Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Norfolk State University Institutional Review Board
Norfolk’s State University’s Institutional Review Board currently focuses on research that involves human subjects (IRB). The ultimate goal is to support the development of life-changing solutions and advances to our everyday lives and communities by ensuring that research practices are ethical, include voluntary and fully informed participation and maximize safety. To do that, the IRB reviews protocols and related materials based on rules and regulations established by national government entities, such as the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Resources
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 by Call Number: RC455.2.C4 D54 2013 Ready Reference, located behind information desk on the 1st floorISBN: 9780890425541Publication Date: 2013This is the standard reference for clinical practice in the mental health field. Since a complete description of the underlying pathological processes is not possible for most mental disorders, it is important to emphasize that the current diagnostic criteria are the best available description of how mental disorders are expressed and can be recognized by trained clinicians. The classification of disorders is harmonized with the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the official coding system used in the United States.
- Updates to DSM Criteria, Text, and ICD-10 CodesProvided by the American Psychiatric Association, this website gives the updates to DSM-5-TR criteria, text, and coding changes. The page is updated frequently as they learn of changes or of any issues clinicians are experiencing in implementing DSM-5-TR.
- Britannica Academic
Britannica Academic provides access to high-quality, comprehensive reference information. Includes access to the Britannica encyclopedia, atlas, world data, the Classics, biographies, news, multimedia, and more. You can also use Britannica Academic to search an Internet directory that includes more than 300,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors. This database also includes the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary.
- Credo Reference
Credo Reference provides full-text online access to hundreds of multidisciplinary reference book collections, including art, history, law, medicine, psychology, technology, bilingual dictionaries, and encyclopedias through a one-stop search platform. Search results often include articles from a wide array of publications and frequently present subject coverage from multiple perspectives. Using Credo Reference to approach a topic from different viewpoints can be a great way to expand your familiarity with the topic and it can help you develop new arguments and observations for your research.
- Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic includes access to over 500 peer-reviewed journals and 13,000 books spanning across disciplines.
- Oxford Bibliographies: Criminology & Social Work
This resource includes Oxford Bibliographies entries for Criminology & Social Work with exclusive, authoritative research guides across a variety of subject areas. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this resource directs researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.
Search directly from the landing page or select "Browse by Subject" to review guides under either Criminology or Social Work.
- WHO International Classification of Diseases (ICD)ICD purpose and uses, as a classification and terminology ICD-11: allows the systematic recording, analysis, interpretation and comparison of mortality and morbidity data collected in different countries or regions and at different times; ensures semantic interoperability and reusability of recorded data for the different use cases beyond mere health statistics, including decision support, resource allocation, reimbursement, guidelines and more.
The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology, 4 Volume Set by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781119057833Publication Date: 2021-03-08Organized thematically as an A to Z reference encyclopedia across 4 volumes, this comprehensive resource on health psychology provides a concise overview of the ever-expanding interdisciplinary field. The first volume of The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology covers the biological bases of health behavior, providing information on topics in the broad areas of neuroscience and biopsychology relevant to health behavior. Volume II addresses topics related to theories and data derived from social psychology including health or prevention related behaviors, stress and coping, and the design and evaluation of behavioral interventions. The third volume examines the applied aspects of the field of health psychology including practical topics that clinical health psychologists face in the workplace, issues related to unhealthy behaviors that individuals engage in, behavioral aspects of medical problems, and issues related to the comorbidity of psychiatric disorders and chronic health problems. Volume IV examines special issues in health psychology covering various historical, philosophical, and conceptual issues. It also considers issues related to diversity and underrepresented/underserved groups.
The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, Set by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781118970744Publication Date: 2020-12-14The Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (EPID) is organized into four volumes that look at the many likenesses and differences between individuals. Each of these four volumes focuses on a major content area in the study of personality psychology and individuals' differences. The first volume, Models and Theories, surveys the significant classic and contemporary viewpoints, perspectives, models, and theoretical approaches to the study of personality and individuals' differences (PID). The second volume on Measurement and Assessment examines key classic and modern methods and techniques of assessment in the study of PID. Volume III, titled Personality Processes and Individuals Differences, covers the important traditional and current dimensions, constructs, and traits in the study of PID. The final volume discusses three major categories: clinical contributions, applied research, and cross-cultural considerations, and touches on topics such as culture and identity, multicultural identities, cross-cultural examinations of trait structures and personality processes, and more. Each volume contains approximately 100 entries on personality and individual differences written by a diverse international panel of leading psychologists Covers significant classic and contemporary personality psychology models and theories, measurement and assessment techniques, personality processes and individuals differences, and research Provides a comprehensive and in-depth overview of the field of personality psychology .
Best Bets
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
This scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full-text database includes more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals with coverage across nearly all areas of academic study. In addition to its 8,500 full-text periodicals, the database features more than 75,000 videos from the Associated Press from 1930 to the present.
- APA PsycArticles (EBSCOhost)
APA PsycArticles includes full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology with articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA), its imprint - the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychological Association and the Hogrefe Publishing Group. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to the present and nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1.
- APA PsycInfo (EBSCOhost)
APA PsycInfo includes abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations from the fields of behavioral and social sciences. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from periodicals in dozens of languages.
- Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
Peer-reviewed journal for authoritative research on understanding the social, behavioral, and psychological impact of today's social networking practices, including X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and internet gaming, and commerce.
- JoVE Science Education
The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), a peer reviewed scientific video journal, is dedicated to teaching the practice and theory of scientific experiments through engaging and easy-to-understand visual demonstrations. All JoVE articles are indexed in subject-relevant indexing sites, including PubMed/MEDLINE, SciFinder and Scopus.
- MEDLINE (ProQuest)
MEDLINE® is a bibliographic database produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The database contains millions of citations, derived from thousands of biomedical and life science journals, and indexed with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) from the NLM controlled vocabulary. Extending back to 1946, annual input now exceeds 700,000 citations.
- OvidOvid contains 375 full-text journals and close to a million multimedia materials about all aspects in the fields of Medicine, Neurology, Nursing, Therapy, and more.
- ProQuest Platform (ProQuest)
Users can search, find and preview more than 900 million documents and retrieve scholarly full-text open access sources directly curated by ProQuest.
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOhost)
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. It offers full-text coverage for nearly 400 journals.
- PubMed Central
PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
- Springer Nature Link
This is an integrated collection of books, journals, and other materials from across the Springer Nature platform including Nature Portfolio, Springer, BMC, Palgrave, Discover, and Apress. Disciplines represented include the sciences, business, law, history, literature, philosophy, political science, social sciences, and statistics.
- Taylor & Francis Online
This resource includes millions of peer-reviewed journal articles published under the Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Dove Medical Press imprints across many academic disciplines.
- Wiley Online Library
Wiley Online Library provides access to multidisciplinary content across more than 1,600 journals and 22,000 ebooks.
Other Useful Databases
- Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core is the home of academic content from Cambridge University Press. The collection includes access to nearly one million articles and more than 300 books covering a wide variety of subjects. In addition, users can access more than 100 Cambridge Elements - original, concise, authoritative, and peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific research, organised into focused series edited by leading scholars, and providing comprehensive coverage of the key topics in disciplines spanning the arts and sciences.
- Child Development & Adolescent Studies (EBSCOhost)
This bibliographic database is a source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21. More than 342,000 records are included with over 10,000 new records added each year.
- Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
Contains more than 400,000 records selected from academic journals, magazines, conference papers, books, and reports. Subject areas covered include: criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole.
- Disability in the Modern World: History of a Social Movement
This database fills the gap in academic literature about the community and contributions of people who experience disability, with a comprehensive and international set of resources to enrich study in a wide range of disciplines from media studies to philosophy. Includes 150,000 pages of primary sources, supporting materials, archives, documentaries, and interviews along with 125 hours of video.
- Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)
A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.
- Education Research Complete (EBSCOhost)
A resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full-text for more than 1,200 journals, and includes full-text for nearly 500 books and monographs.
- PTSDpubs (ProQuest)
PTSDpubs: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress (1871 - current), formerly known as PILOTS, is a freely available, bibliographic database providing access to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other mental health consequences of traumatic events.
- Violence & Abuse Abstracts (EBSCOhost)
Bibliographic records covering essential areas related to violence and abuse, including family violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains more than 21,500 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.
- Classics in the History of PsychologyFrom York University in Toronto, a large number of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines.
- eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
This collection contains over 246,000 eBooks on a wide variety of academic subject matter.
- eBook Central (ProQuest)
eBook Central is a collection of nearly 250,000 academic e-books on a wide variety of subjects.
- Open Textbook Library
Textbooks in the Open Textbook Library are considered open because they are free to use and distribute, and are licensed to be freely adapted or changed with proper attribution. Currently offers more than 1280 open textbooks.
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
This ebook collection includes more than 1,500 titles centered on 2013 front list titles in twenty-two subject areas including computer science, health sciences, psychology, engineering, mathematics, forensics and finance. The ebook collection is complemented by nearly 4,000 open access and complimentary journals.
- Springer Nature Link
This is an integrated collection of books, journals, and other materials from across the Springer Nature platform including Nature Portfolio, Springer, BMC, Palgrave, Discover, and Apress. Disciplines represented include the sciences, business, law, history, literature, philosophy, political science, social sciences, and statistics.
- Taylor & Francis eBooks
Taylor & Francis eBooks offers approximately 100,000 full-text resources including content published within the past year.
- Wiley Online Library
Wiley Online Library provides access to multidisciplinary content across more than 1,600 journals and 22,000 ebooks.
- Academic Video Online (AVON)
This multidisciplinary video database supports researchers in many different fields, from anthropology to zoology. The collection's wide range of academic material includes documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, and demonstrations.
- Behavioral and Mental Health Online (BMHO)
BMHO provides a comprehensive, rich, and diverse collection of video and text for anyone studying or teaching in the area of mental health such as counseling, social work, nursing, psychology and behavioral health. This collection includes clinical mental health demonstrations, actual therapy sessions, compelling documentaries on the human condition, psychotherapy transcripts, as well client narratives and reference works.
- Films On Demand: Master Academic
This comprehensive collection includes 26 core academic collections with over 280,100+ video clips, 26,900+ full-length videos, and 14,500+ hours programming in various subject areas.
- Psychotherapy.netPsychotherapy.net provides unlimited access to hundreds of videos designed to improve the clinical skills of mental health professionals. Psychotherapy.net videos feature Yalom, Linehan, Kernberg and other experts in session with real clients, and step-by-step explanations of their interventions.
- American Psychological Association (APA)The mission of the APA is to promote the advancement, communication, and application of psychological science and knowledge to benefit society and improve lives.
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)The British counterpart to the National Institute of Heath, it offers useful and usable guidance for health and care practitioners.
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. The mission of the NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure.
- Social Psychology NetworkThe mission of Social Psychology Network is to promote peace, social justice, and sustainable living through public education, research, and the advancement of psychology.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.
Finding complete tests for assessment can be challenging. Published (commercial) tests are sold by their publishers and they can be expensive. Unpublished tests can be found in a variety of places including journal article and dissertations.
To find unpublished tests in journals, visit the Finding Scholarly Journals page.
Handbook of Tests and Measurement in Education and the Social Sciences by Call Number: LB3051 .L4543 2014ISBN: 9781610484299Publication Date: 2014-12-01Are you a teacher or guidance counselor looking for an accessible reference guide? This revised edition of a popular 1993 anthology includes 120 tests and surveys, bringing together psychometric information about instruments developed to measure constructs in education and social sciences. Includes references to both published and unpublished instruments-scales, questionnaires, surveys, indices, and inventories-which otherwise would be painstakingly difficult for the researcher/teacher/counselor to locate.
- APA Testing Related LinksAPA list of sites that relate to testing and assessment.
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFFSS)The Questionnaires for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation’s premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.
- Buss Lab: Evolutionary Psychology at the U of TexasResearch Instruments available through the University of Texas Buss Lab.
- Goz Lab: Psychology Department, University of TexasResearch Instruments available through the University of Texas Goz Lab.
- Health Resources & Services Administration | Maternal & Child HealthNational Survey of Children’s Health Questionnaires, Datasets, and Supporting Documents
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) survey questionnaires are voluntarily completed by students, teachers, and school administrators who participate in a NAEP assessment. Survey questionnaires collect additional information about students’ demographics and K-12 education experiences. Responses to the questionnaires provide important information for educators, policymakers, and researchers to better understand the context in which students learn, and, in turn, can help improve education in our nation's classrooms.
- National Institute of Health (NIH)A part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIH is the largest biomedical research agency in the world.
- OvidOvid contains 375 full-text journals and close to a million multimedia materials about all aspects in the fields of Medicine, Neurology, Nursing, Therapy, and more.
- Questionnaires for ResearchersQuestionnaires from the University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center.
- RAND Corporation | SurveysRAND's researchers and survey experts have developed numerous health-related surveys. Available for free in the public domain, these surveys are designed for a wide range of purposes, including assessing patients' health, screening for mental health conditions, and measuring quality of care and quality of life. Many of these surveys are intended for the general population, but can be tailored to specific groups, such as the elderly, Medicaid recipients, veterans, and families with small children.