Pastoral Counseling Databases
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*PsycINFO Material, primarily from peer-reviewed sources, on psychology and related disciplines. Also useful for information on psychological aspects of disciplines including law, medicine, education, business and more. (1887-present)
*PsycBooks Contains chapters from over 1,000 books published by APA and other publishers. Includes most scholarly titles published by APA from 1953 - 2005 as well as more than 700 books of historical significance in psychology.
*ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials Access to sources in religious studies, world religions, and religious perspectives on social issues. (1949 - present)
*Social Services Abstracts Information on areas related to social work and community development. Useful for research on gerontology, abuse, health policy, social welfare and more. (1979-present).
*Sociological Abstracts International coverage of social and behavioral sciences literature. Useful for research in substance abuse and addiction, women's studies, economic development and other facets of sociology. (1952 - present).
*Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP Archive) Full text backfiles of eight major psychoanalytic journals (coverage varies). Also includes the complete works of Sigmund Freud and other classif psychoanalytic texts.
*Social Sciences Citation Index Citations and abstracts of scholarly articles in the behavioral sciences. Also includes information for political science, women's studies, social work and other social sciences. (1956-present).
*ScienceDirect: Elsevier Journals Covers journals in physical sciences and engineering, health sciences, life sciences and social sciences and humanities. Includes backfile of 43 psychology journals dating from 1936. Also includes books, handbooks and some reference works.
*PubMed Scholarly journal articles about health and medicine, nursing, audiology, and biology, primarily from MEDLINE. PubMed also includes some citations for articles that have not yet been added to MEDLINE.
*Journal Citation Reports (available through ISI Web of Knowledge) Journal citation data including most frequently cited, highest impact and largest journals in a field from JCR Science Edition 2004-2006 and JCR Social Sciences Edition 2004-2006.
*Dissertations Full-Text (ProQuest Dissertations and Theses) An interdisciplinary collection of doctoral dissertations and master's theses.
*Mental Measurements Yearbook Information about and reviews of standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks, beginning with the 9th edition (1989-present).
*Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) References to measurement instruments, such as questionnaires, index measures, and rating scales in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, and organizational behavior (1985-present).
*New Catholic Encyclopedia The full-text of the second edition covers topics such as abortion, divorce, cloning, and reproductive technologies. Includes biographies of religious figures, photos, maps, illustrations and bibliographical citations.
*WorldCat Merged catalog of books and other materials in libraries around the world, including a list of libraries that hold the item. Useful for finding out if a book is held by a nearby library, as well as for finding books that LNDL does not hold. Books found in WorldCat can be requested using our InterLibrary Loan form. Please note that it may take up to two weeks for a book requested through InterLibrary Loan to arrive.
