Your research needs and assignment requirements will dictate the types of sources you will use to successfully complete your work. These may include scholarly, peer-reviewed articles, news sources, government documents, or data. In the following sections you can find a variety of sources separated by type which may be of use to you in your work.
If you would like to talk more about which sources would be best for you or would like assistance locating specific information, please reach out at any time! No question is too small.
nicholas.dandrea@pepperdine.edu
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Use these databases as starting points for searching for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles. The subjects covered and journals housed within these databases range over multiple subjects.
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed articles in psychology, behavioral science and mental health.
Access to biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from the National Library of Medicine.
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Demographic data mapping tool for custom reports, plus directory data of U.S. businesses and consumers.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research collection of social science data. First time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account.
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. Access to Datalab, an online table and regression maker tools featuring 30+ federal education datasets, requires creating a free account.
You can use this search bar to locate books for your work. If you would like assistance in navigating our catalog, please email me at nicholas.dandrea@pepperdine.edu.
If you are at one of our libraries and would like to browse the books in person, use the call numbers below to locate books related to your interests.
Did you know if there is a book at any Pepperdine Library in California, you can have it placed on hold for you at Payson Library? If a book is marked as available in the catalog, just press the request button on book page and library staff will pull it for you and it will be placed on the hold shelf. This also includes books at Payson.
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed articles in psychology, behavioral science and mental health.
Descriptive summaries, articles and citations on the development and assessment of psychological tests, scales, instruments and measures used in psychology research and teaching.
Reference materials are publications materials which contain collections of particular information created to have sections referred to when needed and, if they're physically accessible, can only be used in the library. Encyclopedias and dictionaries are both examples.
Multidisciplinary reference on families, marriages, and intimate relationships.
Mental health & psychology encyclopedia and companion to the DSM-5.
If you find any articles, books, or book chapters you would like to read but cannot access through the Pepperdine Libraries you can make a request for our staff to ask other libraries to send it to us. To request something, either locate it in the library catalog, open the individual library record, and click the request button. This will fill out the request form and all you need to do is update your information. You can also fill out the form manually following this link: https://pepperdine.account.worldcat.org/account/requests/
You can learn more about interlibrary loan through this guide here: https://infoguides.pepperdine.edu/interlibraryloan
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