The consortium was formed in 2002 to provide up to date, relevant information on Intellectual Disabilities, Mental Health and related subjects to the staff and parents of our organisations.
We have done this by collectively subscribing to a selection of online databases and Full Text journals which are relevant to our services. The collection currently subscribed to are as follows:
CINAHL® Plus (full text)
CINAHL® Plus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive nursing & allied health research database, providing full text for more than 530 journals indexed in CINAHL. The database also provides full text for 217 books/monographs.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection™ (full text)
This is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 600 journals.
PsycINFO®
PsycINFO®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains more than 2.4 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, in psychology and related disciplines. The database includes information about the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others.
MEDLINE® (full text)
MEDLINE® with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for medical journals, providing full text for more than 1,200 journals indexed in MEDLINE.
Access to the databases and journals is provided through the Idaal website which is maintained by the consortium members. The site also provides links to a number of free databases and links to other relevant organisations.
If you would like a password for access to the databases or help in using the site please contact your library service.