Recommended Databases
- APA PsycInfoan index of scholarly literature in behavioral sciences and mental health fields. It is relevant to the study of psychology and related fields, such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.
- CINAHLComprehensive indexing of the nursing and allied health journal literature
- Congressional PublicationsCurrent information, legislative histories, hearings, Senate/House documents and reports.
- MEDLINEComprehensive database for biomedical literature.
- PAIS IndexPublic policy and administration literature.
- PolicyMapPolicyMap is an online data and mapping application that provides access to over 10,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, income, crime, mortgages, health, jobs, and more
- TRID --Transportation Research Information ServicesTRID is a newly integrated database that combines the records from TRB's Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to over 900,000 records of transportation research worldwide.
Finding Specific Articles or Journals in QuickSearch
To find a specific journal go the Advanced Search in Quicksearch and:
- Select Title from the first pulldown menu on the left
- Type the journal name next and select Journals from the Resource Type menu on the right
- Select the Search link
When searching for one-word journal titles (Life, Science, Nature, etc.), you may have better results using the Basic Search
To find a specific article ("known" citation) either:
- Use the Basic Search and enter the article title in quotes (")
or
- Use Citation Lookup-for best results, enter the title and any unique identifier such as an ISSN, DOI, or PMID.
