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Complete List of Psychological & Brain Sciences Databases

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Ageline

Bibliographic references to the study of aging in psychological, health-related, social and economic contexts. (Ovid) Find It @ UofL More info

Archives

The online catalog of the UofL University Archives and Records Center is included in Minerva, the catalog for all UofL Libraries.

Biological Abstracts

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) Database Help More info

Books In Print

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) More info

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

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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. Database Help More info

Dissertations

EBSCO Academic

Indexing and abstracts for over 8000 publications with full-text for over half of the publications. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help

EBSCO Web

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) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library More info

ETS Testlink

"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. Database Help

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) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

HealthSTAR

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) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Journal Citation Reports

"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." More info

MEDLINE

Abstracted articles from medical journals.

Mental Measurements Yearbook

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) Database Help More info

Merck Manual of Medical Information - Home Edition

The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy. More info

Minerva

Catalog of items owned by the seven University of Louisville Libraries.

MIT Cognet

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) More info

Old Medline

Medline citations from 1958 through 1965, that were published in the Cumulated Index Medicus. (U.S. National Library of Medicine) More info

Ovid

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) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

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. Database Help More info

ProQuest Direct

Includes a cross-section of general periodicals, ABI/INFORM business periodicals, and several national newspapers in full-text. (ProQuest) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

ProQuest Research Library

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) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

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) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

PsycINFO

Provides indexing and abstracting for the professional and academic literature (books, book chapters, dissertations and 1300 journals) in psychology and related disciplines.
  • Ovid: includes PsycARTICLES (links to Minerva show UofL journal holdings); 1872 to the present Find It @ UofL Database Help More info
  • EBSCOhost: 1887 to the present. Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

PubMed

Abstracted articles from medical journals. See also Medline. (National Library of Medicine) Find It @ UofL More info

Science Citation Index

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) Database Help More info

ScienceDirect

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. More info

Social Sciences Index

Index to articles in the social sciences. (H.W. Wilson) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

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) Database Help More info

Social Work Abstracts Plus

Coverage of more than 450 journals in Social Work and related areas. (SilverPlatter) Database Help More info

Sociological Abstracts

Abstracts to articles from 2,300 journals on all aspects of sociology. (CSA) Find It @ UofL Database HelpMore info

Sociological Collection

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) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

Test Locator Service

Toxicology Abstracts

"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) Find It @ UofL Database HelpMore info

TOXLINE

"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) Find It @ UofL Database HelpMore info

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) More info

Web of Science

Indexes over 8000 primary journals by accessing Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. (ISI) More info

WorldCat

Books and other materials in libraries worldwide. (FirstSearch) Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

 

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