Table 3.

ProQuest Databases Searched.

ProQuest Database Description/Subject Coverage
ABI/INFORM Global A ProQuest database for business, management, trade news; professional publications; SSRN working papers
American Periodicals General interest American periodicals; broad societal and cultural coverage
Dissertations & Theses @ Big Ten Academic Alliance Multidisciplinary dissertations and theses from Big Ten institutions
Education Research Index (ERIC; 1966–current) Unified ERIC + Supplemental Education Index; education research literature
ERIC (1966–current) Education and related topics; journal articles, government documents, theses, reports
Ethnic NewsWatch Collection Ethnic and minority publications; journal articles across social sciences and humanities
History Vault Manuscript and archival collections; digitized historical primary sources
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (1973–current) Theoretical and applied linguistics, psycholinguistics; journal articles, dissertations
PAIS Index (1914–current) Public affairs, social policies, international relations; gray literature and government documents
Periodicals Archive Online Full-text archives of arts, humanities, and social sciences scholarly journals
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global Multidisciplinary dissertations and theses; 6 million records from 70+ countries
ProQuest Recent Newspapers: Chicago Tribune (2008–current) Digitized Chicago Tribune newspaper archive
PTSDpubs (1871–current) Literature related to traumatic stress; journal articles in health and social sciences; produced by the US Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD (formerly PILOTS).
Publicly Available Content Database Full text of publicly available content from diverse global sources
Sociological Abstracts (1952–current) International sociology literature; includes Social Services Abstracts
US Newsstream Collection (1980–current) US news content; top newspapers, newswires, and news sites in full text
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1909–current) International political science and international relations; journal articles, dissertations

ERIC, Education Resources Information Center; PAIS, Public Affairs Information Service; SSRN, Social Science Research Network.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2026; 17(3): e0021. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2026 July 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10581