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Social & Behavioral Sciences Library Guides

Specialized Social & Behavioral Sciences Databases

To see all NU Library Databases, go to the A-Z Database List.

APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
EBSCO platform of APA compiled Psychology journals for behavioral science studies. Includes test instrument search function, tool for discovering citing articles, and thesaurus to assist you in the discovery process.
APA PsycBooks This link opens in a new window
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EBSCO’s platform of APA compiled Psychology books for the behavioral sciences. Includes a test and measurements filter that allows you to view books by test used, as well as a thesaurus to assist you in the discovery process. Includes access to the APA's Encyclopedia of Psychology.
APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
EBSCO’s platform of APA compiled resources covering all aspects of psychology, plus the behavioral aspect of education, medicine, sociology, law, management and other fields. Filter results by methodology and test instrument used. Includes a tool for discovering citing articles, and thesaurus to assist you in the discovery process. Note: This database provides more citations than full-text articles.
APA PsycTests This link opens in a new window
EBSCO’s platform of APA compiled public domain tests and instruments database, including studies that have used the tests. These tests do not require permission to use.
Counseling and Therapy in Video This link opens in a new window
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Counseling and Therapy in Video provides an online collection of video available for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. Videos include counseling sessions and demonstrations, consultations, lectures, presentations, and interviews.
Gale OneFile: Psychology This link opens in a new window
Journals, magazines and books covering the subfields of Psychology: abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social and all areas of applied psychology. Includes a visualization tool and browse by topic feature that aids in brainstorming topics, a Lexile feature that filters texts by difficulty, ability to highlight and add notes to text, and read-aloud feature.
Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy This link opens in a new window
Journals, magazines and books covering religion and the related areas of philosophy and anthropology. Includes a visualization tool and browse by topic feature that aids in brainstorming topics, a Lexile feature that filters texts by difficulty, ability to highlight and add notes to text, and read-aloud feature.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) This link opens in a new window
EBSCO database of test instruments found within articles. Can be used along with APAPsychTests, ETS and Mental Measurements to learn about instruments in the behaviorial and health sciences.
ProQuest Psychology Database This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals and dissertations covering genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more. Includes a Thesaurus feature that assists in using the database’s controlled vocabulary, as well as a read-aloud feature.
ProQuest Religion Database This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals, dissertations and magazines covering religious issues and perspectives, commentary on topics from perspective of religions. Includes a Thesaurus feature that assists in using the database’s controlled vocabulary, as well as a read-aloud feature.
PsychiatryOnline This link opens in a new window
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Published by the American Psychiatric association is strong in reference materials. Access the DSM-5 manual and psychiatric journals, such as The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, Psychiatric News, Psychosomatics, Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, and Academic Psychiatry. Browse books/journals, or keyword search and filter by topic, author or publication.
Psychotherapy.net Collection (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window
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A collection of 198 instructional videos on psychotherapy for diverse populations. All Psychotherapy.net titles are created by and for psychotherapists and provide reliable, detailed instructions for serving diverse populations and therapeutic issues. Films within the collection also provide step-by-step instructions for successfully implementing dozens of therapeutic approaches.
SAGE Video: Counseling & Psychotherapy This link opens in a new window
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SAGE Video: Psychology This link opens in a new window
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Videos of psychologists in action, historical footage and the accounts of real practitioners and real clients. Filter by source type, discipline, and search for keywords within texts.