| RELATED DATABASES |
Ageline 
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Citations and abstracts to journal articles and other materials covering issues related to aging.
(Internet Explorer or Safari recommended) 1978 to present |
| American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines
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| American Psychiatric Association (APA) practice guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for the assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders. |
| Bibliography of Data-Related Literature
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| Find publications based on ICPSR data via the Bibliography of Data-Related Literature, a searchable database that contains over 41,000 citations of known published and unpublished works resulting from analyses of data held in the ICPSR archive. |
| California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
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| Evidence-based child welfare practices. |
| Campbell Library of Systematic Reviews
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| The Campbell Library of Systematic Reviews provides free online access to systematic reviews in the areas of education, criminal justice and social welfare. The library is a peer-reviewed source of reliable evidence of the effects of interventions. |
| Child Welfare League of America (CWLA): National Data Analysis System
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| CWLA brings together data from a wide range of sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Adoption and Foster Care Reporting System, Centers for Disease Control, Urban Institute and more. |
| Cochrane Library
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| Full text of evidence-based reviews of clinical trials and healthcare/medical interventions. 1993 - present |
| Criminal Justice Abstracts
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| Citations to articles in scholarly journals. Topics: crime trends, prevention and deterrence, juveniles, police, courts, sentencing. 1968 - present |
| DARE (Databases of Abstracts of Review Effects)
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| Contains over 4000 abstracts of quality assessed and critically appraised systematic reviews. The database focuses on the effects of interventions used in health and social care. |
| Education Full Text
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| Research in peer reviewed education journals -- citations, abstracts and some full text. Indexing coverage from June 1983- present. Abstracting coverage from June 1984 - present. Full text coverage (of 155 periodicals) from January 1996. |
| ERIC (EBSCO Interface)
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| Teaching, learning, schools, educational policy; article citations, full text of non-peer reviewed documents. Locating material found in ERIC. 1966 - present |
| Foundation Directory Online
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| The Foundation Center's database houses a collection of data on the entire universe of over 76,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities. Please visit the PSU Library Reference Desk for access information. |
| ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
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| Vast archive of social science data, including aging, child care, criminal justice, demography, education, political science, public and mental health, and sociology. |
| LexisNexis Academic Universe
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| Full text sources, including: regional, national and international newspapers; business, legal, and medical publications; and government documents. |
| LGBT Life with Full Text
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| Indexes worldwide literature regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transexual and transgender issues. Contains full-text for about one quarter of the indexed titles. 1945-present |
| MEDLINE (Ebsco interface)
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| Comprehensive database covering research literature in all areas of medicine from 1953-present. Published by the National Library of Medicine includes links to open access full text articles. |
| MEDLINE (FirstSearch interface)
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| Comprehensive database covering research literature in all areas of medicine from 1953-present. Published by the National Library of Medicine includes links to open access full text articles. 1965 - present |
| MEDLINE (Ovid Interface)
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Citations and abstracts for journal articles in all areas of medical practice and research.
(Internet Explorer or Safari recommended) 1965 - present |
| MEDLINE (PubMed interface)
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| Citations and abstracts for journal articles in all areas of medical practice and research 1965 - present |
| National Criminal Justice Reference Services
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| Full text of criminal justice publications from federal, state, and local government. Contains books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. Early 1970s - present |
| National Guideline Clearinghouse
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| A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
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| Citations on topics of public policy to periodicals, books, hearings, reports, web sites and government documents 1972 - present |
| PapersFirst
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| Index to millions of papers presented at conferences worldwide 1993-present |
| PsycINFO
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Citations and abstracts for journals, books and dissertations in psychology and human behavior.
(Internet Explorer or Safari recommended) 1889 - present |
| SimplyMap
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| SimplyMap is an Internet-based mapping application
that enables users to develop interactive thematic maps and reports using
thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables. |
| Social Sciences Citation Index
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| Topic and citation searching to identify articles published in high impact social science journals. 1992 - present |
| SocINDEX
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| SocINDEX, with more than 1.3 million records, covers an array of social science disciplines - from anthropology to social work. 1895 - present |
| Sociological Abstracts
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| Citations to the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. 1963 - present |
| SourceOECD
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| OECD's Online Library of Statistical Databases, Books and Periodicals. |
| SUMSearch
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| SUMSearch is a unique method of searching for medical evidence by using the Internet. NOTE: search PSYCINFO for more behavioral interventions.
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| TestLink
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| The Test Collection at ETS is a library of more than 25,000 tests and other measurement devices that makes information on standardized tests and research instruments available to researchers, graduate students, and teachers. Collected from the early 1900s to the present, the Test Collection at ETS is the largest such compilation in the world. |
| TRIP
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| Metasearch engine of evidence-based practice databases and websites, including: DARE, PubMed, EBP journals, and more. 1997- |
| US Department of Health and Human Services. Health Resources and Services Administration Geospatial Datawarehouse.
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| HRSA focuses on uninsured, underserved, and special needs populations in its goals and program activities. The HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse
(HGDW) provides a single point of access to HRSA programmatic information, related health resources, and demographic data for reporting on HRSA activities. |
| US Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
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| Rich source of information about America’s health. As the Nation’s principal health statistics agency, [NCHS] compile statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of [US Citizens]. |
| US Department of Health and Human Services. National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
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| The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) is a searchable online registry of mental health and substance abuse interventions that have been reviewed and rated by independent reviewers. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) product. |
| US Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Applied Studies
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| SAMHSA's Office of Applied Statistics (OAS) provides the latest national data on (1) alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drug abuse,
(2) drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases, and (3) the nation's substance abuse treatment system. |
| US Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD User.
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| HUD USER provides interested researchers with access to the original electronic data sets generated by PD&R sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population. |
| Web of Science
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| Citation searching across thousands of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the arts & humanities, social sciences, and sciences. |
| Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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| Searchable database of literature on world politics and public administration. 1967 - present |
