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ARTICLES
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sclinksJournal Locator - Help
Search by journal title or citation, not by subject, for online and print journals.
All that JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
Includes sites that provide journal abbreviations for several scientific disciplines.
Scholarly Articles
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts - 1973 to present
Covers phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax & semantics, providing abstracts of journal articles, books, chapters, dissertations, & book reviews.
PsycARTICLES [EBSCO] - 1988 to present - Full Text
Contains the full text of articles from APA journals and selected Educational Publishing Foundation journals.
PsycINFO - 1887 to present - Help
Covers psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, sport, pharmacology, physiology, and linguistics. Worldwide coverage includes references to over 1300 journals, dissertations, and book chapters.
PubMed (Medline) - From 1950s to present - Help
Provides access to over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. Check out Medline Tutorial.
Social Sciences Abstracts - 1983 to present
Some full text. Abstracts of articles from over 550 sources in the social sciences. Includes articles, interviews, obituaries, biographies, and book reviews on anthropology, political science, economics, psychology, geography, and sociology.
Web of Science - 1900 to present
Indexes and abstracts science & technical journals (1900 to present) and social science journals (2003 to present) published around the world. Provides unique cited reference searching, in addition to keyword and other search options.
Academic Search Premier [EBSCO] - 1965 to present - Full Text
Full-text and indexing for over 4,500 scholarly publications in the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and more.
Annual Reviews: Biomedical Sciences - Full Text
Selected full-text and index.
Annual Reviews: Social Sciences - Full Text
Selected Full-text and Index
ArticleFirst - 1990 to present
Lists articles from the table of contents of over 12,000 journals covering: business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology, and popular culture.
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts - 1987 to present - Full Text
Indexes and abstracts journals in the fields of social services, health, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Also includes links to websites.
Biological Abstracts - 1926 to present
Indexes articles in the life sciences and biomedical fields, including biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, zoology, agriculture, etc.
Cogprints - Full Text
Archive of full-text e-prints and other articles in the behavioral sciences and related fields.
Education Abstracts - 1983 to present. Abstracts from 1994
Provides citations for articles from over 550 English-language periodicals and yearbooks published in the U.S. and elsewhere. Covers every age and sector of the educational community from preschool through college.
ERIC - 1966 to present - Full Text
Provides citations and abstracts from over 1000 educational and education-related journals, over 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004), and more than 2,200 full-text digests.
Expanded Academic Index [GALE] - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Full text access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Covers the arts and humanities, the social sciences, science and technology, across all academic disciplines.
General Science Abstracts - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles from over 160 journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain. Covers general science topics including: anthropology, astronomy, pollution, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine, health, and more.
Google Scholar - Help
Links to scholarly books, articles and more. Results are incomplete and vary greatly by subject. Always use other library databases for a complete search of scholarly topics.
Health Reference Center [GALE] - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Articles on fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, diseases, public health, occupational health and safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs, and related topics.
History of Science, Technology and Medicine - 1975 to present
Lists journal articles, proceedings, books, reviews & dissertations related to the development and influence of science. Combines Isis Current Bibliography, citations from the Wellcome Library, and two other major history of science bibliographies.
Ingenta - 1997 to date
Free searching and browsing of more than 25,000 publications in the arts and sciences
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) - 1951 to present
Contains information from international publications, including over 2600 journals, in the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology. Compiled by the British Library of Political & Economic Science.
Science Direct - Full Text
Indexes 1,200 science and technology journals published by Elsevier Science and contains the full-text of about 600 of these titles. Provides links to scientific, technical and medical information on the Web.
Sociological Abstracts - 1952 to present
Includes citations and abstracts for articles in over 1,500 journals, conference papers, book, and dissertations in the social and behavioral sciences.
Sport Discus - 1800 to present
Contains information on the following: sports medicine, exercise physiology, biomechanics, psychology, training techniques, coaching, physical education, physical fitness, active living, recreation, history, facilities and equipment.
Popular Articles
ArticleFirst - 1990 to present
Lists articles from the table of contents of over 12,000 journals covering: business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology, and popular culture.
LexisNexis Academic - Coverage varies by title - Full Text
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes federal and state laws and cases.
Scientific American Archive Online - 1993 to present - Full Text
Authoritative articles (color PDF's) and book reviews for a general audience covering topics such as aeronautics and space, biology, chemistry, environmental science, consumer health, medicine, physics, and scientific subjects currently in the news.
BOOKS AND MEDIA
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MIT Cognet Library: Brain Sciences Connection - Full Text
Full-text of 500 MIT Press books and 6 reference publications, all of MIT’s journals and the abstracts of over 30 others, conference proceedings, and Open Course Ware in the cognitive sciences, including neuroscience, psychology, and linguistics.
Moodle/E-Reserves
Login to course websites to access course readings, syllabi, discussions and more.
Library Catalogs
Five College Library Catalog - Help
Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst.
NLM (National Library of Medicine) Locatorplus
Catalog of books and other materials.
WorldCat - all dates
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. Contains millions of records.
LIBWEB
Libweb currently lists over 2400 pages from libraries in over 70 countries.
Book Purchases and Reviews
Books in Print - 1979 to present
Includes information on scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint and all other types of books covering all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. Includes titles declared out-of-print from July 1979 to the present.
PsycCritiques - Full Text
The American Psychological Association's (APA) publication for book reviews in the behavioral sciences. Continues APA's Contemporary Psychology.
NEWS
LexisNexis Academic - Coverage varies by title - Full Text
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes federal and state laws and cases.
Current News
Eurekalert Alert
Produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, this site provides the latest news about science and technology.
Psycport (APA)
Daily news in the field of psychology from a wide range of sources.
BBC News: Science/Nature
ISI Essential Science Indicators: New Hot Papers
Lists the most cited science papers in the current two-month period. Interviews with the authors are also included.
Nature
New Scientist
SciCentral
ScienceDaily
REFERENCE TOOLS
Psychiatry Online - Full Text
Includes all editions of the DSM, plus related guides; also includes selected psychiatry textbooks and full-text journals. Trial ends September 1.
Dissertations and Theses
Dissertation Abstracts Online - 1861 to present
Covers over 1,560,000 masters theses and dissertations from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Europe. Abstracts since 1980. Abstracts provided beginning in 1988.
RefWorks Workshops - Fall 2008 - Help
Register now for a Fall 2008 workshop: Wed. 10/1 (3-4:30), Thurs. 10/2 (3-4:30), Tues. 10/21 (3-4:30), or Wed. 10/22 (7-8:30pm). Location: Neilson Library Classroom
Encyclopedias
AccessScience - Full Text
Over 7100 articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology.
Britannica Online - Full Text
Full content including over 80,000 in-depth articles, detailed maps, multimedia, and research tools.
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science - Full Text
Aimed at "the community at large," covers psychology and the behavioral sciences with an international flavor.
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics [Oxford] - Full Text
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences [Gale] - Full Text
2nd ed., covering scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the release of the 1st ed.; addresses a wide array of global topics.
Statistics
LexisNexis Statistical - Help
Access to statistical information from Congressional Information Service, Inc. Includes summaries of statistical publications, and links to the full-text of selected publications on LexisNexis Statistical and government Web sites.
Style Manuals
APA Style Guide to Electronic References - Full Text
APA Style Resources
Citation Guides & Style Manuals
Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format
Guidelines for citing print and electronic documents. See also, APA Style Resources
Tests and Measures
Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
Finding Information About Psychological Tests (APA)
Finding Tests and Measures (Smith College)
Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) - 1985 to present
Information on measurement instruments (questionnaires, interview schedules, index measures, coding, manuals, ratings, projective techniques) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.
Mental Measurements Yearbook - Full Text
A comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments within social work, psychology, education, and business. Full text is the text of the print MMY, including test information, pricing and reviews, not the actual tests.
Tests in Print
Lists in-print tests with information on purpose, intended test population, and scoring. Includes publisher contact information, price, and administration times. References to test reviews published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook.
INTERNET META-SITES
Education Index
FirstGov for Science
A gateway to key Federal Government agencies that provide scientific and technical information.
Internet Scout Project - 1994 to present
Provides a selection of new and newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and educators. Also includes access to past selections, with over 16,000 critical annotations of Internet sites and mailing lists.
Mental Health Net
Neurosciences on the Internet
Women-Related Web Sites in Science/Technology
WWW Virtual Library: Psychology
Yahoo: Psychology
INTERNET RESOURCES
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals - Full Text
Includes nearly 800 "free, full text, and quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals."
HealthWeb: Women's Health
Library of Congress Science Tracers Bullets Online
Bibliographic guides.
MIT Cognet Library: Brain Sciences Connection - Full Text
Full-text of 500 MIT Press books and 6 reference publications, all of MIT’s journals and the abstracts of over 30 others, conference proceedings, and Open Course Ware in the cognitive sciences, including neuroscience, psychology, and linguistics.
National Academy of Sciences - Full Text
Over 2,000 full text books on Science, Engineering, and Health.
National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
Searchable database of interventions for prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders, from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
PsycBOOKS - 1806 to present - Full Text
PDF chapters from books published by the American Psychological Assn. and other publishers; includes hundreds of landmark older psychology books, plus entries from the APA/Oxford Univ. Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.
Psych Web
Includes APA Style Resources
ISIHighlyCited.com
Provides biographical information and the major publications of over 250 researchers whose papers are among the most highly cited in the sciences.
NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
Indexes key U.S. government report literature.
Scirus
Search engine for ScienceDirect and science resources on the Web.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Medical Association
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
House Committee on Science
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
National Science Foundation
Scholarly Societies Project
Society for Neuroscience
Society for Research in Child Development
World Health Organization (WHO)
RELATED SMITH WEB SITES
Clark Science Center
Neuroscience Program
Psychology Department
Smith College Psychology Majors Research Skills - Fall 2006
Research and information literacy skills identified as essential for majors in Psychology at Smith College.
Young Science Library
LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES
PSY111: Introduction to Psychology (M.J. Wraga) - Fall 2008
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