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Psychology Research Guides
General Psychology Encyclopedias *** Specialized Psychology Encyclopedias *** Psychology Handbooks
RESEARCH DATABASES FOR PSYCHOLOGY
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RESEARCH DATABASES for PSYCHOLOGY

PsycInfo
Premier database for Psychology. Abstracts from 2000+ journals, international coverage, 98% peer-reviewed. Links to full-text from approximately 500 journals. Abstracts for selected book chapters and dissertations.

OTHER USEFUL DATABASES::
Annual Review of Psychology and Annual Review of Clinical Psychology (select either or both under 'publications' on main Annual Reviews page)
Medline - Medicine; covers 4800+ journals, most peer-reviewed. Links to full-text from approximately 500 journals.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic - Medicine, allied health; abstracts for 800+ periodicals, approximately 60% peer-reviewed. Links to full-text from approximately 600 journals.
 Health Reference Center Academic - Medicine; scholarly and popular literature, with approximately 900 periodicals, reference works, and pamphlets. Approximately 50% full-text.
Clinical Pharmacology - drug monographs and patient education records for US prescription, experimental, and over-the-counter drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements.
CQ Researcher - substantive overviews of issues pertaining to goverment policy (including many psychology-related topics); prepared by congressional researchers.
Current Research @ Hofstra - Full-text PDF of Hofstra doctoral dissertations 1991 - present.
Dissertation Abstracts - abstracts of theses and dissertations from North America and Europe.

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last updated 4/20/06