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Google Scholar searches specifically for scholarly materials such as journal articles, research reports, dissertations, and theses. You'll be linked to the full text if the library subscribes to the journal or if it's from an open access journal. If it is not available through Kirkwood's databases, you can request an Interlibrary loan.

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• What's included? The DSM-5-TR, several ebooks published by the APA, several scholarly journals published by the APA.

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