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Databases
Cochrane Library
Coverage: 1996 to present (Full text)
A collection of regularly updated evidence-based healthcare databases bringing together research looking at the effectiveness of different health care treatments and interventions.
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Coverage: 1996 to present (Full text)
A collection of regularly updated evidence-based healthcare databases bringing together research looking at the effectiveness of different health care treatments and interventions.
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Proquest Social Sciences
Includes PILOTS, ProQuest Religion, ProQuest Social Science Journals and PsycArticles. These databases provide citations, abstracts and full text access to literature on disciplines ranging from mental health, anthropology, sociology, political science to communication, education, criminology, demography, economics and theological studies from religious publishing bodies and nondenominational organizations.
Includes PILOTS, ProQuest Religion, ProQuest Social Science Journals and PsycArticles. These databases provide citations, abstracts and full text access to literature on disciplines ranging from mental health, anthropology, sociology, political science to communication, education, criminology, demography, economics and theological studies from religious publishing bodies and nondenominational organizations.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Coverage: 1965 to present (Some full text)
This database covers topics such as emotional and behavioural characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
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Coverage: 1965 to present (Some full text)
This database covers topics such as emotional and behavioural characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
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PsycINFO
Coverage: 1840 to present
Indexes and abstracts international literature in psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work.
Coverage: 1840 to present
Indexes and abstracts international literature in psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work.
Scopus
Coverage: Citations and Abstracts
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyse and visualise research. For personalised features, click on the "Register" link on the top right hand corner of any page.
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Coverage: Citations and Abstracts
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyse and visualise research. For personalised features, click on the "Register" link on the top right hand corner of any page.
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Dictionaries
Dictionary of Psychology
Covers all branches of psychology, including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, criminology, neuroscience, and statistics.
Covers all branches of psychology, including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, criminology, neuroscience, and statistics.
Dictionary of the Social Sciences
This dictionary is designed to break down the barriers between social science disciplines, as well as to make social scientific language comprehensible to general readers. Collecting anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism in one volume, the Dictionary presents concise, clearly written definitions of more than 1,500 important terms.
This dictionary is designed to break down the barriers between social science disciplines, as well as to make social scientific language comprehensible to general readers. Collecting anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism in one volume, the Dictionary presents concise, clearly written definitions of more than 1,500 important terms.
Penguin Dictionary of Psychology
This fourth edition covers all areas of psychology and psychiatry. It also includes information on related fields such as neuroscience and social psychology.
This fourth edition covers all areas of psychology and psychiatry. It also includes information on related fields such as neuroscience and social psychology.
Encyclopedias
Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
Covers all major categories of psychology.
Covers all major categories of psychology.
Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science
Covers all major areas of psychology and behavioral science.
Covers all major areas of psychology and behavioral science.
Encyclopedia of Human Emotions
This reference on human emotions covers four general topics: specific emotions; conceptual issues; emotions in the human experience; and biographies.
This reference on human emotions covers four general topics: specific emotions; conceptual issues; emotions in the human experience; and biographies.
Encyclopedia of Learning and Memory
In 189 alphabetically arranged articles, scholars and researchers in neuroscience and psychology cover current knowledge about learning and memory. Primary coverage is given to human memory, although several articles describe experimental work with animals. The encyclopedia also includes 26 biographies of individuals who have made important contributions in this field.
In 189 alphabetically arranged articles, scholars and researchers in neuroscience and psychology cover current knowledge about learning and memory. Primary coverage is given to human memory, although several articles describe experimental work with animals. The encyclopedia also includes 26 biographies of individuals who have made important contributions in this field.
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
An encyclopedia covering all the fields in the social and behavioural sciences. Comprises 4,000 articles, commissioned by 52 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.
An encyclopedia covering all the fields in the social and behavioural sciences. Comprises 4,000 articles, commissioned by 52 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.
New Zealand Databases
Index New Zealand (INNZ)
Coverage: 1987 to present (Index)
Contains abstracts of selected New Zealand serials, including newspapers, about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects covered include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities.
Coverage: 1987 to present (Index)
Contains abstracts of selected New Zealand serials, including newspapers, about New Zealand and the South Pacific. Subjects covered include general interest material, social research, current affairs, the arts and humanities.
