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Style Manuals & Citation Management Tools | Tests and Test Information

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Articles (from journals)

	Social Work Abstracts (Ovid) Indexes and abstracts articles about social work... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Social Services Abstracts (CSA) Indexes and abstracts journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews on social work, human services... [more info] Campus/Remote
	PsycINFO (EBSCO) An index with abstracts to journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines (sociology, linguistics, anthropology, education, medicine, law, physiology, business, psychiatry, nursing, pharmacology). [more info] Campus/Remote
	Sociological Abstracts (CSA) Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book reviews, abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Criminal Justice Abstracts (CSA) Criminal Justice Abstracts contains indexes and summaries of international journal articles, books, reports, dissertations... [more info] Campus/Remote
	AgeLine (AARP) (Cancelled) This resource has been cancelled, effective 11/15/2009.  Please note that this product is no longer free. It is available as a trial until mid-November. AgeLine abstracts the literature of social gerontology as well as aging-related research... [more info] Unrestricted
	PubMed (NLM)  PubMed has undergone a significant interface change. For more information please see: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/. A medical and health database developed at the National Library of Medicine (NLM).  [tutorial] [more info] Unrestricted
	ERIC (EBSCO) Index with abstracts to educational periodicals and unpublished documents available since 1966 [more info] Campus / Remote
	Google Scholar Search the Internet for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research... [more info] Unrestricted
	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
	Scopus (Elsevier)   [more info] Campus/Remote

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Citation Searching

	Scopus (Elsevier)   [more info] Campus/Remote

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News Articles

	Access World News (Readex) Provides full-text for over 600 U.S. and over 700 international news sources. [more info] Campus/Remote
	Issues & Controversies (Facts On File News Services) Full text analysis of opposing viewpoints for more than 600 controversial topics in the news... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale) Contains secondary and primary sources discussing today's social issues... [more info] Campus/Remote

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Statistics & Datasets

	FedStats (Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy) Provides access to statistics and information produced by more than 70 U.S. government agencies ... [more info] Internet
	National Center for Health Statistics National Center for Health Statistics' Web site, a rich source of information about America’s health. [more info] Internet
	Statistical Abstracts (U.S. Census Bureau) The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. [more info] Internet
	Virginia Center for Health Statistics The Division of Health Statistics collects and disseminates vital records data, conducts research and produces reports which help guide health policy issues affecting the Commonwealth of Virginia. [more info] Internet

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Style Manuals & Citation Management Tools

	APA Style Citation Examples Created by JMU Libraries, this document contains examples for the most frequently cited material in APA (American Psychological Association) format; includes examples of citing Internet resources. (MS Word document) [more info]
	CheckCite Check your citation style for papers and speeches [more info]
	Go for the Gold module 7 This section of Go for the Gold covers information ethics, plagiarism. citing sources, and fair use. [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] Campus/Remote

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Tests and Test Information

	HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) (Ovid) Descriptions of behavioral tests and measurements in health fields, psychosocial sciences... [more info] Campus/Remote

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