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Glickman Library - Portland Branch

Psychology

Indexes & Databases

  • Academic Search Premier
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Provides full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications of which 3,100 are peer reviewed. Academic areas of study include: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

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  • ERIC - Education (EBSCO)
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Coverage: From 1966
    The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) provides a database of journal and non-journal education literature for K-12 teachers, school administrators, education faculty, school psychologists and education students. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. This database contains more than 1.2 million citations going back to 1966. More than 110,000 full-text non-journal documents (from years 1993-present) are included in the database. The EBSCO version connects to many full-text journal articles through Linked Full Text and Article Linker.

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  • Handbook of Psychology
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    This 12-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-burgeoning discipline of psychology. This resource is a comprehensive collection of psychology literature reviewing virtually every core as well as contemporary topic in the subject area, from the established theories to the most modern research and developments.

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  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Coverage: From 1973
    CSA LLBA abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1500 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, and dissertations.

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  • Mental Measurements Yearbook
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Coverage: From 1985
    Covers more than 2,200 commercially available tests in categories such as achievement, aptitude, behavioral assessment, developmental, educational, intelligence, neuropsychological, personality, sensory motor and speech & hearing.

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  • PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress)
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Not Available
    Coverage: 1871-Current
    The PILOTS bibliographic database, covering the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress, is produced at the headquarters of the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in White River Junction, Vermont. The PILOTS database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage. Update Frequency Monthly.

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  • PsycARTICLES
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Coverage: From 1985
    PsycARTICLES™ is a database of full-text articles from 53 psychology journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals with the exception of ads and editorial board lists. The database is updated daily.

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  • PsycINFO
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Index to the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Coverage includes references and abstracts to over 1,300 journals in more than 20 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language. The database includes information from empirical studies, case studies, surveys, bibliographies, literature reviews, discussion articles, conference reports and dissertations. Updated weekly.

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  • Sociological Abstracts
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Coverage: From 1974
    Covers sociology and related disciplines including anthropology, criminology, demography, education, gerontology, mental health, minority studies, political science, public health, social psychology, social work, urban studies, welfare programs, and women's studies. Comprehensive and international in scope. Covers about 2,600 journals in 30 different languages from 55 different countries. Also includes books, conference papers,and doctoral dissertations.

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  • Steven's Handbook of Experimental Psychology
    Format: Internet
    Remote Access: Available
    Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology, Third Edition is the only multi-volume reference in the field of experimental psychology. This offers comprehensive coverage of the latest research findings, as well as the most recent contributions in experimental psychology and methodology. It covers a wide variety of subjects including perception and sensation, memory, cognitive neuroscience, behavioural genetics, learning, language, reasoning, culture, motivation, emotion and methodology.

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Tutorials


Carolyn Hughes
Head of Acquisitions and Serials
Psychology Dept. Liaison

Phone: 780-4671
E-mail: hughes@usm.maine.edu
Glickman Library, Portland

B. Havens

For research assistance by phone, email, or appointment, please contact me directly or use the Ask-A-Librarian Web page.

 


Subject Guides:
Education & Counseling
Psychology
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Tests & Test Reviews

Course Guides:
None Listed

 


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