Databases
Maxwell Library provides databases which are collections of magazines, trade publication, scholarly articles, newspaper articles, book chapters, and more. Online databases are excellent sources of information for research. Below is a list of suggested databases pertaining to this subject guide.
Online Resources
- Academic Search Complete [EBSCO] This link opens in a new windowFeatures full text for scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals as well as abstracts and indexing for many additional titles.
- Ageline [EBSCO] This link opens in a new windowIndex to over 200 sources with information relevant to aging and gerontology.
- Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts: Volume I [Proquest] This link opens in a new windowTranscripts of actual therapy sessions together with major reference works: include diaries, letters, autobiographies, oral histories, and personal memoirs along with full-text of the sessions.
- Health Source - Consumer Edition This link opens in a new windowProvides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health with searchable full text for nearly 150 journals.
- Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowProvides full text for over 255 health periodicals, over 1,065 health pamphlets, and 23 health reference books.
More Databases
- MEDLINE This link opens in a new windowThe premier database for articles from medical journals from around the world. This version also contains the full text for 80 biomedical journals.
- Nursing and Allied Health Collection This link opens in a new windowAll aspects of the Nursing profession from direct patient care to health care administration are covered in this collection. Including nearly 400 titles, this collection's current and authoritative content will be of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as student
- PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new windowThe database contains more than 45,000 articles from 57 journals - 46 published by the American Psychological Association and 11 from allied organizations.
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new windowThis database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles on topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowAbstracts and references for articles from professional psychology journals.
- Salem Health This link opens in a new windowProvides access to more than a quarter of the world's scientific and medical journal articles online. Topics include physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities. Dates of coverage: Varies depending on journal title, mostly 1995-
- Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIncludes extensive coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the database provides citations and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field. Four simultaneous users maximum.
- SocIndex with Full Text This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive sociology research database with more than 1,660,000 records. It contains full text for 344 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 129 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 700 books