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Psychology: Electronic Indexes & Databases
PsycINFO
1800-.
The American Psychological Association's international psychology database indexes journal articles, books and dissertations.
PsycINFO, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed.
The database also includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others.
Alternate name: Psychological Abstracts
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: Updated monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
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Scopus is an index to peer-reviewed scientific, medical, technical, and social science literature.
Scopus also features a citation index, allowing you to find the papers that cite a specific piece of research.
Vendor name: Elsevier
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD;
Smith, Caroline;
Stowers, Eva
Searchable articles from academic and professional journals and magazines covering every academic discipline.
This excellent one-stop resource lets you search citations and summaries by keyword and then instantly retrieve the full text of articles from journals online. The Get Text button helps you locate any article without linked full text in alternate online sources or in UNLV's print journal collection.
Alternate name: EbscoHOST, ASP
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
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Science and technology encyclopedia that also includes a collection of science news and student resources.
Access Science is the electronic version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. It also contains many paper-writing aids, such as science news headlines and a "student center" with study guides and suggestions for essay topics.
Alternate name: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Vendor name: McGraw-Hill
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD
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Index to scholarly literature from life science journals.
When searching Biological Abstracts for phrases like invasive species or cellular metabolism, be sure to include your phrase in quotations.
Alternate name: BIOSIS
Vendor name: Thomson ISI
Update frequency: Weekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Kotula, JD
Index of book reviews.
Provides citations and excerpts of reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books for children and adults. An abstract of each book is also provided. To be indexed in Book Review Digest, a book must have been published or distributed in the United States or Canada. A work of nonfiction must have received reviews in two or more of the periodicals on the Book Review Digest selection list. A work of fiction must have received reviews in at least three of the periodicals. Reviews of textbooks, government publications, and technical books in law and the sciences are excluded.
Vendor name: H. W. Wilson
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
More info: Print volumes available 1906-2003 in Index Area.
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Current and historical literature related to growth and development of children.
Child Development & Adolescent Studies provides citations to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. Book reviews, abstracts from hundreds of journals, technical reports, books, book chapters, and theses and dissertations covering biomedical and social sciences worldwide are indexed. Use this resource to search all issues of Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography.
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: annual
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Fabbi, Jennifer
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Online version of
Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography, 1928-2001 available in LASR.
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Full text of most dissertations produced after 1997; citations and abstracts for others.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses contains over 1.5 million entries, providing citations to North American and European dissertations from 1861 forward, with abstracts from 1980 forward. It also provides citations and abstracts for theses from 1988 forward. Full text of UNLV theses and dissertations available from 1996 to the present. Full text from all other institutions available from 1997 to the present.
Alternate name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Update frequency: Updated quarterly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Digital copies of more than 30,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Books and other materials are arranged in five main subject areas - business and economics, career and general education, computers, engineering and applied sciences, humanities, social/behavioral sciences and life/physical sciences. The ebrary reader is required to view books and can be downloaded for free from ebrary. A free account is needed In order to access some features (i.e. saving notes and highlights).
Vendor name: Ebrary
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
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Scholarly and popular journal articles, book chapters, and reports from the field of education.
Use ERIC to search abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, and reports from the field of education.
Subject indexing allows you to zero in on all the articles relevant to your topic.
ERIC digests offer overviews of significant scholarship on a topic.
Alternate name: Educational Resource Information Center
Vendor name: Ebsco
Update frequency: monthly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Fabbi, Jennifer
More info: The Get Text button links to the full text of journal articles that are available online; when an article is not available online, use the link to search the UNLV Library Catalog to discover if there is a print copy.
ERIC may also be searched via the
FirstSearch interface.
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Journal articles recording research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of family science, human ecology, human development, and social welfare.
Family & Society Studies Worldwide, produced by NISC, is a core resource providing the most comprehensive coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. FSSW covers popular issues as well as meeting the requirements of professionals in all fields of social work, social science and family practice. Coverage spans from 1970 to the present indexing publications from a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history and social work.
Vendor name: Ebsco Publishing
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Skarl, Susie
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Publications on gender issues
International publications as well as reports, pamphlets, papers, and conference proceedings devoted to gender issues.
Vendor name: ProQuest
Update frequency: quarterly
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More info: http://blogs.library.unlv.edu/lib-resource/2007/08/genderwatch_1.html
Database of grants, fellowships and scholarships for individuals and institutions.
Over 9,000 funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities can be located in this resource. Advanced and basic search features are offered as well as links to the websites of the funding organization. The database has an alert service that allows users to be notified of relevant funding. An expertise service allows individuals to create a profile by institution for others to view their activities.
Vendor name: Illinois Researcher Information Service
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Grays, Lateka
An archive of more than 700 important scholarly journals covering business, ecology, education, ethnic studies, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and sociology with content ending 3-5 years ago.
JSTOR digitally archives more than 700 scholarly journals. Subjects include African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, business, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, and mroe.
Vendor name: JSTOR
Update frequency: constant
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Finley, Priscilla
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Practice tests for GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, CBEST, Praxis I, TOEFL and a number of other standardized job and career tests.
LearningExpress Library is a full text test preparation and academic skills building database that includes practice tests for GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, CBEST, Praxis I, TOEFL and a number of other standardized job and career tests. Skills building components include Elements of Business Writing, Job & Career Success Skills (resume writing, interviewing tips), and math, reading, and writing skills. You will be asked to create your own free account and choose your own user name and password. This creates a space for you on the LearningExpress server so you can save tests and exercises and come back to them.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
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Books available for 1-3 day delivery to UNLV Libraries.
LINK+ is a book request service that uses a shared library catalog to allow UNLV students, staff and faculty to search for and borrow over 8 million books and documents from over 40 libraries throughout California and Nevada.
More borrowing options.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
Over 15 million records from medical and life sciences journals.
Searching Medline on the Web of Knowledge platform allows you to also search several other databases at the same time.
Alternate name: PubMed
Vendor name: Web of Knowledge
Update frequency: daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
Reviews of English-language personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, educational, achievement, and intelligence tests.
Produced by the Buros Institute, this database contains information from the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th Mental Measurements Yearbooks. Records contain descriptive information and critical reviews of over 2,200 standardized English-language personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, educational, achievement, and intelligence tests.
Subject coverage includes behavioral science, education, psychiatry, psychology, speech, language, and hearing.
Vendor name: Ebsco
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Fabbi, Jennifer
More info: Paper copies back to 1938.Search Tips
Digital copies of more than 3,000 complete books, reports and other resources covering all academic subject areas.
Browse e-books for quick research and reference or create a free account to check out items, create notes, and list favorites.
Vendor name: NetLibrary
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
Subject dictionaries and reference works.
Access to over 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works containing over 60,000 pages of material. Includes sources covering general reference, language, science, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and business. List of full text reference books.
Vendor name: Oxford University Press
Update frequency: Updated regularly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
Citations to papers from congresses, symposiums, conferences, expositions, workshops and meetings.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: Updated biweekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
Proceedings First
1993-.
Citations to published proceedings of congresses, symposiums, conferences, expositions, workshops and meetings.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: Updated biweekly
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
PsycARTICLES
full text
1987-.
Full text articles from 50 peer-reviewed journals published by the American Psychological Association.
PsycARTICLES provides the full text for articles from 50 peer-reviewed journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations. The database covers general, specialized, basic, applied, and clinical psychology, and theoretical research. It contains more than 32,000 full text articles, letters to the editor and errata.
Vendor name: Ebsco
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
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Online access to DSM-IV-TR and The American Journal of Psychiatry plus other references for diagnosis, treatment, research, professional development, and lifelong learning.
The DSM-IV is a standard resource for diagnosis in Psychology.
Alternate name: DSM-IV
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
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Full text of 35 psychology journals published by SAGE and participating societies.
Includes the full text of 35 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 36 years, and encompasses over 21,600 articles. It covers such subjects as Psychology, Child Development, Family Studies, Language Acquisition, and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
40 online encyclopedias in the social sciences, education and history.
An online collection of more than 40 reference titles from Sage Publications. Reference titles cover a variety of subjects including history, sociology, psychology, criminal justice, political science, communications, social work, education and business.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Heaton, Shelley
Journals from Sage Publishing.
Contains over 460 journals in various disciplines including Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies & Planning published by SAGE Publications and participating societies.
Vendor name: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Haslam, Michaelyn
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Web of Knowledge
The Science Citation Index Expanded ® provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in approximately 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines.
Tests in Print
A bibliography of commercially available tests in fields such as education, psychology and business.
The record for a test provides valuable information about the test and links to available reviews in the online Mental Measurements Yearbook.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Stowers, Eva
Links to government web sites.
Government information resources include Congressional laws and hearings, nutrition, crime, diseases, endangered species, immigration, and much more. The U.S. federal government is also the world's greatest collector and publisher of statistics. UNLV Libraries’ tangible collection of government publications is located in Lied Library on the second floor and in LASR (Lied Automated Storage and Retrieval). Ask for assistance at the service desk or call 895-2200.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Lowe, Sidney
Browse DVDs available by subject area.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Ipri, Tom
UNLV Library Catalog
Find out which books, encyclopedias, periodicals, audiovisual items, maps and government documents are available from UNLV Libraries by searching the library catalog.
The LOCATION and CALL NUMBER information helps you physically locate each item in the library.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: Del Bosque, Darcy
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To discover whether UNLV Libraries offers online access or owns a print copy of a particular journal, search for the name of the magazine or journal in this list.
A link to "University of Nevada Las Vegas Holdings" will show you information about print copies of the journal. Links to online subscriptions will list the range of dates available for that journal.
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information
WorldCat
11th century -.
Use WorldCat to search the holdings of academic, public and special libraries around the world.
This union catalog contains records of books and other items in libraries worldwide. Items owned by UNLV Libraries are indicated; UNLV students, faculty and staff may request books via Document Delivery Services.
Vendor name: OCLC FirstSearch
Update frequency: Updated daily
UNLV Libraries Subject Librarian: UNLV Libraries Research & Information;
Heaton, Shelley
Psychology: Electronic Journals 
