ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts on the Web is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional.

ASSIA currently contains over 470,000 records from over 500 journals published in 16 different countries, including the UK and US.

Subject Coverage
Major areas of coverage include:

• Anxiety disorders
• Communication
• Criminology
• Cultural anthropology
• Education
• Ethnic studies
• Family
• Geriatrics
• Health
• Housing
• Marriage
• Nursing
• Unemployment
• Immigration
• Industrial relations
• Child abuse
• Legal issues
• National Health Service reforms
• Political science
• Psychology
• Race relations
• Religion
• Sociology
• Social work
• Substance abuse
• Urban planning
• Women's studies