This course library research research guide supplements the LIBBI session and provides suggested resource links, search strategies, and research tips to support the course assignments and student research needs.
Course Description: "Introduces the basic concepts and findings of cognitive psychology, including the topics of perception, attention, learning, memory, language, categorization, imagery, judgment and decision-making, and problem-solving. Cognition is discussed from the perspectives of information processing and cognitive neuroscience."
Core Databases
- APA PsycArticles® This link opens in a new windowFrom the American Psychological Association. More than 180,000 full-text, peer-reviewed articles from more than 100 journals covering the science of psychology and behavior. Published by APA and affiliated journals. EBSCO
- APA PsycInfo® This link opens in a new windowFrom the American Psychological Association. International literature in psychology and related disciplines. Includes over 1,800 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally.
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new windowContains peer-reviewed titles covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, child & adolescent psychology, counseling, and observational and experimental methods.
- PTSDpubs This link opens in a new window(previously named PILOTS -Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress)Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs; Provides citations and abstracts to the international literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events. Proquest
- SAGE Premier This link opens in a new window
- ScienceDirect Databases (All) This link opens in a new window
Related Databases
- EagleSearch This link opens in a new windowSearches multiple databases across formats and media. Use advanced search to select disciplines. See: opens new windowEBSCO's Tutorial
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary scholarly database; ~9,000 full-text journals; 7,850+ full-text peer-reviewed journals; indexing and abstracts for 12,500+ journals. NEW! ~60,000 videos (with footage from 1930-present) from the Associated Press.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGo to Settings, choose Library links in the left menu and key in Oral Roberts University. When you are logged in to "Off Campus Access,"the results will provide a link to the article, if it is available full-text in the library.
- Family Studies Abstracts This link opens in a new windowBibliographic records covering essential areas related to family studies, including marriage, divorce, family therapy, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline; linked full-text when available.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text, abstracts, and indexing of health and medical related scholarly journals;subjects include pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law, etc.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowProvides indexing for millions of dissertations, with the full-text available for immediate free download and many available for purchase in print; the official digital dissertation archive for the Library of Congress.
- Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCovers 900+ social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Coverage includes: therapy, addictions, child and family welfare, human services, civil and legal rights, and mental health
- SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new windowA full-text sociology research database indexing journals, books, working papers, dissertations, conference proceedings; subjects cover criminology, ethnic and racial studies, gender studies, criminal justice, social development, religion, substance abuse, and much more.