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AgeLine AGELINE (1978 - present), produced by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), provides bibliographic coverage of social gerontology, which is the study of aging in psychological, health-related, social, and economic contexts. The delivery of health care to the older population and its associated costs and policies is particularly well covered, as are consumer, employment, and public policy issues. Cochrane Behavioral Medicine Field The Cochrane Behavioral Medicine Field database consists of over 5,000 records of systematic reviews, meta-analyses and randomized controlled trials of studies incorporating behavioral components in the interventions implemented or the outcomes assessed. Education Full Text (via Wilson Omni) - (Select Education Subject Area) Education Full Text provides comprehensive coverage of an international range of education-related English-language periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks. It includes the full-text of articles from hundreds of journals. Coverage includes 95 journals not covered by ERIC's CIJE. ERIC - (CSA Platform) The ERIC Database is a bibliographic database covering education-related documents and journal articles from 1966 to the present. ERIC - (OCLC FirstSearch Platform) The ERIC Database is a bibliographic database covering education-related documents and journal articles from 1966 to the present. Google Scholar - (How to Connect to Full Text with Google Scholar) Google Scholar is a version of Google that enables you to search for peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, and technical reports from broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. Identify papers that cite an article of interest in by following its "Cited by" link. Library Literature & Information Science Library Literature indexes and abstracts over 400 journals in library and information science. It provides the full-text of many journal articles, books, chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses, and pamphlets are also indexed. LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts abstracts over 440 periodicals from more than 50 countries and in 20 different languages. Coverage is 1969 to present. NYCdata A rich source of statistical data on New York City, compiled by the Weissman Center for International Business, Baruch College, CUNY. NYCdata includes data on subjects such as business and finance, health and welfare, and culture and sports. PEP: Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing The PEP (Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing) Archive is an integrated online collection of the backfiles of 17 premier psychoanalytic journals, such as the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis; the bulletins of both the American Psychoanalytic Association and the International Psycho-Analytical Association; and a collection of over 20 classic psychoanalytic electronic books. The e-books include Strachey's Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Volumes 1-24. Philosopher's Index The Philosopher's Index (1940 - present) provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, logic, and metaphysics as well as material on the philosophy of disciplines, such as law, religion, science, history, and education. Physical Education Index Physical Education Index (1970 to present) provides citations and abstracts to journal articles, conferences and reports in areas ranging from physical education curricula, sports medicine, and dance. Other coverage includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, reaction, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. Health education and physical therapy literature are also covered. PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) PILOTS is a bibliographic database produced at the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, while offering both current and retrospective coverage. Document types covered include journals, books, book chapters, pamphlets, technical reports, and materials in all languages. POPLINE - (POPulation information onLINE) POPLINE the world's largest database on reproductive health. It provides more than 300,000 citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues. PsycCRITIQUES PsycCRITIQUES is a searchable database of book and film reviews written from 2004 to the present. The reviews are of books and films in psychology. The database also contains book reviews previously published back to 1956 with Volume 1, Issue 1 of Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books. PsycEXTRA PsycEXTRA is a "grey literature" database that serves as a companion to the PsycINFO database. It contains a wide variety of credible information in psychology, behavioral science, and health. Most of the coverage is material written for professionals and disseminated outside of peer-reviewed journals. This information includes publications issued by private research institutes, psychology labs, corporations, scientific societies, disorder-related organizations, government agencies, and more. PsycEXTRA includes abstracts and citations plus full text for a major portion of the records. There is no coverage overlap with PsycINFO. Psych Evidence Matters Psych Evidence Matters is an information resource for evidence-based psychiatry. Using a simple ask-a-question interface, Psych Evidence Matters retrieves peer-reviewed research results. Results are organized in an evidence-based manner into summary graphs or tables, based on therapy effectiveness, safety, and cost. The resource creates patient-customized answers via summarized, instant meta-graphs of all current research and best mental health practices from thousands of peer-reviewed journals. PsycINFO Produced by the American Psychological Association, PsycINFO contains citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports as well as citations to dissertations in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, and education. Coverage extends back to 1887. Also known as PsychINFO. RxAssist RxAssist offers a current, comprehensive database of patient assistance programs run by pharmaceutical companies to provide free medications to people who cannot afford to buy their medicine, and makes application forms available online. Created by Volunteers in Health Care (VIH), a national resource center for safety net organizations, which operates out of the Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention. Site is sponsored by Astra Zeneca. Free Registration required. Social Services Abstracts Social Services Abstracts (1979 - present) from CSA provides bibliographic coverage of research focused on social work, human services, and related areas such as social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,300+ serial publications as well as dissertations. Also included are citations to book reviews and extensive coverage of international journals. Some journal records include citing and/or cited references. Updated monthly. Social Work Abstracts The Social Work Abstracts database (1977 -) is produced by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations. It indexes over 400 journals from social work and related fields on topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, community organization, and more . Updated quarterly. Sociological Abstracts Sociological Abstracts (1952 - ) provides access to the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines. The database includes abstracts of journal articles selected from over 2500 journals, abstracts of conference papers, relevant dissertation listings from Dissertations Abstracts International, enhanced bibliographic citations of book reviews, and abstracts of selected sociology books. Cited and citing references are available for some journal records. Web of Science The Web of Science provides web access to the citation indexes of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Included are Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Wilson Omni Wilson OmniFile: Full Text Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing access to content from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Full-text articles from five additional periodical databases are also included when available: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Library Literature & Information Science Full Text. |