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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 Digital Media
Core Research Databases
Academic Search Complete by EBSCOhost
A large, multi-disciplinary database with citations, abstracts and many full-text articles.
Type: Full-text
AgeLine
Covers social gerontology and aging studies with an emphasis on psychology, social work and public policy.
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: Digital Media
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
Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
Presents summaries of major illnesses and includes discussion of symptoms, biology and treatment.
Type: Full-text
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
AgeSource/AgeStats Worldwide
The international branch of the AARP provides access to sources and statistical information from around the world.
Type: Web Page
American Psychological Association
The official APA web site offers resources for professionals and students.
Type: Web Page
Classics in the History of Psychology
The digital collection provides over 20 books and 200 documents in the public domain. Coverage is from ancient times to the early 20th Century.
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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