An excellent tool on social science research methods includes over 1000 methods books, 1100 case studies, reference works, journal articles, and instructional video tutorials by world-leading academics from across the social sciences. In addition, the full-text titles from the Sage’s Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences series(“The Little Green Books”) and Qualitative Research Methods Series ("The Little Blue Books”) books are available.
APA PsycTests provides access to noncommercial, unpublished psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments. Users can read the summary and purpose of a test, in addition to a history of its development. In many cases, the test instrument is included. When available, test scope, implementation, development, and validity and reliability data are provided.
Examples:
Developmental Measures
Scales for Beliefs, Relationships, or Expectancies
Aggression, Coping, or Functional Status Questionnaires
Racial and Ethnic Identity Scales
Resilience, Anger Response, or Substance Abuse Inventories
Physical Health Related Assessments
Personality Assessments
Educational Measures
Neuropsychological Assessments
Aptitude and Achievement Measures
Competency Measures
Occupational Measures
Intelligence Tests
Military Tests
Abbreviation: psyt
Vendor: American Psychological Association
Coverage: 1896–Current
Subjects: Art Education, Communication, Communication Disorders, Early Childhood Education, Educational Psychology, Exceptional Student Education, Higher Education, Music Education, Psychology, Public Health, Sport Psychology, Teacher Education
Type: Testing / Tutorials
Journal and Article Search
Finding an article is complicated. We have subscriptions to over 75,000 journals and resources, all of which are changing in real-time. This section will walk you through basic steps to finding an article. If you still cannot find a specific article, please contact me and I will be happy to research the citation and gain the article if possible.
Start finding journals using the Journal Search function on the library home page. Check to see if the journal is available in print, electronically online or in some combination of print or online.
If we have the journal in print you can request a digital copy of the article from Library Express Delivery (LEDS).
Business Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full-text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals, Business Source Complete contains detailed author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database. Journal ranking studies reveal that Business Source Complete is the overwhelmingly superior database for full-text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full-text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
Abbreviation: bscomp
Vendor: EBSCO
Coverage: 1886–Current
Subjects: Business, Business Legal Studies, Communication, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Hospitality, Insurance, Management & Strategy, Marketing, Real Estate, Retail Entrepreneurship, Sport Management, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Datasets / Statistics, E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Proceedings, Reports
ProQuest’s online version of APA’s PsycInfo covers journal articles, book chapters, books, technical reports, and dissertations in psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, with comprehensive indexing and abstracts from 1805 to present.
Subject coverage:
Applied psychology
Communication systems
Developmental psychology
Educational psychology
Experimental human and animal psychology
Personality
Psychological and physical disorders
Physiological psychology and neuroscience
Professional personnel and issues
Psychometrics and statistics
Social psychology
Social processes and issues
Sports psychology and leisure
Treatment and prevention
Abbreviation: psycinfo
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1805–Current
Subjects: African-American Studies, Art Therapy, Communication, Communication Disorders, Early Childhood Education, Educational Psychology, Exceptional Student Education, Higher Education, Hospitality, Human Development & Family Science, Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies, Linguistics, Medicine, Music Education, Music Therapy, Psychology, Public Health, Social Work, Sociocultural and International Education, Sociology, Urban and Regional Planning, Women's and Gender Studies
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
An electronic journal service with over 410 full-text electronic journals published by Springer Nature. The journals are searchable and browsable by author, title, topic or individual issue.
Disciplines include:
Architecture & Design
Astronomy
Biomedical Sciences
Business & Management
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth Sciences & Geography
Economics
Education & Language
Energy
Engineering
Environmental Sciences
Food Science & Nutrition
Law
Life Sciences
Materials
Mathematics
Medicine
Philosophy
Physics
Psychology
Public Health
Social Sciences
Statistics
Abbreviation: springer
Vendor: Springer Nature
Coverage: 1996–Current
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Citation Management, E-Journal Collections, Indexes / Catalogs
The electronic full-text version of approximately 650 traditional research journals published by Elsevier and Academic Press. These journals are primarily in the scientific, technical, and medical disciplines.
Domains:
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Energy
Engineering
Materials Science
Mathematics
Physics and Astronomy
Tutorials:
Online tutorials
Abbreviation: sciencedirect
Vendor: Elsevier
Coverage: 1997–Current
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject, *General Science, Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies, Mathematics, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Ocean Science, Physics, Public Health
Type: Citation Management, E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections"
Sage Journals provides access to more than 1,000 peer-reviewed journals covering the humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine.
Abbreviation: sagej
Vendor: Sage Publishing
Type: E-Journal Collections
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