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Human Services Research Guide

 

  

EDITH (Online Library Catalog) - Search EDITH for books, videos, and Reserve materials in the library collection.

 

 

EDITH -Online Library Catalog

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Electronic Databases

 

Electronic databases are available on all Library computers.  Please see a Librarian or contact usfor a password to access these electronic databases from home.

 

A to Z List

Searchable online title database providing access to the Library’s print and full-text electronic journals.

 

Academic Search Elite

Multidisciplinary database covering a wide range of academic areas such as social sciences, art and literature, computer science, education, humanities, language and linguistics, multi-cultural studies, and science.

Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Provides access to the complete encyclopedia, plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus, Notable Quotations, Year in Review, World Data, and Gateway to the Classics.  Includes numerous illustrations, photographs, and audio & video clips.

ERIC

(Education Resource Information Center)

Database covers a wide range of education-related topics including adult, career and vocation education, assessment and evaluation, elementary and early childhood education, educational management, disabilities and gifted education, higher education, information and technology, language and linguistics, reading and communication skills, counseling and personnel services, environmental education, social studies and social science education, teacher education, tests, measurement and evaluation, and urban education.

SIRS Researcher

Provides access to numerous full-text articles covering social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political & global issues.

 

 

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Periodical Holdings List for Human Services

 

For more periodicals, please see the Library's complete Periodical Holdings List.

 

 

American Psychologist

Microfiche: 1991 - present

Black Issues in Higher Education 

(now Diverse)

May 15, 1988 - Aug 11, 2005

Child Development

Dec 1969 - present

Child Development Perspectives

Oct 2007 - present

Child Welfare

Microfiche: 1991 - present

Diverse                                               

(was Black Issues in Higher Education)

Aug 25, 2005 - present

Exceptional Parent

Microfiche: Jan 1994 - present

Family Relations

Jan 1980 - Jan 2003

Harvard Women’s Health Watch

June 1996 - present

Health

Current 10 years

Journal of Cultural Diversity

Spr 1998 – Win 2002

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Dec 1985 – June 2004

Journal of Marriage and the Family

1939 - 2004

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing

and Mental Health Services

Sept 2003 – Aug 2008

Monographs of Society for Research in Childhood Development

v. 64, no. 2 (1999) - present

Parents

Current 5 years

Psychology
(now Psychology and Education)

Nov 1970 - 2000

Psychology and Education
(was Psychology)

v. 38, no. 2 (2001) - v. 45, no. 1 (Win 2008)

Psychology Today

1968 – Dec 1989; 1993 - present
Microfiche: June 1975 - 1989, 1992 - 1993

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Mar 1998 - present

Young Children

1965 - present

Zero to Three

May 2005 - present

 

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Internet Resources

 

Alcohol & Substance Abuse

 

MEDLINEplus National Library of Medicine: Substance Abuse Problems Topics

National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

 

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Associations & Organizations

 

American Public Human Services Association

Association of Social Work Boards

Council for Exceptional Children

International Federation of Social Workers

National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

National Coalition for the Homeless

National Organization for Human Services

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare

United States Department of Health and Human Services

 

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Disabilities

 

ADA Home Page

The Arc Home Page

ERIC Clearinghouse for Disabilities and Gifted Education

National Council on Disabilities

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

 

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Family Relations

 

Administration for Children & Families (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)

Administration on Aging

The Future of Children

National Council on Family Relations

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Urban Institute

 

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General Resources

 

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Health & Human Services Resource Guide (PA Dept. of Health)

Institute for Research on Poverty

Social Work: Internet Public Library

 

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Mental Health

 

MentalHelp.net

National Alliance on Mental Illness

National Institute of Mental Health

National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The World Federation for Mental Health

The World Psychiatric Association

 

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Statistics

 

American FactFinder

ChildTrends DataBank

County and City Databook

Data on the Net

The National Center for Education Statistics

Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

 

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Updated:              9/17/2009

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