Welcome
This guide will introduce you to Gleeson Library resources that are essential for students and faculty in the graduate Marriage & Family Therapy and School Counseling programs. It includes links to relevant databases, streaming video, as well as library related instructional tutorials.
Articles/Databases
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APA PsycInfo
APA PsycInfo is the American Psychological Association's renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. It is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health, and contains over 3 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s, with one of the highest DOI matching rates in the publishing industry. Ninety-nine percent of its content is peer-reviewed. Formerly called PsycINFO. -
APA PsycNet
APA PsycNet provides access to articles from American Psychological Association journals, the full text of APA books, and full text of psychological tests and measures. APA PsycNet searches these databases: APA PsycArticles, APA PsycBooks, and APA PsycTests. Formerly called PsycNET. -
PsychiatryOnline
Full text of five American Psychiatric Publishing journals plus Psychiatric News; full text of DSM-5 and related reference publications
Tests and Measures
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Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests In Print
Mental Measurements Yearbook produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. Tests in Print (TIP) serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language. -
APA PsycNetAPA PsycNet provides access to articles from American Psychological Association journals, the full text of APA books, and full text of psychological tests and measures. APA PsycNet searches these databases: APA PsycArticles, APA PsycBooks, and APA PsycTests. Formerly called PsycNET.
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Finding Information about Psychological TestsAPA Science Directorate FAQ.
APA neither sells nor endorses testing instruments, but does provide guidance in using available resources to find psychological tests. -
TestLinkThe Educational Testing Service (ETS) Test Collection.
Citing Sources
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New RefWorksAn online reference manager where you can create your own personal database of references which are correctly formatted in any citation style you choose: APA, MLA, and hundreds more. Insert citations into your research papers and automatically create the bibliography.
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ZoteroGenerate bibliographies and organize PDFs with this free, open source citation management tool. Loyola Marymount University has created some great video tutorials on how to get started with the standalone version of Zotero on PC and how to integrate Zotero with your word processor. For getting started with Mac, view this tutorial.
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EndNoteStudents, staff and faculty can purchase the discounted academic version. In addition to technical support, EndNote offers extensive training videos, guides and webinars. EndNote can also be downloaded for a free 30 day trial.
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Purdue OWLThis searchable online guide to APA style provides examples of APA citation.