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Human Development and Family Sciences: Finding Articles in Databases

How to Access Journal Articles

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Suggested Databases

 Education

Academic Search Premier -Academic Search Premier is a large multi-disciplinary database containing full text for thousands of publications, many of which are peer-reviewed.

APA PsycINFO-Is a database of abstracts of literature in the field of psychology produced by the American Psychological Association and distributed on the association's APA PsycNET.

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities Educational-Identifies academic journal publishing opportunities in Education, Business &  Psychology.

Education Research Complete- This is a robust database for education students, professionals, and policymakers. Providing hundreds of full-text education journals, it covers all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education.

ERIC- Provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information for educators, researchers, and the general public​​​​​​.

Something About the Author-Examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people. 

Additional Education Databases

Psychology

APA PsycARTICLES-Offers access to the complete electronic catalog of APA peer-reviewed journals, giving researchers the ability to explore more than a century of trusted research across the entire collection

APA PsycINFO-Is a database of abstracts of literature in the field of psychology produced by the American Psychological Association and distributed on the association's APA PsycNET.

Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities Psychology- Identifies academic journal publishing opportunities in Education, Business &  Psychology.

ERIC (Ovid)-Provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information for educators, researchers, and the general public​​​​.

Psychiatry Online-Offers, access to the American Psychiatric Association Publishing, grants the public free full-text access to all content in The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, and the American Journal of Psychotherapy.

Additional Psychology Databases

 Sociology

Academic Search Premier- Covers social science, education, psychology, and other subjects.

Access World News-Provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering various topics and issues.

AnthroSource- A digital, searchable database containing the past, present, and future AAA publications, more than 250,000 articles from AAA journals, newsletters, bulletins, and monographs 

CQ Researcher-Each single-themed report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist, footnoted and professionally fact-checked. 

Defining Gender, 1450-1910- Provides access to a vast body of original British source material to enrich the teaching and research experience of those studying history, literature, sociology, and education from a gendered perspective.

Additional Sociology Databases

Medicine

AccessScience-Is an authoritative and dynamic online resource that contains incisively written, high-quality reference material covering all major scientific disciplines.

APA PsycINFO-Is a database of abstracts of literature in the field of psychology produced by the American Psychological Association and distributed on the association's APA PsycNET.

MEDLINE (OVID) -Covers the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and healthcare

PubMed-Is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)

Web of Science-Provides access to multiple databases that provide reference and citation data from academic journals, conference proceedings, and other documents in various academic disciplines.

Additional Medical Databases

 Gender Studies

Academic Search Premier-Covers social science, education, psychology, and other subjects.

Defining Gender, 1450-1910- Provides access to a vast body of original British source material to enrich the teaching and research experience of those studying history, literature, sociology, and education from a gendered perspective.

GenderWatch- Enhances gender and women's studies, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) research by providing authoritative perspectives from 1970 to the present. 

HathiTrust- Offers a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.

Women's Studies Archive: Women's Issues and Identities-Essential resource for scholars, providing primary sources from diverse archives that trace the path of women’s issues from past to present

Additional Gender Studies Databases

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