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Recommended Databases: Psychology

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PsycARTICLES via Ebsco
PsycARTICLES is an online database containing full-text articles from 49 peer reviewed journals published by APA and allied organizations. Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology. MORE DETAILS...

1987+

PsycINFO via Ebsco
PsycINFO extensively covers psychological literature and includes relevant materials from related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior.
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1967+

Social Sciences Citation Index
Published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI); Delivered via the Web of Science platform.
The Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI®) and Social SciSearch® provide access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. They also cover individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world's leading science and technology journals. MORE DETAILS...


1991+
additional databases
Academic Search Elite via Ebsco
Broad coverage —including biological sciences, economics, communications, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and women's studies. MORE DETAILS...

Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1990+
The Cochrane Review Abstracts
The Abstracts of Cochrane Reviews are used inform people providing and receiving health care, and those responsible for research and teaching.
Criminal Justice Abstracts via SilverPlatter
Covers trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment, and sentencing. MORE DETAILS...

1968+
Current Contents Connect
A multidisciplinary current awareness Web resource providing access to complete bibliographic information from over 8,000 of the world's leading scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books. MORE DETAILS...

1998+
Dissertations & Theses via Proquest
The database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester; those published from 1980 forward also include 350- word abstracts, written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Of the millions of titles listed, UMI offers over 1.8 million in full text.

The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. MORE DETAILS...

Education Full Text part of WilsonWeb's OmniFile
Covers contemporary education issues, including government funding, instructional media, multicultural education, info technology, etc. MORE DETAILS...


Abstracts: 1994+
Full text: 1996+

then search within Omnifile
Elsevier Science Direct
Access to the full text of 1,000+ scientific, technical, medical, mathematical, management and social science journals from Elsevier. MORE DETAILS...

1995+

ERIC via Ebsco (with links to full text ERIC Documents)
A complete bibliography of educational materials from the Educational Resources Information Center at the US Department of Education. MORE DETAILS...


Abstracts: 1966
Full text: 1996
General Science Full Text [a subset of Wilson Omnifile]
Covers astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, earth science, environmental issues, mathematics, medicine, physics, and zoology. MORE DETAILS...

Abstracts: 1993+
Full text: 1995+

choose Omnifile with Gen. Sci as subject

Health & Wellness Resource Center
Find magazines, journals, newspapers and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. MORE DETAILS...


1980+

Health Reference Center from IAC via InfoTrac
Provides access to the full text of 200+ allied health and medical journals, as well as health articles from consumer magazines and pamphlets. MORE DETAILS...


past 4 years

Health Source - Consumer Edition via Ebsco
Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.


Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1990+

Health Source Plus - Nursing/Academic Version via Ebsco
Provides full text from over 400 scholarly journals focusing on nursing, allied health, and other medical disciplines. MORE DETAILS...


Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1990+

IAC Health Reference Center via InfoTrac
Provides access to the full text of 200+ allied health and medical journals, as well as health articles from consumer magazines and pamphlets. MORE DETAILS...


past 4 years
MasterFile Select via Ebsco
Full text from over 750 general reference, business, consumer
health, general science, humanities, and multicultural periodicals. MORE DETAILS...

Abstracts: 1984+
Full text: 1990+
NARIC's Instant Disability Information Center
Abstracts of documents on disability and rehabilitation. Also: current research projects funded by the National Institute on Disability.
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Gateway
The Gateway allows searches from one Web interface, providing "one-stop searching" for many of NLM's information resources or databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed, etc.

PapersFirst via FirstSearch
Provides access to individual papers presented at worldwide meetings, conferences, expositions, workshops, congresses, and symposia. MORE DETAILS...


1993+
PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's.
Reader's Guide Full Text part of WilsonWeb's OmniFile
Covers the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the US and Canada. MORE DETAILS...

1994+

then search within Omnifile
Research Library via ProQuest Direct
Provides access to full-text journals across a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, literature, political science, and psychology.MORE DETAILS...

1971+
Science Direct via Elsevier
Access to the full text of 1,000+ scientific, technical, medical, mathematical, management and social science journals from Elsevier. MORE DETAILS...

1995+

Sirs Renaissance
Select full-text articles covering cultures, architecture, philosophy, religion and visual arts. MORE DETAILS...


1992+

SIRS Researcher
Select full-text articles covering a a variety of social, scientific, historic, economic, political and global issues. MORE DETAILS...


Abstracts: 1971+
Full text: 1991+

Social Sciences Full Text part of WilsonWeb's OmniFile
Covers the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, etc. MORE DETAILS...


Abstracts: 1994+
Full text: 1995+

then search within Omnifile

Social Services Abstracts via CSA
Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. MORE DETAILS...


1979+

Sociological Abstracts via CSA
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. MORE DETAILS...


1963+
TOXLINE via the National Library for Medicine
Covers the toxicological, pharmacological, biochemical, and physiological effects of drugs and other chemicals.

1965+

Web of Science: Science Citation Index Expanded
Produced by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) this multidisciplinary database covers 5,900 major journals across more than 150 scientific disciplines. MORE DETAILS...


1998+

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