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Academic Search Premier
See Ebsco Academic.
Bibliographic references to the study of aging in psychological, health-related, social and economic contexts. (Ovid)

The online catalog of the UofL University Archives and Records Center is included in Minerva, the catalog for all UofL Libraries.
Comprehensive coverage of worldwide journal literature in the life sciences. Nearly 6,000 international journals are monitored for inclusion, representing virtually every life science discipline, including agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, ecology, immunology, microbiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, public health, and toxicology. (EBSCOhost)
Comprehensive database of bibliographic records for over 5 million book, audio book, and video titles. Also includes publishers catalogs, lists of 400 awards from 10 countries, and selected reviews. (Bowker)
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
See CSA
CINAHL
Provides indexing for over 1200 nursing, allied health and health sciences journals.
CSA (formerly Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Includes the following databases:
Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts,
ARTbibliographies Modern,
ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality,
ATLA Religion Database,
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals,
Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B),
Bibliography of the History of Art,
BioOne Abstracts and Indexes,
Communication Abstracts,
Conference Papers Index,
Criminal Justice Abstracts,
Ecology Abstracts,
EconLit,
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements,
Environmental Engineering Abstracts,
ERIC,
Health and Safety Science Abstracts,
Human Population & Natural Resource Management,
Index Islamicus,
Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A),
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts,
Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts,
National Criminal Justice Reference Service,
PAIS International,
Philosopher's Index,
Pollution Abstracts,
Risk Abstracts,
Social Services Abstracts,
Sociological Abstracts,
Sustainability Science Abstracts,
Toxicology Abstracts,
TOXLINE,
Water Resources Abstracts, and
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
Dissertations
Indexing and abstracts for over 8000 publications with full-text for over half of the publications. (EBSCOhost)
Accesses the 26 EBSCOhost databases sponsored by the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual Library: Academic Search Premier; Agricola; Business Source Premier; CINAH; Clinical Pharmacology; Eric; MEDLINE; MasterFILE Premier; Health Source -- Consumer Edition; Health Source -- Nursing/Academic Edition; EBSCO Animals; Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia; Middle Search Plus; Newspaper Source; Primary Search; PsycINFO 1887-current; Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection; Professional Development Collection; Regional Business News; Religion & Philosophy Collection; Sociology Collection; Pre-Cinahl; TopicSearch; Computer Science Index; Alt Health Watch; MAS Ultra - School Edition. (EBSCOhost)

"The ETS Test Collection includes an extensive
library of 20,000 tests and other measurement devices from the
early 1900s to the present. ... It was established to make
information on standardized tests and research instruments
available to researchers, graduate students, and teachers. The
tests in the collection were acquired from a variety of U.S.
publishers and individual test authors. Foreign tests are also
included in the collection, including some from Canada, Great
Britain, and Australia." Click on the Testlink icon; searchable by
keyword.
Evidence
Based Medicine Reviews
Full-text articles that review, compare, and synthesize the results of clinical trials done in all areas of clinical medicine. Compiled from Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Evidence-Based Medicine or ACP Journal Club. (Ovid)

Contains citations to literature on health services, technology,
administration, and research. Focuses on both the clinical and non-clinical
aspects of health care delivery. (Ovid)
"Journal Citation Reports is an essential, comprehensive, and unique resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from over 8400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide. Coverage is both multidisciplinary and international, and incorporates journals from over 3000 publishers in 60 nations."
Abstracted articles from medical journals.
- Ovid :

- EBSCOhost :

- FirstSearch:
- Old
Medline: citations from 1958-1965
- PubMed:

- Web of Knowledge: 1950 - present

The Mental Measurements Yearbook, from the Buros Institute, contains descriptive information and critical reviews of more than 2,000 commercially-available standardized English-language educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, achievement and intelligence tests. (SilverPlatter)
Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition
Catalog of items owned by the seven University
of Louisville Libraries.
Focused on cognitive and brain sciences, the database provides access to materials from MIT Press including reference works, journal articles, and proceedings abstracts. Some full-text. (MIT Cognet)
Medline citations from 1958 through 1965, that were published in the Cumulated Index Medicus. (U.S. National Library of Medicine) 
Ovid is a service which provides access to article databases.
Our libraries have access to the following Ovid databases: AARP Ageline,
CINAHL, Evidence Based Medicine Reviews, Health and Psychosocial Instruments,
HealthSTAR, Journals@Ovid Full Text, The Lancet Archive, Medline, and
PsycINFO. (Ovid)

ProQuest Digital Dissertations
Formerly known as Dissertations Abstracts International. Contains 1.6 million citations for dissertations and theses from over 1,000 graduate schools. Provides indexing back to 1861 and full-text availability to titles back to 1997 (full-text availability varies by author's institution). Free full-text downloads can be sent to an email account.

Includes a cross-section of general periodicals, ABI/INFORM business periodicals, and several national newspapers in full-text. (ProQuest)

Search for coverage of a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Some full-text. Includes the database formerly known as Periodical Abstracts. (ProQuest)

PsycARTICLES
Database of full-text journals from the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. PsycARTICLES is only searchable within the OVID version of PsycINFO.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
The Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database with nearly 470 full text titles covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. (EBSCOhost)

PsycINFO
Provides indexing and abstracting for the professional and
academic literature (books, book chapters, dissertations and 1300
journals) in psychology and related disciplines.
Indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. Includes and is searchable by references cited in each article. Maximum number of
simultaneous users: 13 (split between Arts & Humanities Citation Index,
Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Journal Citation
Reports). (ISI's Web of Science)

Indexing to journal articles in over 1,100 key scientific, technical, medical and social science journals published by Elsevier. Full-text access to articles in journals to which U of L subscribes to the print version. 
Social Sciences Citation Index
Indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines in the social sciences. Includes and is searchable by references cited in each article. Maximum number of
simultaneous users: 13 (split between Arts & Humanities Citation Index,
Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Journal Citation
Reports). (ISI's Web of Science)

The Sociological Collection is a comprehensive database with nearly 570 full text titles. This database provides information on all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. (EBSCOhost)
Test Locator Service
See ETS Testlink
"Specifically focused to meet the needs of toxicologists, Toxicology Abstracts covers issues from social poisons and substance abuse to natural toxins, from legislation and recommended standards to environmental issues." (CSA)


"This database provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from journal articles, monographs, technical reports, theses, letters, meeting abstracts, papers and reports on all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens." (CSA)


Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
"Profiles a quarter of a million academic journals, professional monographic series, electronic publications, conference proceedings, consumer magazines, newsletters, newspapers, 'zines, and other serials. Each entry includes publishing information, price, start date, whether the item is refereed, where it is indexed, and much more." (R.R. Bowker) 
Indexes over 8000 primary journals by accessing Science Citation
Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation
Index. (ISI) 
