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AnatomyTV

Interactive 3D anatomy tool

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This is a library-subscribed resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for terms and conditions regarding use restrictions. Please note that Canadian privacy laws do not apply to personal information you provide when using this resource. If you require assistance, please contact us here.

APA (American Psychological Association) Handbooks

APA Handbooks are accessible on the PsycNET platform such as: Adolescent and Young Adult Development, Ethics in Psychology, Multicultural Psychology, Psychopathology, Testing and Assessment in Psychology.

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BioMed Central

BioMed Central publishes 290+ peer-reviewed open access journals. UBC Library pays for a Supporters Membership which entitles UBC authors to a 15% discount on the article-processing charge.

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CAIRN

Comprehensive collection of 230 French language periodicals covering areas such as history, psychology, economics, political science and sociology.

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Child Welfare Information Gateway

The Child Welfare Information Gateway is a service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Covidence

PRIVACY NOTICE: UBC Library makes the Covidence service available for you for your convenience. Your use of Covidence is voluntary. Please be advised that the personal information you disclose when creating an account is stored on servers located in the United States. When you use this service, no personal information about you is collected by or for UBC. Canadian privacy laws do not apply to personal information you provide to Covidence. Please review the Covidence Privacy Policy on their website before using this service if you have any concerns.

To sign in or create an account, go to: https://support.covidence.org/help/the-university-of-british-columbia

Covidence supports systematic, scoping and comprehensive reviews. Streamlines screening, data extraction, and quality appraisal for all disciplines.

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ERIC (EBSCO interface)

Most comprehensive education index, covering nearly 1000 journals, primarily American. Also indexes ERIC documents, including conferences, curricula, reports etc. ERIC (EBSCO) includes many links to full text.

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Ethnographic Video Online

Streaming ethnographic video database. Features the work of many influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides, and more.

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Health and Psychosocial Instruments (OvidSP)

User limit: 5 maximum

Database of records providing comprehensive, accurate information about measurement tools and instruments used in health, sociology and psychology and produced by the Behavioral Measurement Database Services.

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JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) Research

UBC Library has access to JoVE Research:

  • JoVE Journal with 13 sections: Behavior, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biology, Cancer Research, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Environment, Genetics, Immunology and Infection, Medicine, Neuroscience
  • JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments

JoVE Research: Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing laboratory protocols in a video format. UBC has access to all 13 journal sections, and JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments.

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MEDLINE (Ovid)

Premier biomedical database with over 36 million life sciences journal articles from ~6000 journals since1946. Content matches PubMed and operating system supports editable structured searching with links to full text.

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MEDLINE (via EBSCOhost)

Premier international index to biomedical research covering nearly 6000 journals and indexing over 26 million citations from 1946 to present.

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Mental Measurements Yearbook (now includes Tests in Print)

Information and critical reviews (but not full text) of new and revised versions of more than 3,000 English-language standardized tests in education, personality, aptitude, neuropsychology, achievement and intelligence.

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National Criminal Justice Reference Service

National Criminal Justice Reference Service, founded in 1972, is a U.S. Federal information clearinghouse on criminal justice, juvenile justice, and drug policy.

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National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database

Summaries of over 210,000 U.S. and international publications about criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse.

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Oxford Handbooks Online

The Oxford Handbooks series covers 17 subject areas and UBC Library has access to all titles in all collections.

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Oxford Research Encyclopedias

User limit: 1 maximum

Oxford Research Encyclopedias (OREs) offers peer-reviewed, article-style writings that are authored and edited by leading scholars in a variety of subject areas.

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PsycArticles (Articles are included in PsycInfo)

From the American Psychological Association. Full text of more than 110 journals in general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research. Coverage varies.

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PsycCritiques

From the American Psychological Association. More than 43,00 full-text reviews of books in psychology & social sciences, plus professional videos & popular films from a psychological perspective.

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PsychiatryOnline

Psychiatric references and journals from American Psychiatric Publishing, featuring DSM-5 and The American Journal of Psychiatry.

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PsychoEducational Research & Training Centre Test Library

Use of materials in the PRTC Test Library is restricted  to qualified UBC students and faculty.



The PRCT Test Library contains standardized tests, assessment instruments, reference materials and other resources.

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PsycInfo (Includes full text from PsycArticles) (via EBSCO)

From the American Psychological Association. Covers psychology and the psychological aspects of various other disciplines: journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, plus citations to dissertations.

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PTSDpubs (formerly PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress)

Index to current and retrospective journal articles, books and reports on post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues resulting from traumatic events.

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PubMed (1946 - present)

Note: Direct link to full text or UBC's Citation Linker using the "Download PDF" icon on PubMed. Alumni and non-UBC users will have limited access to full-text articles from off-campus.

My NCBI update - Sept 2021: My NCBI is in the process of transitioning from NCBI-managed credentials to federated/3rd party credentials, which can be linked to an existing My NCBI account (FAQ). UBC researchers are encouraged to use ORCID credentials to log in to My NCBI. ORCID enables transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributions, and their affiliations by providing a unique, persistent identifier for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. Other federated sign-in options include Google, Microsoft, and Facebook.

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Premier biomedical database with over 30 million journal article references. Freely available and includes MEDLINE.

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REDCap Shared Library

The following resource is to provide a list of standardized tests and measures that work within the REDCap system. 

If you are interested in using the data collection instruments in the REDCap Shared Library, please visit https://arc.ubc.ca/redcap for information on requesting access to the UBC ARC REDCap Platform. If you have any questions regarding the UBC ARC REDCap Platform, please email redcap.support@ubc.ca.

The REDCap Shared Library is a repository for REDCap data collection instruments and forms that can be downloaded and used by researchers at REDCap partner institutions. UBC specific access is provided separately.

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SAGE Research Methods Online

A web-based research methods tool created to support researchers and students as they explore relevant content across the social and behavioral sciences, covering quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods

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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection)

Multidisciplinary index. Can be used to determine where and how many times an article has been cited.

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