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Articles (from journals)
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
Find author-developed instruments in PsycINFO:  

     impulsiveness
  and
     scale or checklist or test or questionnaire or assessment
[more info]
Campus/Remote
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
An index with abstracts to educational periodicals and unpublished documents available since 1966 ... [more info]
Unrestricted
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines ... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Animal Behavior Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles relevant to animal behavior... [more info]
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BIOSIS Previews (includes Biological Abstracts) (ISI)
Indexes and abstracts journals, patents, conference reports and books in the Life Sciences. [more info]
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
The Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children... [more info]
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CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) (EBSCO)
Indexing and abstracts for articles, books and other publications in nursing and allied health... [more info]
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ComAbstracts (CIOS)
An index with abstracts for articles published in the primary professional literature of the communications... [more info]
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Criminal Justice Abstracts (CSA)
Criminal Justice Abstracts contains indexes and summaries of international journal articles, books, reports, dissertations... [more info]
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LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts) (CSA)
An index with abstracts to journal articles, books, papers, monographs, dissertations on all aspects... [more info]
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MEDLINE. (EBSCO)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles in a broad range of medical topics... [more info]
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Neurosciences Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles covering all aspects of vertebrate and invertebrate... [more info]
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PrimateLit (National Center for Research Resources (NCRR))
Indexes periodicals, books, reports, and dissertations on nonhuman primates from 1940 to present... [more info]
Unrestricted
PsycARTICLES (EBSCO)
Searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology... [more info]
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Social Work Abstracts (Ovid)
Indexes and abstracts articles about social work... [more info]
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Sociological Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book reviews, abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations... [more info]
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SPORTDiscus (EBSCO)
Now contains full text 9/14/09. An index with some abstracts to periodicals, books, and book chapters in sport... [more info]
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Toxicology Abstracts (CSA)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles on topics such as social poisons and substance abuse... [more info]
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WilsonWeb OmniFile (HW Wilson)
An index with abstracts and some full text covering all subjects, including humanities and social sciences... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Books / Book Chapters
LEO Library Catalog (JMU)
Internet
WorldCat (OCLC)
Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Citation Searching
Journal Citation Reports (ISI)
Provides data that helps with evaluation and comparison of scholarly journals. [more info]
Campus / Remote
Scopus (Elsevier)
Indexing, abstracts, and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature... [more info]
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Web of Science (ISI)
This resource will cease as of 1/1/2010. Please begin using other resources, such as Scopus. Citation index for science and social sciences... [more info]
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Diagnosis
DSM-IV-TRĀ® Library (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
A set of searchable, full-text reference works for psychiatric diagnosis... [more info]
Campus/Remote
PsychiatryOnline
A set of searchable, full-text reference works for psychiatric diagnosis and treatment... [more info]
Campus/Remote
WHO International Classification of Diseases
International diagnostic classification for diseases and other health problems, including mental disorders. [more info]
Internet
Dissertations
Dissertation Abstracts Online with Digital Dissertations (ProQuest)
Indexing, abstracts, and full text for doctoral dissertations and master's theses... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, & Almanacs
Sage eReference
Search full-text encyclopedias in psychology and related fields. [more info]
Campus/Remote, AE5.S244
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Searchable online reference book collection covering all subjects from the arts to zoology. [more info]
Campus/Remote
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection (Oxford University Press)
Database of full-text scholarly reference books on all subjects... [more info]
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Encyclopedia of Bioethics (Gale)
Topics include the ethics of health professions, animal research, population control and the environment. [more info]
internet
Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior (Gale)
From adherence to a doctor's advice, to emotions and health, to obesity treatment and prevention, to women's health and all topics in between, this A-to-Z encyclopedia comprehensively covers all aspects of what has become the dynamic domain of behavioral medicine. [more info]
Encyclopedia of Human Development (Gale)
Covers topics such as adolescence, cognitive development, education, family, gender differences, identity, longitudinal research, personality development, prenatal development, temperament, and more. [more info]
Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Gale)
Strategies to optimize human potential and build better organizations by focusing on behavior within the specific environmental, technological, and social environment of the workplace. [more info]
Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics (Gale)
State-of-the-art information and ready-to-use facts from the fields of measurement and statistics. [more info]
Encyclopedia of School Psychology (Gale)
Entries cover psychology, education and counseling, child development, and special education address student success, behavior disorders, intelligence testing, learning disabilities, strategies to improve academic skills, and more. [more info]
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender (Gale)
Encyclopedia articles about issues of sex and gender at the personal and the social level ... [more info]
Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science (Wiley)
Complete coverage of current statistical methods ranging through confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, random effect/multilevel modeling, generalized linear models, computationally intensive methods such as the bootstrap, and many more. [more info]
Gale Encyclopedia of Mental disorders (Gale)
Includes entries for all 150 disorders classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, text revision (DSM-IV-TR). Also features entries for prescription, alternative, and over-the-counter drugs, as well as the various therapies used to treat mental disorders. [more info]
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (Gale)
Essays on approximately 152 culture groups of the U.S., from Acadians to Yupiats... [more info]
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Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology (Gale)
Covers the entire spectrum of psychology, including notable people, theories and terms... [more info]
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Help / Research Guides
Psychology Research Guide
Guide to Psychology Research at JMU, created by the Psychology Librarian [more info]
PsycTUTOR
Web-based program that teaches information-seeking and evaluation skills [more info]
News Articles
Dow Jones Factiva
Gateway to business resources including full text of periodicals, news photographs, company reports... [more info]
Campus/Remote
LexisNexis Academic
This resource's interface will be updated in late December. To view the changes, please click here. Contains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information and more... [more info]
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PsycExtra (EBSCO)
Index and full text database of technical and annual reports, conference papers, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, consumer brochures and more.... [more info]
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Professional Organizations
Associations Unlimited (Gale)
Information about associations and professional societies, listings for nonprofit membership organizations ... [more info]
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Reviews
PsycCRITIQUES (EBSCO)
Full-text book reviews of current scholarly and professional books in psychology.  Includes reviews from a psychological perspective of popular films and trade books. [more info]
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Style Manuals & Citation Management Tools
CheckCite
Check your citation style for papers and speeches [more info]
RefWorks
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database of bibliographic... [more info]
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Tests and Test Information
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
Find author-developed instruments in PsycINFO:  

     impulsiveness
  and
     scale or checklist or test or questionnaire or assessment
[more info]
Campus/Remote
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCO)
Descriptive information and critical reviews of more than 2,000 commercially-available standardized tests. [more info]
Campus/Remote
HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) (Ovid)
Descriptions of behavioral tests and measurements in health fields, psychosocial sciences... [more info]
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Videos
LEO Library Catalog (JMU)
Internet
WorldCat (OCLC)
Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Online Video Collection (JMU)
A growing collection of educational video programs in all subject areas, licensed by Media Resources and included in the Madison Digital Image Database (MDID). [more info]
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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, & Almanacs
Help / Research Guides
News Articles
Professional Organizations
Reviews
Style Manuals & Citation Management Tools
Tests and Test Information
Videos
Psychology Librarian's Lists of Resources:
animal behavior articles
animal behavior background
Articles
Assessment Background
Assessment Books
Assessment Journal Articles
Assessment Tests
Background
Counseling Background
Counseling Diagnosis
Counseling Journals
Counseling Tests
Diagnosis
environment, health and behavior
genedarticles
genedbackground
Student Affairs Articles
Student Affairs Background
Student Affairs Books and Videos
Student Affairs Tests & Diagnosis
testinfo
WomenMentalHealtharticles
Contact the Psychology Librarian:
Lynn Cameron