EBSCOHOST gives you access to scholarly, peer-reviewed literature in several psychological and religious databases. You may find full text online for many items. EBSCOHOST requires a username and password which will need to be acquired from Western's Library staff.

INSTRUCTIONS:
From the title screen, click on “Religion and Psychology databases” to go directly to the American Theological Library Association religion databases or the psychology databases. You may search several databases at once, but EBSCO recommends one at a time, as features/options amongst the databases differ.

For instance, if you choose only ATLA, you have the option of searching for articles on specific scripture references by clicking <Scriptures> near the top of the screen.

1. Choose/check the database(s) you want to search and <Continue>.
2. Begin searching
3. To print more than one item:
   1. Click <Add to folder> button to add each item to your folder.
   2. Go to “Folder view” at the right to view contents.
   3. If the article is available in full text online, click on PDF or HTML icon under the title to see the full text.
   4. To print, click the <Print> icon at the top of the record.
   5. On the “Print Manager” screen, check options wanted and <Print> (The normal print screen options appear)
4. Click the EBSCOHOST logo to return to the Search screen.

We are also subscribing to several psychology databases, which are accessible through EBSCOHOST:

• PsycArticles is a database of full-text articles from some 63 psychological journals, 1894-present.
• PsycBooks is a full-text database of psychological books and chapters now accessible online.
• PsycCritiques “provides full text reviews of current books and some popular films, videos, and software as well as comparative reviews of books.”
• PsycExtra, “a gray literature database, is a companion to the scholarly PsycInfo database” but does not overlap
• PsycInfo in coverage. It provides abstracts and full text for a wide variety of information in psychology, behavioral science, and health, mostly disseminated outside of peer-reviewed journals. PsycInfo “is an abstract database of psychological literature from the 1800s to the present…contains bibliographic citations, abstracts, cited references, and descriptive information…across a wide variety of scholarly publications in the behavioral and social sciences.” “98% are peer reviewed journals.”

e-book Collection: We also now have access to approximately 400 e-books through EBSCOHOST. Click “More information” for tips on searching. Near the top of the screen click “E-books” to get a list of subject categories. Click a subject category to see the specific titles included, or enter search terms in the search box to search all related titles. Most of our e-books are in religion. The site is still being developed and modified.