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- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Academic Search Complete offers an enormous collection of full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. In addition, it includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more.
- APA PsycArticles (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Find journal articles published by the American Psychological Association.
- Gale Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window Contains essays on the pro and con of various aspects of most issues. Also contains newspaper, magazine, and journal articles about social issues.
- OmniFile Full Text Select (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Use for academic journal articles. Good coverage of social work.
- ProQuest Psychology Journals This link opens in a new window Use for professional and peer-reviewed journal articles. Contains most of the leading psychology journals.
Topic Overviews
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window Includes in-depth reports on a variety of controversial topics.
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) This link opens in a new window Part of the DSM Library from Psychiatry Online.
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) This link opens in a new window This revised manual integrates the original published DSM-5 diagnostic criteria with modifications (mostly for clarity) for over 70 disorders, comprehensively updated descriptive text accompanying each of the DSM disorders based on reviews of the literature since the publication of DSM-5, and the addition of a new diagnosis, prolonged grief disorder, and symptom codes for reporting suicidal and nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior.
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window Collection of articles from encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources. Titles include:
Encyclopedia of Human Development by
The Encyclopedia of Human Development is the first comprehensive, authoritative, and informative reference work that presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts from the fields of psychology, individual and family studies, and education in a way that is not too technical. With more than 600 entries, this three-volume Encyclopedia covers topics as diverse as adolescence, cognitive development, education, family, gender differences, identity, longitudinal research, personality development, prenatal development, temperament, and more.
Publication Date: 2006
Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery by Publication Date: 2009
International Encyclopedia of Social SciencesPublication Date: 2008
Websites for Articles
- Chronicle of Philanthropy "Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas."
