Research and Software Support Specialist
Nancy Kechner
Contact:
Brown Science & Engineering Library in Clark Hall
Room i043
Room i043
434.249.2808
Skype Contact: uvakechner
Suggested Resources
- APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowBeginning in the 1800s, covers journal articles in more than 30 languages and books in English about psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education.
Search: mobile technology [mental health topic]
*Sort results by relevance, instead of date - Medline (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowAll aspects of biomedicine and allied health fields plus biological and physical sciences and humanities and information science as they relate to medicine and health care.
Search: mobile technology AND [mental health topic]
- Psychiatry OnlineContains the DMS IV online.
Search "mobile technology" to find articles and chapters discussing mobile technology and mental health research.
- National Institute of Mental Health: Technology and the Future of Mental Health TreatmentA great overview of using apps in mental health treatment.
- CHIConference proceedings for the Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction (SIGCHI). "The world's largest association of professionals who work in the research and practice of computer-human interaction. We are an interdisciplinary group of computer scientists, software engineers, psychologists, interaction designers, graphic designers, sociologists, multi-media designers, and anthropologists."
- UbiCompJoint International Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
- Compendex (Ei Compendex*Plus) This link opens in a new windowA large interdisciplinary engineering database listing journal articles, technical reports and conferences. Includes book reviews.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowFind articles from most online scholarly journals plus some books and Web sites. Use Advanced Search if you get too many results; use Preferences to turn on links to Find@UVa and RefWorks.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowLarge general database of articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers on many topics. Also includes reference books (World Almanac, American Heritage Dictionary), biographies, speeches, images, and other primary source documents.
- Web of Knowledge/Web of Science This link opens in a new windowIncludes Science Citation Index (1970-), Social Sciences Citation Index (1981-), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1981-), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (2005-present). Daily updates make it a good source for very recent information. Citations include number of times the article has been cited.
The Library Doesn't Have It!
- Interlibrary Services (ILS)We borrow materials not owned by U.Va. Libraries from libraries worldwide for University of Virginia students. Use for: articles, books, dissertations, government documents, technical reports the library doesn't own or have access to online.
- Purchase RequestsU.Va. students may use this form to recommend purchasing materials for the Library's collection.
- ASK A LIBRARIANGet advice and answers regarding access to materials (and whatever else you might need).