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PsycFIRST  (PsycFIRST)

Psychology and related fields in the current and most recent three update years

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  • Includes international material selected from periodicals written in over 25 languages.
  • Includes current chapter and book coverage of worldwide English- language material.
  • Adds over 55,000 references annually through monthly updates.
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Subjects

Psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines:

anthropology nursing
business pharmacology
education physiology
law psychiatry
linguistics sociology
medicine  
Sources

1,760+ currently indexed journals

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Number of records Over 325,000
Dates covered Current year and most recent three update years
Updated Weekly
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Keyword kw: music and therapy
Abstract ab: kangaroo+
Accession number no: 1998-06637-000
Age group ag: 30-39
Age group phrase ag= 390 very old 85 yrs & older
3
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Author au: ohara
kenton p o'hara
Author affiliation aa: australian national
Author phrase au= ohara koichi
o'hara kenton p
[last name first]
Book type phrase bt= classic book
Cited reference cr: anxiety
Cited reference phrase cr= smith j
behav res ther 23 35-44
Classification descriptor phrase cd= 2820 cognitive & perceptual development
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Conference name cn: international
Conference name phrase cn= language testing research colloquium
Content type ct: chapter
Content type phrase ct= original chapter
Corporate author phrase co= canadian psychiatric association
Date of entry da: 19990101
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Date revised dv: 20030630
[date a record was modified in the database]
Descriptor de: dance
Descriptor phrase de= dance therapy
Document type phrase dt= book
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First page pg: 5
Geographic coverage phrase gc= australia
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Identifier id: teen* parent+
Intended audience phrase ia= juvenile
Issue is: 3
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Journal source so: confrontation*
Journal source phrase so= confrontations psychiatriques
Language phrase ln= french
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Major descriptor phrase mj= measurement
Methodology mg: empirical
Methodology phrase mg= empirical study
Minor descriptor phrase mn= art therapy
Notes nt: conference
Number of cited references nr: 40
Personal author phrase pn= o'hara kenton p
[last name first]
Population group po: animal
Population group phrase po= 10 human
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Publication date pd: 1998
199803
Publication type phrase pt= edited book
Publisher pb: mcgraw-hill
Reviewed journal phrase rj= peer-reviewed journal
Series title se: cambridge studies
Standard number sn: 0398068739
Subject su: therap*
Subject phrase su= music therapy
Table of contents tc: art therap*
Tests and measures tm: test
Title ti: music therapy
Title phrase ti= music therapy for children with severe burn injury
Volume vo: 4
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Year yr: 1999
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