To Find Instruments (surveys, questionnaires, etc.)
Mental Measurements YearbookThis link opens in a new windowMental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive, full-text guide to contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. First published by Oscar K. Buros, the MMY series allows users to make knowledgeable judgments and informed selection decisions about the increasingly complex world of testing. MMY provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present. MMY via EBSCOhost® now includes the MMY Archive providing all yearbooks from the first edition in 1938, through the 18th yearbook released in 2010.
Sims Memorial Library also owns the following corresponding print editions:
TITLE: Tests in Print III, IV, V, VI
LOCATION: REFERENCE ROOM
CALL NUMBER: LB 1131 .B87 T4
LIBRARY HAS: III (1983), IV (1994), V (1999), VI (2006)
Health Services and Sciences Research ResourcesFrom the National Library of Medicine. A free searchable catalog of research data sets, instruments, & software relevant to health services research, behavioral & social sciences, & public health. Records may include a links to a PubMed search.
RAND Health Care SurveysThis site provides surveys developed by RAND covering areas such as aging and health, end-of-life care, sexual behavior, mental health. All are in the public domain.
Students will use these Indexes and Databases, provided through Sims Library, to locate peer-reviewed journal articles and books.
Academic Search CompleteThis link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
Alt Health WatchThis link opens in a new windowIndexes and provides full-text coverage of more than 180 international journals, reports, proceedings, newsletters, pamphlets, and special report from complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Includes over 30 peer-reviewed publications.
CINAHL CompleteThis link opens in a new windowThis database provides access to health science literature related to nursing and allied health disciplines. In addition, it includes standards of practice and evidence-based care guidelines.
Drug Information PortalThis link opens in a new windowQuick access to quality drug information from the National Library of Medicine.
Provides information on over 45,000 prescription and non-prescription drugs including dietary supplements and some investigational medicines. It covers drugs from clinical trials to U.S. FDA approval and also includes some drugs from other countries.
Education Collection (ProQuest)This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text journal articles from hundreds of education journals. Includes Education Database and ERIC, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
Search tips and a Thesaurus are available at the top of the search page or at the ProQuest Education Database LibGuide
[Link to: http://proquest.libguides.com/educationdatabase]
Education Full TextThis link opens in a new windowIncludes comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Contains abstracting and indexing coverage for over 475 periodicals included in Education Index as well as full text for over 150 periodicals.
A list of periodicals indexed, abstracted and included in full text format in this database can be found in the Education Full Text Database Coverage List.
Sims Library also owns the following corresponding print index:
TITLE: Education Index
LOCATION: Reference Room
CALL NUMBER: AI Z 3.E4
LIBRARY HAS: 1929-1998
Emerald Health & Social Care eJournal CollectionThis link opens in a new windowIndexes, abstracts and provides some full text of articles from international journals in subjects including intellectual/learning disabilities, mental health, criminology and forensic practice, working with vulnerable groups and management of services.
ERICThis link opens in a new windowDatabase: via EBSCOhost; Accessible with a UNMC NetID. "ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index."
Health Source: Nursing/Academic EditionThis link opens in a new windowCovers medical disciplines and information regarding prescription drugs, herbal remedies, and nutritional supplements. Contains 650 full text journals and abstracts and indexing for more than 850 journals and the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide
MEDLINEThis link opens in a new windowProvides citations from current biomedical journals. Topics covered include medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences.
Mental Measurements YearbookThis link opens in a new windowMental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive, full-text guide to contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. First published by Oscar K. Buros, the MMY series allows users to make knowledgeable judgments and informed selection decisions about the increasingly complex world of testing. MMY provides coverage from Volume 9 to the present. MMY via EBSCOhost® now includes the MMY Archive providing all yearbooks from the first edition in 1938, through the 18th yearbook released in 2010.
Sims Memorial Library also owns the following corresponding print editions:
TITLE: Tests in Print III, IV, V, VI
LOCATION: REFERENCE ROOM
CALL NUMBER: LB 1131 .B87 T4
LIBRARY HAS: III (1983), IV (1994), V (1999), VI (2006)
Nursing & Allied Health (ProQuest)This link opens in a new windowJournals and dissertations covering nursing, allied health, and alternative and complementary medicine.
Search tips and a Thesaurus are available at the top of the search page or at the ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Database LibGuide
[Link to: http://proquest.libguides.com/nahd]
Physical Education IndexThis link opens in a new windowIndexes and abstracts articles from peer-reviewed journals, trade magazines and popular magazines, report literature, and conference proceedings on physical education curricula, sports medicine, dance, sports law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology.
Psychology & Behavorial Sciences CollectionThis link opens in a new windowProvides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles on 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 also indexed in PsycINFO.
PsycINFOThis link opens in a new windowThe PsycINFO , database, American Psychological Association’s (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains approximately 3 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s with DOIs for over 1.4 million records. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to present, includes international material selected from around 2,400 periodicals in dozens of languages.
PubMedThis link opens in a new windowFree government database for all things medical.
R2 Digital LibraryThis link opens in a new windowR2 Library is an eBook database for Nursing and Speech Therapy/Audiology and includes over 500 books from leading health science publishers.. New titles are added to the database as they become available.
Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine SourceThis link opens in a new windowThe database covers rehabilitation and sports medicine topics including orthopedics, physiology, nutrition, sports exercise, and physical therapy.
Research Library (ProQuest)This link opens in a new windowProvides a mix of scholarly journals, trade publication and magazines. Over 6,600 titles are included, with over 5,000 in full-text.
Search tips and a Thesaurus are available at the top of the search page or at the ProQuest Research Library LibGuide
[Link to: http://proquest.libguides.com/pqrl]
