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This is a database of abstracts of literature in the field of psychology and is produced by the American Psychological Association. It is devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development.
This database provides a comprehensive guide to over 3,000 contemporary testing instruments. Contains information essential for complete evaluation of test products in diverse areas such as psychology, education, business, and leadership.
Multidisciplinary Databases
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text from 1975-present for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.
This is the definitive research tool for nursing and allied health professionals. Full text for more than 1,300 journals, CINAHL provides broad content coverage including over 50 nursing specialties, speech and language pathology, nutrition, general health and medicine and more.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Here is a tutorial which explains how to set your preferences in Google Scholar: http://library.ndsu.edu/setting-your-preferences-google-scholar
JSTOR includes academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
NDSU subscribes to the following archival journal collections: Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, and VII, as well as the Life Sciences collection. For more information on collection subject coverage and title lists, please visit http://about.jstor.org/journals.
Provides digital humanities and social sciences content in full text, as well as, subscription access to current content from scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
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Measurement and Test Databases
A database that provides access to information on questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, coding schemes, rating scales in the fields of health and psychosocial sciences.
This database provides a comprehensive guide to over 3,000 contemporary testing instruments. Contains information essential for complete evaluation of test products in diverse areas such as psychology, education, business, and leadership.
There are two primary strategies to find tests and measurements:
- Searching by test/measure name:
- The "Beck Depression Inventory" or the "Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale"
- Searching by the variable you want to measure:
- A risk aversion assessment or a scale measuring self-esteem
Below are additional search tips to help you find the right test/measure.
- Start with your topic and search for it in combination with a variety of terms, for example:
- "risk aversion" AND (instrument OR measure)
- "self-esteem" AND scale
- Look for articles and studies with an appendix or appendecies, which often include tests and measures, by adding append* to your search:
- "self-esteem" AND scale AND append*
- The asterisk (*) stands in for all words that start with append including appendix, appends, appendecies, and appendixes.
- "self-esteem" AND scale AND append*
For more general search tips and hints check out our Database Search Bar Tips Tutorial.
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BF Psychology
BF 176 - 176.5 Psychological tests
BF 309 - 499 Consiousness and cognition
BF 501 - 505 Motivation, affect, volition
BF 692 - 692.5 Psychology of sex, sexual behavior
BF 712 - 724.85 Developmental Psychology
HQ Family, marriage, women
HQ 12 - 449 Sexual life
HQ 503 - 1064 The family, marriage, home
HQ 755.7 - 759.92 Parents, parenthood
HQ 767.8 - 799.2 Children, youth, adolescents
HQ 799.95 - 799.99 Adulthood
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