LibGuides: Subject Guide: Counseling and Student Affairs: Finding Articles

Discipline Specific Databases

Use to find articles and resources in the field of psychology. These databases are the primary resources for research in psychology.

CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Nursing and allied health journals.
Consumer Health Complete This link opens in a new window
Health information aimed at patients.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Journal articles focusing on medical disciplines and medication information.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Journal articles and books in behavioral science and mental health.
Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues and problems.
SocINDEX This link opens in a new window
Sociology research resource with gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, racism, religion, and social work content.

ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, books, and curriculum guides in education research.
The ERIC database corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Both journals provide access to some 14,000 documents and over 20,000 journal articles per year.
Professional Development Collection - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Provides information for professional educators, professional librarians and education researchers. This collection offers information on everything from children's health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice.
Teacher Reference Center - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Education journal articles including curriculum development, pedagogical research, and best practices.

Multidisciplinary Databases (Useful for Research on All Topics)

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area.
JSTOR Full Text Journals This link opens in a new window
Journal articles and books. Journal have with long backfile runs but lag with a 4-5 year moving wall.
Subject areas include African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population/Demography, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Sociology, and Statistics.
MasterFILE Complete - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
General interest magazines, books, documents, and images.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Journal articles in literature, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Journal articles in science, engineering, social sciences, and humanities.
SAGE Journals: Humanities and Social Sciences This link opens in a new window
Sage offers some of the most globally used and highly cited journals across disciplines such as psychology, sociology, business management, health science, environment and education.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Site contains about 1600 academic journals. Important tip--uncheck button that says "include preview only material" to get to our content.

UlrichsWeb This link opens in a new window
Publication information on journals, magazines, and newspapers.