CHANGES:

PsycINFO is now available through PsycNET
http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/apa/psycinfo

Eric is now available through EBSCO or CSA

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) is now available through EBSCO

Mental Measurements Yearbook is available through EBSCO

CINAHL is available through EBSCO.

Clinical Evidence is available through BMJ

For Medline access use PubMed. For information about this change, please see the March 2006 News@Hardin article.

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