Provides comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. Access provided to WU by the Social Work Library. More info
• WU access to Sociological Abstracts has been discontinued. Please try SocINDEX above.
• SourceOECD
  Full-text. SourceOECD is the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's online library of statistical databases, books and periodicals. More info
• SpaceLine, via PubMed and NLM Gateway (1961 - )
  Index covering journal articles, technical reports, books and book chapters, etc., about space flight research and basic research related to the space life sciences. Updated weekly. More info
• Spanish Books in Print
  Information about in-print, forthcoming, audio, video, and out-of-print Spanish-language titles, and detailed publisher information.
• Specs & Standards (formerly Tech Data Xpress)
  Specs & Standards is a comprehensive index of standards from more than 450 standards organizations. More info
• SpringerLink
  Electronic journals and books. Some are subscribed by WU Libraries (available full-text); some are not. More info
• Springer Images
  Scientific images, photos, graphs, histograms, figures, and tables from ImagesMD and Springer publications. Access is due to a subscription by the Becker Medical Library.
• Springer Protocols
  Full text. Database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the Life and Biomedical Sciences.
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Full-text encyclopedia. Free on the web, though WUSTL Libraries does support this project financially.
• The Statesman's Yearbook Online
  Full-text. Reliable, concise information on any country in the world.
• STAT-USA
  'STAT-USA/Internet, a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government.' Note: userid and password required to access some data; ask at Help Desk for assistance.
• Statistical Abstract
  "The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States." Chapter headings are currently given down the left side of the page. Notice that you can download the tables as spreadsheets from that column, or see the printed version (.pdf) or earlier editions from the toolbar across the top.
• Statistical Abstracts, Historical
  This site provides links to .pdf versions of earlier editions of Statistical Abstract of the United States, and to the Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970. As such, it can provide useful information about trends over time, or 'snapshots' of the country at a given point in time.
• Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa (Aluka)
  Full text. 'The struggles for freedom in Southern Africa were both a regional and global phenomenon. As such, documentation of the struggles is scattered around the world, reflecting the history itself: colonial rule, dispersion of exiles, international intervention, and worldwide networks that supported successive generations of resistance within the region. The Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa Collection brings together materials from various sites throughout the world and makes them available online...' (from database intro page) More info
• Substance Registry System
  Identification information on more than 70,000 chemicals and other substances, from the U.S. EPA. More info
• Survey of Current Business
  A U.S. Department of Commerce monthly publication that provides data on U.S. business on the regional, national, and international levels. Among statistical series covered are personal income, inventories and sales, national income and product accounts, foreign direct investment in the United States, U.S. direct investment abroad, international transactions, and gross state product.