Research Databases for
Human Sciences
Choose from core research databases, health databases, encyclopedias, related databases and selected web pages. Librarians are available to suggest research strategies.
Resources with Full-Text
Resources with Audio, Video or Art Images
Core Research Databases
Academic Search Complete by EBSCOhost
A large, multi-disciplinary database with citations, abstracts and many full-text articles.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Ageline
Provides bibliographic references and abstracts for materials related to aging and gerontology.
Type: Index with Abstracts
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Provides full-text from over 200 journals in the fields of communication and mass media. Coverage extends to speaking, writing and public relations.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Counseling and Therapy in Video
The online resource provides actual therapy sessions, re-enacted therapy sessions and scripted scenes to illustrate techniques. The resource also contains additional content from professional therapists including interviews and presentations.
Type: Streaming Video
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Provides coverage of nearly 550 full-text journals in the social and human sciences fields.
Type: Index with some Full-text
PsycINFO with PsycARTICLES
Provides extensive coverage in the field of psychology including the full-text of over 50 journals published by the American Psychological Association.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Health Databases
Alt Health Watch
Provides full-text back to 1990 for more than 140 alternative health publications.
Type: Index with some Full-text
CINAHL
The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature provides indexing for over 2,737 journals in nursing, health disciplines, biomedicine and many other areas.
Type: Index with Citations
Health Source
Provides articles from more than 550 journals with a focus on health, medicine, nursing, pharmacology and prescription drugs.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Lexi-PALS Drug Guide
Provides over 1400 advisory leaflets for common medications with information about side effects, warnings and basic pharmacology.
Type: Full-text
Medline
Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences and much more.
Type: Index with Citations
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior
Covers the social, medical, legal and political aspects related to drugs and alcohol.
Type: Full-text
Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Includes brief articles on all major conditions discussed in the DSM-IV.
Type: Full-text
Encyclopedia of Mental Health
Includes articles on major issues in the field including diagnosis, scales, medications and treatment.
Type: Full-text
Encyclopedia of Senior Health
Focuses on aging and society's response to caregiving for an aging population.
Type: Full-text
Related Databases
Article First
A large, multi-disciplinary index covering over 15,000 scholarly and popular journals.
Type: Index with Citations
JSTOR: Arts and Sciences Collection
Provides a retrospective, full-text collection that includes many of the core research and society published journals in key fields in the humanities and social sciences.
Type: Full-text
Selected Web Pages
American Psychological Association
The official APA web site offers resources for professionals and students.
Type: Web Page
Internet Resources on Aging
The AARP sponsored site provides a directory of online resources on issues related to aging.
Type: Web Page
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