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PSY 472/572: Trauma Research

Finding Articles

Following are four primary indexes that will be useful to search for scholarly research articles: PsycINFO, Medline, PILOTS, and Sociological Abstracts.

PsycINFO (also called PsycNET)
PsycINFO is an important resource for finding scholarly articles and chapters in books.

MEDLINE
Medline covers journals in areas of medicine and biopsychology. It includes a number of psychology and psychiatry journals. 

PILOTS
The PILOTS database is an electronic index to the worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. It is produced by the National Center for PTSD and is available to the public at no charge. No account or password is required.

Sociological Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts provides access to research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. 

Recommended Journals

The following journals are owned by the UO. See Professor Freyd's journal list for other trauma journals not owned by the UO Library. Many journals articles on trauma are also published in more general psychology journals.

Australasian Journal of Disaster
and Trauma Studies 		Onine (1997-current)
Child Abuse & Neglect Online (1995-current)
Print (1978-2004) HV 741.C452

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

 Online (1999-current)
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation... Online (2000-current)

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Online (1997-current)

Violence Against Women Online (1999-current)


Finding Full Text Journals in Psychology

Using FindText

The Library now provides access to thousands of electronic journals. Click on in PsycINFO or any other database to find the full text to journals available through the UO Libraries. If the Library does not have access to a journal electronically, FindText will check for the print journal via the Catalog or give you an form so we can get it from another library.  Journal articles from other libraries usually arrive in 3-4 days.

PsycARTICLES

PsycINFO contains all PsycARTICLES full text journals.

Handbooks

These are a few of the key handbooks for trauma.
The APSAC handbook on child maltreatment Knight HV 6626.5 .A84 1996
Handbook for the assessment of dissociation: a clinical guide Knight RC 553 .D5 S73 1995
Handbook of dissociation:theoretical,empirical and clinical perspectives Knight RC 553 .D5 H36
International handbook of multigenerational legacies of trauma Knight RC 552 .P67 I578 1998
Rape and sexual assault III: a research handbook Knight HV 6561 .R369 1991

Finding Books - Use UO WorldCat

Most people begin searching with a keyword or subject search, unless they already know the author or title they want to find. The following subjects should be helpful in beginning your search: post traumatic stress disorder, dissociative disorders, psychic trauma, recovered memory, etc. These subject terms can be used to search the UO WorldCat that includes the UO Library, Summit, and libraries throughout the country. (UO & Summit books appear first, followed by books from many other libraries.

 

Summit

Summit is a consortium of academic libraries in the Pacific Northwest whose combined collections total over 22 million. Request books (but not journal articles) through Summit if the UO copy is checked out, missing, or if UO doesn't own a copy.

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Maintained by: Barbara Jenkins, jenkins@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 09/19/2009