Fully abstracted, Sociological Abstracts provides access to the latest worldwide scholarly findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and policy science. The database also contains major and minor descriptors taken from the Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms. Entries cover sociological aspects of 29 broad topics about society, including anthropology, business, collective behavior, community development, disaster studies, and more. This release incorporates several new features, including image files, within the database. According to SilverPlatter, Major Companies Database provides in-depth information on over 80,000 companies in more than 180 countries outside of North America.
Information indexed includes private, public, and state-owned organizations.
The data is updated constantly using questionnaires, fax, and telephone interviews by researchers in each country. Each listing contains complete address information, description of business, financials, executive information, SIC codes, country of incorporation, job title, industry, global affiliations, and company size. It is available via the Internet, CD-ROM, or hard disk and covers the current year. Updates are published quarterly. The database can be purchased by region or complete set.