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Academic
Search Complete
This database replaces General Onefile
as of July 1, 2008.
This is a multi-disciplinary full-text
database, with more than 5,990 full-text
periodicals, including more than 5,030 peer-reviewed
journals.
In addition to full text, this database offers
indexing and abstracts
for more than 9,990 journals and a total of
more than 10,400 publications
including monographs, reports, conference
proceedings, etc
Academic
Search Complete uses the * symbol for truncation
Use 
to find full-text of articles not provided in
Academic
Search Complete
ERIC
ERIC is the most complete database
of journal literature, books, and other publications
related to education, educational
psychology, and child-related research literature.
Only items marked "full-text
via ERIC" can be retrieved online in ERIC itself,
though some ERIC listed journals
can be found on the web in InfoTrac or other databases.
For each listing, it's important
to distinguish if the item described is an
ERIC Document (available on
microfiche at VCU Library) or a journal article.
ERIC Documents
have an ED number, e.g. ED400625 - write it down.
Many recent ERIC Documents are
full-text online in the ERIC Database itself.
Most older ERIC Documents are
available on microfiche in Cabell Library,
3rd floor and can be copied
and/or delivered via an ILLIAD
request.
links are provided for finding full-text articles.
ERIC
uses the * symbol for truncation
PSYCInfo
The most complete index of journal
articles, book chapters , and dissertations
done in psychology from
1887 to the present.
This provides abstracts/summaries
of articles, but not full-text articles.
links provided for finding full-text articles.
PSYCInfo
uses the * symbol for truncation
PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES is
a definitive source of searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and
scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 40,000
articles from 53 journals - 45 published by the American Psychological
Association (APA) and 8 from allied organizations. It includes all journal
articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal.
Coverage spans 1985 to present.
PsycARTICLES
uses the * symbol for truncation
SPORT
DISCUS
(1830 - present)
Abstracts
of articles from the international literature on sport and recreation research.
links are provided for finding full-text articles.
SPORT
DISCUS uses the * symbol for truncation.
Lexis/Nexis
This provides access to full-text newspapers,
magazines (though not as many scholarly ones as
InfoTrac Onefile does), legal & court
case information, broadcast news transcripts and more.
For most searchs, select "Guided News Search"
and then select "General News"
and then "Major Papers" or "Magazines and
Journals" .
Lexis/Nexis
uses the ! symbol for truncation
Dow
Jones/Factiva
This is another database conatining full-text
articles from nearly 6,000 newspapers, journals, and
transcripts. Formerly known as the Dow Jones
Publications Library.
For searches of ALL publications in Factiva,
be sure to select "all content" below where
you have typed in your search terms.
Factiva requires that you use the Internet
Explorer 5.01 or higher web browser.
Factiva
uses the * symbol for truncation
Dissertation
Abstracts Online
Coverage: (1861 - present)
Abstracts of dissertations
(some theses) completed in the US and abroad.
Abstracts back to 1980.
Dissertation
Abstracts uses the * symbol for truncation
Mental
Measurements Yearbook
Coverage: (1985 - present)
Information about and reviews
of standardized tests principally in the
fields of education and psychology. Information
for each test includes author,
scoring information, overview, description,
and one or more reviews.
Yearbook 9 - present.
Mental
Measurements Yearbook uses the * symbol for truncation
For other potentially useful
databases for Education research,
see our VCU Library lists of
Education
databases or our
Education
Resource Guide .