Social Work
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Ageline - 1978 - present. Covers social gerontology, which is the study of aging in psychological, health-related, sociological and economic contexts.

Dissertations Abstracts Online - 1861 - present. Covers dissertations accepted at U.S. accredited institutions since 1861. Also includes selected masters theses, as well as selected Canadian, British and European dissertations.

DSM IV Text Revision - Current Edition. Full text electronic version of most recent edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) -- Citations to identify and evaluate measurement tests used in health and psychosocial studies (e.g., questionnaires, checklists, rating scales, vignettes/scenarios, tests); covers from 1985 to the present.

International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences - The largest reference work ever published for the social and behavioral sciences; subjects include Anthropology/Archaeology, Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Education, Environmental/Ecological Sciences, Gender Studies, Behavior and Society, History of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, and Psychology.

Mental Measurements Yearbook - 1990 - present. Citations to complete reviews of English-language standardized tests provided in the Buros Institute's Mental Measurements Yearbooks.

PsychARTICLES. Contains more than 25,000 full-text articles from 57 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations. Coverage includes general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.

PsychInfo. This database is from the American Psychological Association.  It provides abstracts and citations from books and journals in psychology and related disciplines including full text to 30+ journals published by American Psychological Association in Psycharticles. Provides full-text links to about 10 per cent of journal articles.

Social Work Journals indexed in SocINDEX (Sociology) – Provides access to many full text articles in field of social work.

Social Work Encyclopedia - Includes coverage of areas that have come to the fore since the 1995 publication of the 19th edition, including demographic changes from immigration, technology, the implications of managed care, faith-based assistance, evidence-based practice, gerontology, and trauma and disaster.

Social Work Journals Full Text - Full-text to over 120 social science & social work journals published by Sage, Haworth, Blackwell and Kluwer publishers. Be sure to check “limit to full-text” box in middle of screen.

SocINDEX (Sociology) -- Provides comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.