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Social Sciences
 

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AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive - 1820's to current
The AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive provides a sensory journey of Associated Press photographs, audio sound bites, graphics and text spanning over 160 years of history. Contents maybe used for research projects and other educational applications without seeking additional permission.
Encyclopedia of Aging. David J. Ekerdt, Ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. 1591 pp. 4 vols.
Written by experts for a general audience, articles cover topics such as biology, medicine, economics, law, psychology, sociology, and history as they relate to aging. Illustrated with photos, graphs, and line drawings.
Criminal Justice Periodicals
CJPI can provide information on virtually any criminal justice topic, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law. Overall dates of coverage: 1981-present. 190 periodical titles included.
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History Reference Center
Offers full text from more than 2,300 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 130 leading history periodicals, more than 61,100 historical documents, 66,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 110,200 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.  

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Films on Demand -
Use our web-based digital video delivery service, FMG On Demand, to view previews online and purchase streaming access to any of our 5,000+ digital titles. Choose just the titles you need, watch them as many times as you want, and share them with students and faculty through online catalogs, distance learning courses, and learning management systems. Current titles that PVC faculty are offering:

Greenwood Daily Life Online: Daily Life Through History
Is a site based on The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life that details the daily realities of historical people, ranging from ancient to modern times searchable by subject, region of the world or time period. It explores topics such as sexuality, slavery and clothing in mature and candid detail.
PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES is a definitive source of searchable full text articles on current issues in psychology. This database covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. The database contains more than 35,000 searchable full text articles from 41 journals published by the APA and eight journals from allied organizations. It contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of the 49 journals. Coverage now spans from 1987 to the present.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
This database provides coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. Is updated daily via EBSCO host.

   
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