A-Z Databases

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The most frequently-used databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOHost)

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This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for over 9000 journals, including many which are peer-reviewed.
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Business Source Complete (EBSCOHost)

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All disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics. It is particularly useful for finding company profiles from MarketLine/Medtrack, as well as industry profiles, country reports, and market research reports.
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CINAHL Complete (EBSCOHost)

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Full text for many nursing and allied health journals, with coverage dating back to 1981. U.S. and International focus.
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Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCOHost)

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Bibliographic records and full text covering criminal justice and criminology.
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PsycINFO (EBSCOHost)

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Alternate Name(s) APA PsycINFO

Abstracts of scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines.
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Sage Journals Online

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Alternate Name(s) Sage Premier

Full text of peer-reviewed journals published by SAGE; coverage includes criminology, health sciences, business, history, sociology, and psychology. U.S. focus.
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ScienceDirect

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Journal articles on science, technology, medicine, with some coverage of social sciences and humanities. UFV subscribes to journal content only, not books and reference works. Coverage: 1995 to present. If you see a "site can't be reached message", change browser to Firefox.

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SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOHost)

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Comprehensive coverage of sociology and related social sciences disciplines.
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SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCOHost)

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Indexing and full text coverage of journals, monographs, dissertations and theses and reference articles relating to sport, fitness and related disciplines.
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New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

DSM-5 TR

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Alternate Name(s) Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders DSM-5

Access to all of the DSM library: the DSM-5, the Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, Clinical Cases and Handbook on the Cultural Formulation Interview as well as the previous editions of the DSM.
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Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection

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Canadian books and policy documents from governmental agencies, research institutes and university presses. For access, you are required to create a personal account.
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