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CIIS Research Guides

Drama & Expressive Arts Therapy Research Guide (CIIS Library)
Guide for researchers in the fields of drama therapy and espressive arts therapy. Includes search tips, databases, key journals, organizations and more.

Somatics Therapy Research Guide (CIIS Library)
Guide for researchers in the field of Somatics therapy. Includes search tips, databases, key journals, organizations and more.

Literature Indexes and Full Text Collections

Annual Review of Psychology
Provides full text access to the Annual Review of Psychology from 1950 to one year ago. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

Archive of Research in Archetypal Symbolism
This is an encyclopedic collection of 17,000 alchemical images and corresponding study sheets that draw on East-West traditions from 50,000 BCE to 2,000 CE .  Selected subjects of special interest for the CIIS community include: psychology, anthropology, archaeology, expressive arts, drama therapy, somatics, archaeomythology, mythology, theology, thealogy, spirituality, religion, philosophy, ecology, and cosmology. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

Child Development & Adolescent Studies (EBSCO)
Contains references from biomedical and social sciences worldwide on the growth and development of children through the age of 21. This database includes all of the issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography from 1927 – 2001 (by the Society for Research in Child Development) plus new coverage on child rights and welfare issues. Includes abstracts of articles from hundreds of journals and a bibliography of thousands of technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

Classics in the History of Psychology (Internet)
Includes the full texts of a large number of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines. Over 25 books and 200 articles and chapters, in addition to links to over 200 relevant works posted at other sites. The CHP Special Collections are sets of documents focused on a particular topic in the history of psychology. Each Special Collection is edited by a professional in the field who brings together a number of related and historically-signficant primary source documents, interspersing them with short essays setting them in their intellectual, institutional, and broader social contexts.

International Encyclopedia of Sexuality (Internet)
Three-volume encyclopedia summarizes the sexual attitudes and behavior patterns of thirty-two countries. Written by 170 sexologists in the respective countries and cultures, each entry explores such areas as heterosexual relationships, children, adolescents, adults, gender-conflicted persons, unconventional sexual patterns, contraceptions, sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, sexual dysfunctions, and therapies. It also includes sexual issues for older persons and physically and mentally challenged individuals

New Abstracts and Papers in Sleep (Internet)
NAPS is a free weekly Current Alerting Service for the sleep field. Subscribers to NAPS receive, each week, an E-mail Alert of new citations in their specific Areas of Interest. NAPS Archives contains all sleep and sleep-related papers for the current year. A search engine is available for searching by author, category, or keyword.

ProQuest Psychology Journals (ProQuest)
Includes nearly 400 academic journals in psychology and related fields, all in full text. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

PsycARTICLES (CSA)
Includes over 28,000 full-text articles from 43 peer reviewed journals and chapters from selected APA books. Journal issues available from 1988 to present.
Search PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO together. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

PsycBOOKS (CSA)
PsycBOOKS, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains chapters from over 600 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. This database has one record per chapter (more than 10,000 total); each chapter a separate PDF document. Includes most scholarly books published by APA from 1806 – current, as well as 100 out-of-print books and an additional 70+ classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology. For recent books there may be an embargo period of 2 – 5 years. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

PsycCRITIQUES (CSA)
PsycCRITIQUES, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains about ten years' worth of book reviews and film/video reviews from Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books. You can browse a specific issue; or search by keyword, format (book, film or video), intended age group, audience, or language. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

PsycINFO (1887 to present) (CSA)
PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linquistics, anthropology, business, and law. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 1300 periodicals written in over 25 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English language material published from 1987 to the present. The database is updated monthly. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
Full text of more than 550 full text journals, including more than 525 peer-reviewed titles. Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. The database is updated daily. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

Instruments, Tests & Measurements

Mental Measurements Yearbook (1916 - present) (EBSCO)
MMY contains full text information about and reviews of all English language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks. Current CIIS ID number required for access off-campus.

Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences: Tests Available in Compilation Volumes (Internet)
Compilation of tables of contents from more than eighty different collections of testing resources. Includes psychology, education, and other disciplines. Contains basic information about the tests; does not contain the full text of the tests.

Tests in Print (EBSCO)
A "comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. TIP provides vital information to users including test purpose, test publisher, in-print status, price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s). A score index permits users to identify what is being measured by each test. Tests in Print is directly linked to the critical, candid test reviews published in the Mental Measurements Yearbook.

Organizations of Interest

American Psychological Association Practice Organization (Internet)
APApractice.org contains news, press releases, HIPAA compliance information, legislative action, and more. The APA Practice Organization promotes the professional interests of practicing psychologists.

Web Guides

Current Topics in Psychology (Internet)
This Internet directory provides a well-organized, quick reference collection of articles, Web sites, and research tools.

Guide to Humanistic Psychology (Internet)
This extensive guide from John Rowan of the Association of Humanistic Psychology has short articles and bibliographies on most major topics in humanistic psychology.

Humanistic Psychology on the Web (Internet)
A project of Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, this site provides a searchable database of hundreds of high-quality web pages and sites relevant to humanistic and transpersonal psychology.

Psyc Central (Internet)
News, connections, drug information, blogs, listservs, diagnostic information and quizzes, community support and more. Includes an annotated and rated directory of psychology and mental health resources on the Internet.

PsychCrawler (Internet)
PsychCrawler is a product of the American Psychological Association created to provide quick access to websites that include quality content in the field of psychology.