Databases
Subject Guides to Journal Articles | Reference Sources
Databases are computerized subject guides to magazines, journals, newspapers, and other materials. For more choices than those listed below, go to the Jackson Library home page, then click on Databases.
Subject Guides to Journal Articles
PsycINFO
- Abstracts for over 1,300 periodicals, book chapters and books in psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry and sociology.
- Large number of foreign language titles. Jackson library owns many of the core, English-language titles.
- 1872 to present
- More info
- Full text of about 40 journals from the American Psychological Assn, Canadian Psychological Assn, and Hogrefe ; Huber Publishers
- Covers basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research
- 1988 to present but varies by title
- More info
- Citations, abstracts and some full text for several thousand English-language general periodicals and scholarly journals dealing with all subject ateas including psychology and psychiatry.
- Includes unique or more in-depth full text coverage of about 20 psychology journals than the other databases.
- Most materials available in Jackson Library.
- 1980 to present; dates for full text vary by title
- More info
- Mix of 2,500 scholarly and popular journals from a variety of disciplines including psychology and social psychology, and educational psychology
- Includes unique or more in-depth full text coverage of about 15 psychology journals than the other databases
- 1971 to present; full text dates vary by title
- More info
- Our largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full text database.
- Abstracts and indexes over 7,900 journals (over 6,175 of those are peer-reviewed).
- Provides the full text of over 4,500 journals (over 3,600 of those are peer-reviewed).
- Covers psychology and sociology. Includes full text coverage of a some psychology journals not indexed elsewhere.
- Many materials available in Jackson Library.
- Dates of coverage vary by title but full text mainly from 1990.
- More info
Child Development and Family Studies
- Covers materials relating to the growth and development of children through the age of 21.
- Included are book reviews and abstracts from hundreds of journals, and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations that cover the biomedical and social sciences worldwide.
- 1927 to present
- Abstracts for more than 850,000 references to 750 education journals (EJ) as well as published and unpublished educational materials such as school system reports, conference papers, and research reports (ED).
- Useful for school psychology, behavioral issues in schools, learning skills, developmental psychology, counseling, and other related topics
- Largely English language
- Most journals (EJ) available in Jackson Library
- Most ERIC Documents (ED) available on microfiche on 2nd Floor Main in Jackson Library. Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk
- Some recent ED numbers available in full text
- 1966 to present
- More info on ERIC via EBSCO
- More info on ERIC via Institute of Education Sciences
Health
Source--Consumer Edition
- Provides full text from nearly 270 popular and scholarly periodicals and covering nutrition, exercise, mental health, medical self-care, drugs and alcohol, pop psychology and much more.
- Offers indexing and abstracts for an additional 430 periodicals and provides full text for over 1,090 pamphlets and 23 books
- 1984 to present; full text from 1990 to present
- More info
- Contains several million citations to international journals on medicine including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues and health care services. Includes psychiatry, psychology, geriatrics, neuropsychology.
- Many foreign language titles. Limited number of items available in Jackson Library
- 1965 to present but dates of coverage vary by database
- More info on PubMed
- More info on Medline Plus
- Indexes more than 8,100 peer-reviewed science and social science journals cover-to-cover, providing complete bibliographic data, full-length author abstracts, and cited references.
- The citation databases contain the references cited by the authors of the journal articles they cover. You can use these cited references as search terms. A cited reference search enables you to use a published work that you know to find other, later works that cite it.
- In addition to cited reference searching, you can search these databases by topic, author, source title, and address.
- Indexes articles, bibliographies, book reviews, editorials, letters, meeting abstracts, notes, review papers, reviews of software, and more
- Includes Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index.
- 1955 to date
Humanities and Social Science Retrospective
- Indexes the core scholarly, English-language journals published between 1907 and 1984
- Includes citations to more than 1 million articles, including book reviews.
Reference Resources
Mental Measurements Yearbook- Contains full text information about and reviews of English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, aptitude, intelligence, and related areas
- Does not have the full text of the tests
- 1985 to present
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- Descriptions of tests, citations to scholarly reviews of tests, and publisher contact information
- Describes over 10,000 tests and research instruments included in the Educational Testing Service Tests in Microfiche collection and the ERIC Document Reproduction Service, or described in journal articles or book chapters
- Tests listed in the collection are not available from ERIC/AE; however, if the contact information indicates the test is archived in the Tests in Microfiche collection at the ETS, that test usually is available in Jackson Library on microfiche LB1131 .T550 under the ETS tracking number
- 1989 to present
- More info
Psychology Resources
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