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* Books provide a thorough treatment of a subject, historical perspectives, and classic psychology literature.
* Browse in the Reference Collection and General book Collection for call numbers starting with BF
* Journal articles contain more in-depth research and current research in psychology.
* See Information Resources for Psychology for more info. 
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PsycINFO
* Premier database for journal articles, books and dissertations in all areas of psychology
* may include material in related disciplines: medicine, education, and social work
* articles from 1872 to present; books from 1987 to present
* can be searched simultaneously with PsycARTICLES and PILOTS
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PsycARTICLES
* definitive source of searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology
* contains articles from 58 key journals
* Coverage for most included journals goes back to volume 1, issue 1
* can be searched simultaneously with PsycINFO and PILOTS
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Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
* comprehensive database providing 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed journals
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allows users to conveniently link to full text from citations within PsycINFO
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Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1965
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Mental Measurements Yearbook
*contains information about and reviews of English-language standardized tests 
*covers education and psychology 
*covers tests reviewed from 1985 to present
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ERIC 
*provides full text for thousands of digests
* lists citations and short summaries of education journal articles and documents, many which contain links to full-text
* covers education topics
* covers items published from 1966 to the present
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Cabell's Directory of Publishing Information (Psychology)
HELP: Helps professors, graduate students and researchers to publish their manuscripts
HELP:  Lists the type of review process, acceptance rate and number of external reviewers for most psychology publications
HELP: The Psychology category includes access to the Cabell's Directory of Psychology and Psychiatry
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Cabell's Directory of Publishing Information (Education Set)
HELP: Helps professors, graduate students and researchers to publish their manuscripts
HELP:  Lists the type of review process, acceptance rate and number of external reviewers for most education publications
HELP: Three areas of specialization are covered: Educational Curriculum and Methods, Educational Psychology and Administration, and Educational Technology & Library Science
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PILOTS  database 
*PILOTS (Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress)
*goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
*contained over 31,033 records as of February 2007
*covers items published from 1871-present
*can be searched simultaneously with PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO
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Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection
*content spans the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences
*includes full-text from 1100+ volumes, comprising over 20,000 critical and authoritative review articles
*covers back volumes published from 1932 to the 2003 volumes
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Dissertations and Theses
* Dissertations and Theses is the definitive guide to more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master’s theses
* Overall dates of coverage: 1861 - present
* Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts.

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Reference and Fact-finding Sources
HELP:Oxford Reference Online: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and guides covering all subjects
HELP:Encyclopedia Britannica: full encyclopedia plus web sites
HELP:Gale Virtual Reference Library: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and guides covering all subjects.  For a list of titles available at APSU, click here.
HELP:netLibrary Reference Center: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and guides covering all subjects
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Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
HELP:contains basic information about journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. 
HELP:used to identify periodicals in a field
HELP:information is updated weekly
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