Finding information on Forensic Psychiatry

Medline

Ovid – Structured, guided Medline searching. Suggests MeSH headings and limits with subheading topic categories.

PubMed – Excellent for a quick Medline search, and also has MeSH and subheading features. Search Clinical Queries to easily find systematic reviews, etiology, diagnosis, therapy and prognosis.

Evidence Based Medicine- Ovid – All EBM Reviews includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Link out from Ovid, most EBM databases are full-text.

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Electronic Books – Under “E-Books”
(E-Books may also be found searching the Library Catalog.)

• Psychiatry Online – Searches books, journals, and APA Practice Guidelines and the DSM-IV-TR.
• R2 Library – Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Functional Neuroanatomy, Child Neurology, and Merritt’s Neurology.
• MDConsult – Database searches books, journals, patient education, drugs, and practice guidelines. Includes Moore & Jefferson: Handbook of Medical Psychiatry.
• AccessMedicine – Includes Adams & Victor’s Principles of Neurology, Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Psychiatry.
• Science Direct - Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine, and Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences

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Specific Databases

• Lexis-Nexis – Search specific legal cases or legal information by topic.
• PsycINFO- APA database contains scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations.
• PILOTS – Post traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues as a result of traumatic events. Searches journals, books, book chapters, pamphlets, technical reports. Includes tests & measures.
• Sociological Abstracts – Literature, including dissertations, in sociology and related disciplines.
• Social Services Abstracts – Covers community and mental health services, family and social welfare, and crisis intervention.
• Mental Measurement Yearbook – Summaries of testing instruments.
  

Web of Science – Search by author or subject and find how many times an article or book chapter has been cited. Find articles that cite an author or work.

SCIRUS - A science-specific search engine, find peer-reviewed articles, reports, web sites and more.

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Selected Library Books (In Print)

• Principles and practice of forensic psychiatry / edited by Richard Rosner. Oxford University Press, c2003. W 740 P954.2 2003
• Principles and practice of geriatric psychiatry / edited by Marc E. Agronin, Gabe J. Maletta. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2006.
  WT 150 P9575 2006
• Adolescent forensic psychiatry / edited by Susan Bailey and Mairead Dolan. Oxford University Press, 2004. WS 463 Ad239 2004
• Principles and practice of child and adolescent forensic psychiatry / edited by Diane H. Schetky, Elissa P. Benedek. American Psychiatric Pub., c2002. W 740 P957 2002
• Forensic pathology in criminal cases / Michael Graham, Randy Hanzlick.
  Lexis, 2006. W 700 G741.3 2006
• The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of forensic psychiatry / edited by Robert I. Simon, Liza H. Gold. American Psychiatric Pub., c2004. W 740 Am5127 2004
• Forensic psychiatry: influences of evil / edited by Tom Mason.
  Humana Press, c2006. W 740 F713 2006

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Recommend a book for the Library Collection: http://medlib.tulane.edu/about/bookpur.htm

Publication Support - RefWorks and EndNote Web – Citation manager resources. Save citations in folders, use citations when writing, references, and foot notes.

ILLiad – Interlibrary Loan Service. Electronic requesting and receiving, pdf documents, fast and free service!

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For in-depth Legal Research contact the:

Tulane University Law Library
Weinman Hall, Third Floor
6329 Freret Street
New Orleans, LA 70118-6231
862-8872

• Westlaw is available for public access in the Law Library

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Contact the Library's Reference Desk:

medref@tulane.edu