Child Life Studies

With a focus on developmental psychology for children and adolescents during times of illness and hospitalization, this guide may be useful for someone interested in obtaining a Child Life Certification

How Do I...?

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Find Articles in Databases?
Find Articles in Full Text?
Find Scholarly Articles?
Instruction on obtaining peer reviewed articles
Find Databases by Name?
Find Databases by Subject?
Link to subscription databases sort by major discipline.
Conduct Searches Using AND, OR and NOT?
Advanced search techniques using boolean operators.
Find Online & Print Periodicals?
Searching for journals by title and / or subject
Cite Online Articles?
Access Databases from Off Campus?
Ask a Librarian for Help?
Contact a librarian via phone, email or live chat.

Psychology Specific Databases

PsycArticles (APA) - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Books E-Collection - APA This link opens in a new window
Social Sciences and Humanities - ScienceDirect/Elsevier This link opens in a new window
Health & Life Sciences - ScienceDirect/Elsevier This link opens in a new window
Medicine and Nursing Journal Collection - Wiley This link opens in a new window
SAGE Journal Collections This link opens in a new window
Psychology - Gale OneFile This link opens in a new window
Psychology Database - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Directory of Open Access Journals - DOAJ This link opens in a new window

Annual Reviews and Other Journals

Video: How to Use a Database

(From: Lane Wilkinson, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)

Multi-Disciplinary Databases

Articles & eBooks

ProQuest One Academic This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Elite - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Academic OneFile - GALE This link opens in a new window
SAGE Journal Collections This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
General OneFile - Gale This link opens in a new window
Ebook Central (Sign in required) This link opens in a new window
It is recommended that you access Ebook Central directly and not through Canvas when off-campus.
Search nearly 300,000 ebook titles.
DEI e-Book Collection - InfoSci Platform This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Scopus This link opens in a new window
WorldCat - Via Molloy This link opens in a new window
eBooks - Gale This link opens in a new window

Reference & Statistics / Demographics

CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window
Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints - Gale in Context This link opens in a new window
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Biography - Gale In Context This link opens in a new window
College - Gale In Context This link opens in a new window
Global Issues - Gale In Context This link opens in a new window
Literature - Gale This link opens in a new window
Literature Criticism - Gale This link opens in a new window
Literature Resource Center - Gale This link opens in a new window
LitFinder - Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
Data USA This link opens in a new window

Videos and Images

Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Bridgeman Education Art This link opens in a new window
Openverse This link opens in a new window
Google Image Search This link opens in a new window
Smithsonian Open Access This link opens in a new window

Reference, Index & Testing Databases

PsycTests (APA) - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Health & PsychoSocial Instruments HaPI - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Dissertations & Theses Global - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Diagnosing Mental Disorders: DSM-5™ and ICD-10 - AVON This link opens in a new window

Newspaper Resources

Hover over the title for more information about the resource.

News - Gale OneFile This link opens in a new window
News & Newspapers - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Newsday Long Island Edition - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Newspaper Source - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
New York Times - GALE This link opens in a new window
New York Times Current Editions (Database) - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
New York Times with Index (Historical Newspapers) - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast) - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Wall Street Journal - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Boston Globe Historical Newspaper - ProQuest This link opens in a new window