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Article Databases and Indexes


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PsycINFO Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Covers all areas of psychology. Provides bibliographic citations and abstracts to articles from more than 1300 international journals in psychology and related fields. In addition, PsycINFO covers books, book chapters, and dissertations.
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PubMed Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. Link to mobile version of resource.
Primary source of journal article access for the health sciences - the campus version provides full text access to all MEDLINE e-journals subscribed to by the University of Minnesota TC Libraries.
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Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes

Academic Search Premier Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. Link to mobile version of resource.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly (peer-reviewed) publications back to 1975.
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Education Full Text Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
United States: Education Full Text offers full-text access to about half of the 500+ education journals indexed in it. While indexing began in 1983, abstracts were added starting in 1994. Full-text coverage began in January 1996 for selected journals. For more comprehensive research on education topics, both ERIC and Education Full Text should be searched as each includes unique resources. The scope is limited to English language periodicals and yearbooks. Education Full Text is an enhanced version of Education Abstracts.
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ERIC (Access via CSA) Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
United States and Other Countries: For Education Topics use ERIC CSA for Find It access to U of M e-journals; ERIC is the Education Resources Information Center. It provides access to education-related journal and non-journal literature. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, it provides full citations and abstracts for journal articles, books, curricula, government documents, dissertations, reports, and other educational materials.
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Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.
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PsycARTICLES Authentication Required
PsycARTICLES Database contains the full text of articles from APA (American Psychological Association) journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals, most from 1988 to the present. The articles are provided in HTML format for direct viewing and printing with your web browser.
Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty
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PsycBOOKS Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
A full-text database of APA books, classic books, and entries from the Encyclopedia of Psychology. PsycBOOKS is accessed via APA's PsycNET interface.
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PsycCRITIQUES Authentication Required
PsycCRITIQUES is a searchable database of book reviews in psychology.
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Web of Science (ISI) Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service. Link to mobile version of resource.
Indexes over 11,000 international journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Titles of the print equivalent are: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Coverage runs from 1975 to the present. Basic truncation symbol is the asterisk(*).
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General Reference Sources


Forms, Tests, Inventories

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print Authentication Required
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print, from the Buros Institute, contains the most recent descriptive information and critical reviews of new and revised tests from the Buros Institute's 9th and more recent Yearbooks. It offers evaluations of the latest assessments in education, psychology, business, law, healthcare, counseling, and management. In addition to test reviews, descriptions of the purpose, target population, administration, scores, price, author, and publisher for all listed tests are provided. Reviews are written by highly qualified professionals with expertise in a range of disciplines.
Beginning in 2010, the database provides a comprehensive record that combines the full text reviews with the citations from the print publications: Mental measurements yearbook; and: Tests in print.
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Tests in Print Authentication Required This database is enhanced by Find It: the University Libraries Linking Service.
Produced by the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska, Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language; TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
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Internet Resources


Electronic Texts

Developmental psychopathology - Vols. 1, 2, & 3
Editors: Dante Cicchetti and Donald J. Cohen; Paper copy is also available -- TC Wilson Library Quarto RC454.4 .D483 2006
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DSM IV Authentication Required
The most recent edition of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) is available online as part of the STAT!Ref File.
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Societies, Agencies, and Organizations


Official Agency & Organization Websites


National Center for Early Development and Learning
"NCEDL focuses on enhancing the cognitive, social, and emotional development of children from birth through age eight."
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No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
School reform legislation signed in to law on January 8, 2002, by President George W Bush.
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Statistics and Data


Statistical Resources

National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States and other nations.
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National Center for Health Statistics
Provides surveys, data, vital statistics, state data and news. NCHS data systems include data on vital events as well as information on health status, lifestyle and exposure to unhealthy influences, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care.
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NCES Annual Reports
From the NCES: The Condition of Education; The Digest of Education Statistics; Indicators of School Crime and Safety; Projections of Education Statistics; Education Statistics Quarterly.
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Library Information


Primary Subject Location

Wilson Library
Wilson Library houses the main humanities and social sciences collections of the University Libraries.
Campus: West Bank, Minneapolis Campus
Address: 309 19th Ave. S.
Telephone: Reference: 612-626-2227; Circulation: 612-624-3321
Main URL: http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/
Reference URL: http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Map URL: http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/OMWL/index.html
Hours URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/about/collections/wilson/hours

 

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