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Research Databases
(Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases)
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature)
CINAHL provides indexing for over 2,737 journals and contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1937 including information on nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative medicine, consumer health, nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of
practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters and other allied health disciplines. Full text of more than 620 journals and 218
books is included with coverage dating back to 1937.
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JSTOR
JSTOR is a database consisting of only full-text articles from interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals. Journals are included on the basis of number of subscribers the journal has, citation analysis, recommendations from
experts in the field, and the length of time that the journal has been
published. Coverage for each title begins with the first publication, with most titles ending coverage between three and five years ago.
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PsycINFO
PsycINFO is a department of the American Psychological Association. The PsycINFO database provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines including psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Sources for the database include over 1,800 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally.
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SAGE Full-Text Collections (e-journals)
SAGE Publications publishes over 460 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. The SAGE Full-Text Collections are discipline specific research databases and include:
Communication Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Education: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Health Sciences: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Management & Organization Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Materials Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Political Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Sociology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Urban Studies & Planning: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
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Social Sciences Abstracts
Covers some 350 core periodicals in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations.
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Reference Materials
Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence - BF724 .B487 2003
A five-part handbook covering: biological and genetic processes, the
social context of adolescence, developmental patterns and processes,
personal relationships, and problem behaviors.
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Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development - QP84 .C26 1998
A comprehensive and accessible account of the current understanding of the factors affecting human growth and development.
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Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science - BF31 .E52 2001eb
Contains approximately 2500 subject and biographical entries and close to 20,000 references covering all aspects of psychology.
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Dictionary of Statistics for Psychologists - BF39 .E927 1999
Definitions, mathematical details, numerical examples, graphs and illustrations for over 1,500 statistical terms used in Psychology.
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Encyclopedia of Health & Behavior - R726.5 .E53 2004
Designed with the overarching goal to collect together in a single resource the knowledge generated by this interdisciplinary field, highlighting the links between science and practice.
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Encyclopedia of Psychology - BF31 .E52 2000
This 8 volume set is an official American Psychological Association publication and includes bibliographical references and an index.
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Encyclopedia of the Human Brain - QP376 .E53 2002
Covering anatomy, physiology, neuropsychology, clinical neurology, neuropharmacology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and behavioral science, this four-volume encyclopedia contains over 200 peer reviewed signed articles from experts around the world.
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Library Use: Handbook for Psychology - BF76.8 .R43 2003
This book is designed to show how the library is best used for research in the area of Psychology.
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Psychologist's Companion: A Guide to Scientific Writing for Students and Researchers - BF76.8 .S73 2003
This guide details the American Psychological Association guidelines for Psychology papers. Also covered are misconceptions, commonly misused words, useful internet resources, and suggested steps for researching and writing.
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Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods - H62 .S244 2004
Provides a comprehensive, alphabetic array of essays of varying lengths on all aspects of social science research methods, with bibliographies and cross-references.
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Web Sources
American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States.
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AmoebaWeb
Provides over 2000 links to psychology content available on the Web.
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Dr. John Grohol's Psych Central
Regularly maintained by Dr. Grohol and a staff of contributing editors,
Psych Central is a good source for mental health information, and it
provides annotated guides to the most useful websites, newsgroups, and
mailing
lists online today in mental health, psychology, social work, and
psychiatry.
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Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Searchable, online version of the 17th (1999) edition of this general medical text.
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Psych Web
A collection of resources that includes journals, professional associations and societies, and other on-line resources as well as career planning and graduate school information.
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Periodicals
ejournal locator (SFX)
The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library.
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WebCat Search Hints - Subject-specific hints for searching the library catalog
- To find books related to a specific school of Psychology type the name of the school of Psychology in WebCat basic search and click the Subject button. WebCat may prefer different related terms. (ie: Behaviorism Psychology instead of Behavioral Psychology)
- To find books about a psychologist enter the last name in WebCat basic search and click the Subject button.
- To find books by a psychologist enter the last name in the WebCat basic search and click the Author button.
- To locate bibliographies on the author go to the Advanced WebCat search screen. Enter the psychologist's last name in the first box. In the second box, enter the word bibliography and select Subject in the drop-down menu.
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