Electronic Databases: Psychology

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Access: NCCU campus, and remote.  Students, faculty, and staff may access these databases from any campus location (or via NCCU's Web VPN). For remote (off-campus) access, you can obtain a password from the Reference Department.

These databases are on CD-ROM and are located in the School of Business.

Accessible only on NCCU campus.  Any student, staff, or faculty member may access this database from anywhere on campus (or via NCCU's Web VPN).

World Wide Web database.  Anyone may access this database from anywhere in the world.

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Academic Search Premier via EBSCOhost Coverage: Provides abstracts and indexing for over 3,200 scholarly journals covering a wide variety of subject areas from 1984 to present. Includes many complete articles from over 1,000 journals including 380 journals dating back to 1990. ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts via CSA Coverage: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts on the Web is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA provides a comprehensive source of social science and health information for the practical and academic professional. ASSIA currently contains over 375,000 records from over 500 journals published in 16 different countries, including the UK and US.

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   Cabell's Directory via Cabell Publishing, Inc.

    Coverage: Publishing directories of publishing opportunities in the following areas: accounting,

    economics and finance, management, marketing, educational curriculum and methods,

    educational psychology and administration, and psychology.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) via NC LIVE Coverage: Information regarding health promotion and disease prevention CINHAL w/Full Text via EBSCOhost Coverage: Indexing for 2,717 journals and full text for 320 journals. PDF backfiles to 1982 are also included. Covers nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/ complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. CQ Researcher Online via CQ Press Coverage: The CQ Researcher provides original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world. Each 12,000-word report is a unique work, investigated and written by a seasoned journalist. Published 44 times a year, CQ Researcher reports offer in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy. Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection via CSA Coverage: It covers such subjects as Criminal justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence. 1976-Current.

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Education Full Text via H.W. Wilson Co. Coverage: Education Full Text brings you comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Full text of articles, with indexing cover to cover, from hundreds of journals, make this a one-stop source for research. Coverage includes about 79 journals (37 with full text) not covered by ERIC’s CIJE. Included are up-to-date subject headings keeping pace with today’s changing issues and terminology. Graphical content also adds a key dimension to research—PDF page images accompany full text articles, offering both words and images. Education Research Complete via EBSCOhost Coverage: Education Research Complete is the definitive online resource for education research. This massive file offers the world's largest and most complete collection of full text education journals. It is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,780 journals, as well as full text for more than 870 journals. This database also includes full text for 71 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.

ERIC via EBSCOhost via NC LIVE Coverage: Indexes over 750 journals in the field of education from 1966 to present. Includes full text of ERIC Digests from 1967 to present. ERIC via the US Department of Education Coverage: Educational journals and documents, including conference papers, policy papers, and documents from a variety of sources. Expanded Academic ASAP via Gale Coverage: From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images. 1980 - Current.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library via Gale Coverage: Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries.

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   Journals@Ovid

    Coverage: Includes over 45 essential and highly cited scientific, technical, and medical journals.

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Mayo Clinic Health Oasis via NC LIVE Coverage: An excellent consumer source of information. Editors of the site include over 1,200 physicians, scientists, writers and educators at the Mayo Clinic, a non-profit institution with   more than 100 years of history in patient care, medical research and education. The site is an extension of the Mayo Clinic commitment to provide health education to patients and the general public. MEDLINEplus via National Library of Medicine Coverage: MEDLINEplus has extensive information for health professionals and consumers from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on hundreds of diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.

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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine via NC LIVE Coverage: Explores complementary and alternative healing practices such as aromatherapy, acupuncture, and herbal medicine. Offers resources and pamphlets.   National Institute of Mental Health via NC LIVE Coverage: Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of various mental illnesses. Included are brochures and information sheets, reports, press releases, and fact sheets. NC Health Info via NC LIVE Coverage: NC Health Info allows people to search for web sites of local health services across the state of North Carolina. Covering topics from Alzheimer's Disease to yoga, NC Health Info serves to connect people to health services (health care providers, support groups, wellness programs, etc.) in their local community. Through integrated links with MedlinePlus, a comprehensive consumer health web site from the National Library of Medicine, users can also access quality, up to date information on over 600 health conditions and diseases as well as wellness topics, drug information, and more.

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PILOTS Database via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Coverage: The PILOTS bibliographic database, covering the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress, is produced at the headquarters of the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in White River Junction, Vermont. The PILOTS database is 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, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage. PsychINFO (Psychology) via EBSCOhost Coverage: Indexes and abstracts over 1300 journals in psychology and related disciplines from 1887 to present.

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SIRS Knowledge Source via Social Issues Resource Series, Inc. Coverage: Full text searchable database of many subjects including the sciences, medicine, business and economics, government, international studies, African American studies. Coverage: 1989 - present.

Social Science Citation Index via Web of Science Coverage: Indexes and abstracts major sources in the Social Sciences. May also do a cited reference search. 1994 to present. State Center for Health Statistics via NC LIVE Coverage: SCHS is responsible for data collection and research, production of reports, and maintenance of a comprehensive collection of health statistics. They have published a wide variety of reports in the past and are in the process of adding them to their Web site. Currently included are several compilations of mortality statistics (including one devoted to cancer), the "North Carolina Pocket Guide" of health statistics, "Vital Facts about Life in North Carolina", and a start toward providing pregnancy and birth statistics.

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WorldCat via OCLC FirstSearch Coverage: Union catalog of materials held in libraries world-wide.

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