Psychology Subject Guide

Article Databases

 

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Locating Journal Articles in Psychology
To locate research articles found in scholarly journals, use an index to the periodicals in that field.
PsycINFO is the database of choice for all aspects of psychological data (behavioral, clinical, industrial, experimental, school, counseling, etc.) The online source (1887 to date) indexes technical reports, book chapters, book reviews, theses and dissertations, and, of course, journal articles. Many references are linked to full text either directly or through Find It at WMU. Online tutorials provide excellent assistance in different search techniques.

An index to full text APA journal articles is available through PsycARTICLES. Both are linked below and can also be found through the A-Z list of Article Indexes and Databases on the Libraries' home page.

PsycINFO restricted Psychological Abstracts BF 1 .P65 (General Stacks)
Covers world-wide literature in psychology and related disciplines. Journal articles, technical reports, books, book chapters, and dissertations are included. Coverage: 1887-present. Updated weekly.
Use the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms for subject words: BF1 .P65x 2007 (Education Lib. and Waldo Ref.)

PsycARTICLES restricted Full-text access to over 75 major peer-reviewed psychology journals. Coverage varies. Updated weekly.

Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Full-text resources in applied psychology, assessment, child development, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, counseling psychology, and social psychology. Updated weekly. Note: Not every journal will have new data each week.
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Psychological Abstracts
BF1 .P65 General Stacks
Print subscription covers 1927-2004.

Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
BF1 .P651x 2005 (Ed. Lib. Ref. Index Tables, Ref. Desk Collection, Waldo)

Additional Databases with Psychology Citations
Besides PsycINFO, articles and other resources dealing with aspects of psychology can be found in many discipline-oriented periodical indexes or databases. The links below are to selected titles; many others exist and can be located through the Subject Guides listing.


ABI/INFORM Global restricted An index of over 1,800 publications with abstracts, and full text from over 700 of these titles, selected from newspapers, trade publications, and journals on business including, for example, administration, economics, computers, finance, human resources, management, and marketing. Full-text of Wall Street Journal articles available from 1984. Otherwise coverage is from 1971 to the present with some older material available. Updated daily.

CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health) restricted Indexes journals in nursing and related fields with full text for 560 of them. Some go back as far as 1937. Updated weekly.

ERIC restricted
The Educational Resources Information Center indexes and abstracts over 2,000 journals and more than 450,000 reports in education and related fields. Some documents are available full text, the rest are on microfiche in the Education Library. Covers 1966-present. Updated monthly.
This is the FirstSearch version, also available from CSA and from the US government. Tutorial

Medline (FirstSearch) restricted The major index to medical research, from clinical medicine to cellular and biomolecular biology. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine. Coverage: 1965 - present. Updated daily.

  • RefWorks Info: Medline will export marked citations directly into your RefWorks account. (You will be prompted to login.)


Social Sciences Abstracts restricted Indexes over 600 periodicals in anthropology, economics, ethnic studies, feminist studies, geography, human services, international relations, law and criminology, police science, political science, population studies, psychology, public administration, public health, social work, sociology, urban studies, and related social science subjects. Coverage: indexing from 1983 and abstracts from 1994. Updated weekly.
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Sociological Abstracts restricted Indexes an international selection of publications in sociology and related disciplines from over 1,800 journals, serials, books, conference papers, and dissertations. Indexing and abstracting from 1952, and cited references with links from 2001. Updated monthly.

General Indexes with Articles Dealing with Psychology
Many general indexes also include articles dealing with aspects of psychology. Five of the most useful are linked below.

ProQuest Research Library restricted Indexes popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers and trade publications in a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Full-text available for over 2,500 journals. Coverage from 1971.

InfoTrac Health Reference Center - Academic restricted Indexes articles with abstracts and selected full text from medical journals and other publications about medicine, nutrition, and related subjects. Coverage: 1980-present.

LexisNexis Academic restricted Indexes thousands of domestic and foreign newspapers, as well as journals, and other publications in News, Business company reports and articles, Legal Research, Medical and Reference. The legal research category includes law reviews, law news, federal and state laws and cases. Mostly full text. Includes Hoover's full text. Coverage dates vary.

Web of Science restricted Contains three major databases: (1) Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), (2) Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), and (3) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present). Cited Ref. Search allows users to search for articles that cite a particular author or work.   Tutorial

Please LOGOFF when finished, so others may use the database.

RefWorks Info: For Import Filter, choose "ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)". For Database, choose "Web of Science".

Wilson Select Plus restricted Index to full text articles in science, humanities, social sciences, education and business. The index includes records from: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts. Coverage: 1994 to the present. Updated weekly.

A Guide to Journals in Psychology

A bibliography of 400 journals of psychology published in English is found in A Guide to Journals in Psychology and Education (BF76.8 .L65 1990 Ref). Journals that began publication after 1990 are not included nor are there indications of online coverage. See also the guides to the literature noted above. If a journal title is found through this book, then the Journals tab may be checked to determine if the Libraries has online or print access to the title.

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