Information Resources for Psychology

Best Resources for Finding Articles

• PsycINFO (EBSCOHost)
  • The online version of Psychological Abstracts, indexing journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations. 1887- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• PsycARTICLES (EBSCOHost)
  • Full text articles from APA journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals, most from 1988- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• PsycCRITIQUES
  • 36,000 full-text reviews of current scholarly and professional books in psychology, as well as critiques of popular films and trade books from a psychological perspective. Produced by the American Psychological Association. 1956- present.
• Sociological Abstracts
  • Indexes the international literature of sociology and related behavioral sciences from over 1,700 journals, books and book chapters, dissertations and proceedings. Since 2001, many records include references cited.
• PubMed - Medline
  • Index to 4,800+ journals in medicine, nursing, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.
• Web Of Science
  • Includes: Science Citation Index, covering 5,700 journals since 1965; Social Sciences Citation Index, covering 1,725 journals since 1965; and Arts and Humanities Citation Index, covering 1,130 journals since 1996. Search by subject, author, or cited reference. An excellent current awareness and bibliography-building tool.
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Additional Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information

• Journal Citation Reports on the Web
  • Tool for journal evaluation that quantifies the relationships among journals by using citation data from 8,400+ titles in the sciences, technology, and social sciences. Measures reported include impact factor, citation and article counts, and journal half-life. Updated annually. Off-campus access error? Please try this!
• Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOHost)
  • Comprehensive guide to 2,000+ contemporary testing instruments in psychology, education, business, and leadership. Buros Institute, University of Nebraska. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1965- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• HaPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments)
  • Descriptions of and references to more than 12,000 tests, manuals, rating systems, questionnaires, and other instruments used to assess health and behavior. 1985-present.
• ERIC
  • An index to journals, books, curriculum guides, and other resources relating to education from pre-school to graduate school. 1966- present.
• Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works.
• WorldCat
  • A catalog of library materials in all formats from libraries all over the United States and the world. Contains more than 61 million items.