Databases
- APA Practice Guidelines – evidence-based recommendations for the assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders
- DSM-5 – used by clinicians and researchers to diagnose and classify mental disorders
- Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health – detailed information on mental disorders and conditions, as well as the various therapies used to treat mental disorders
- Health Source – articles, book chapters, and pamphlets on variety of allied and consumer health issues
- Medline – information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more
- PsycInfo – all areas of psychology including animal, applied, clinical, developmental, educational, general, human experimental, general, physiological, social and sport psychology, and treatment and prevention
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences – covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods
- Science Direct – very broad coverage of variety of science topics with many sources not found in other databases, makes a good supplemental search
- Social Policy – government policies affecting social justice and social change
Research Guides
Google Search Tips
(see also full page of Google Tips)
try these search commands (no spaces within commands):
- site:.gov
- site:oregon.gov
- filetype:pdf
- intitle:treatment
- put quotes (” “) around a phrase to search the words together
Examples:
- site:.gov intitle:education statistics filetype:pdf
- site:oregon.gov “family poverty” statistics
- site:ed.gov intitle:literacy statistics
Websites
- National Council for Behavioral Health
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
