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There are many more resources available to help you excel on your research projects, and you can reach them from the Lima Campus Library website.

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Below, you can access the Lima Campus Library Catalog, and the OhioLINK catalog to find titles available on library shelves. At the Lima Campus Library alone, you have 75,000 titles available to you. Through OhioLINK, you have 50 million! OhioLINK is a partnership of 90 Ohio college and university libraries, including the state library of Ohio, that work together to provide Ohio students, faculty, and researchers access to the information they need for their research, for free.

Listed below are databases that can lead you to articles from scholarly journals in the Social and Behavioral Science fields. If you want a refresher on using databases, please get in touch with us at the library.

If you are OFF CAMPUS be sure to use the off campus database link.

For a complete list of all of the OhioLINK databases, please click here.

APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
PsycINFO is an electronic bibliographic database providing abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences.
he database includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.

It is a 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. Ninety-nine percent of its content is peer-reviewed. Included is information on the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from around 2,500 periodicals in dozens of languages
APA PsycINFO Off Campus Access This link opens in a new window
Off Campus Access
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
covers emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. This database includes nearly 515 full text titles and over 490 peer-reviewed journals.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection Off Campus Access This link opens in a new window
Off Campus Access
SocINDEX This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text for articles and other publications in sociology.
provides full text of journal articles, and indexing and informative abstracts for "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, plus "priority" coverage journals and "selective" coverage journals. Extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources is included. SocINDEX with Full Text features subject headings from a sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. Searchable cited references are also provided. SocINDEX covers all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence and many others.
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Off Campus Access
Sociological Collection This link opens in a new window
Database covering information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
is a comprehensive database covering information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. This database provides complete full text for more than 500 important journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection.
Sociological Collection Off Campus Access This link opens in a new window
Off Campus Access

Additional useful databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study.
designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most 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 Amore than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.
Academic Search Complete Off Campus Access This link opens in a new window
Off Campus Access
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts and full text of articles and other publications in education research.
is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals. This database also includes full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.
Education Research Complete Off Campus Access This link opens in a new window
Off Campus Access
ERIC (EBSCOhost Interface) This link opens in a new window
Educational Resources Information Center. EBSCOhost Interface. Index and abstracts of articles, books, and documents covering education research and practice.
indexes education-related literature, beginning in 1966. The EBSCOhost interface is similar to Academic Search Complete. The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information, containing abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. The database covers descriptions and evaluations of programs, research reports and surveys, curriculum and teaching guides, instructional materials, position papers, and resource materials. In 1993, ERIC began indexing education-related books, including the output of major publishers
ERIC (EBSCOhost Interface) Off Campus Access This link opens in a new window
Off Campus Access

In addition to books and academic journal articles available through the library, you have a wealth of information available to you through other websites. Below are links to a handful of websites that can help get you started in your research, but there's a lot more out there!

Psychology

Sociology

Titles Available Through the Electronic Book Center:

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and these resources are provided as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects.

APA Formatting and Style Guide - The Purdue OWL

Chicago Formatting and Style Guide - The Purdue OWL

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