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ABOUT

This resource page was created by members of the Psychology Committee of the Association of College & Research Libraries – Education and Behavioral Sciences Section.


INTRODUCTION

This is a selective list of databases which have psychology as the primary focus or as one of the major areas covered. Many other databases include psychology resources but are not listed here. Sources on this list primarily index and abstract the journal literature, although some of them may also include other types of material. All databases listed require a paid subscription unless otherwise noted.



Abstracts in Social Gerontology

Covers the field of social gerontology, including the psychology of aging and other key areas. Previously affiliated with the National Council on Aging.


Ageline

Indexes and abstracts over 200 journals as well as books, book chapters, and reports. Focus is on the population over age 50. Previously produced by the AARP.


Alcohol Studies Database

Website created by the Scholarly Communication Center, the Center of Alcohol Studies, and the Rutgers University Libraries. An index to over 80,000 citations to alcohol studies sources. No abstracts. FREE.


Annual Review of Psychology

Provides a synthesis and critical evaluation of primary research literature in psychology. This is one of the 40 titles published by Annual Reviews, which has produced comprehensive collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists for over seventy years. In addition to the Annual Review of Psychology, there are also Annual Reviews in clinical psychology, neuroscience, public health, and more. Full Text.


Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts

ASSIA is an indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations, and education from 1987 to present.


Biosis Previews

A major indexing/abstracting service covering life sciences and biomedical research. Includes pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more. Indexes journals, meetings, patents, and books. Available from multiple vendors.


Child Development and Adolescent Studies

Indexes and abstracts the current and historical literature related to the growth and development of children through the age of 21. Includes all of the issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography from 1927 – 2001 previously published by the Society for Research in Child Development, plus new coverage.


Cochrane Reviews

Systematic reviews of primary research in health care and health policy which investigate the effectiveness of treatments and interventions. Covers all areas of the health sciences, including mental health. Part of the larger Cochrane Library service.


ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)

Journal articles and research reports in education, including educational psychology and child development. Many of the ERIC research reports are full text. There is a free government site, as well as versions available from various commercial vendors.


Family & Society Studies Worldwide

Created by merging four database files, including a large amount of material from the Australian Family and Society Abstracts. Also provides records from the discontinued print volumes of the Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature.


Family Studies Abstracts

An indexing and abstracting service for core journals in the field of family studies, including marriage, divorce, and family therapy.


Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)

Identifies tests and measures used in health, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and more. Does not provide the instrument itself, but provides significant information, e.g. validity and reliability availability, abstract, and source. Unlike Mental Measurement Yearbook, this database is not limited to commercially published tests, but instead also covers instruments identified through articles in leading journals. Also available from Ebsco.


MEDLINE

A comprehensive medical, biomedical, and health science literature database from the National Library of Medicine. Available from various commercial vendors. There is also a free version available to the public; see PubMed.


Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print

The premier source for information about commercially published tests, including substantive reviews by experts. The Mental Measurements Yearbook database contains the text of the print volumes, starting with the Ninth and continuing to the present. Tests in Print provides descriptive information on currently available English-language tests.


MIT CogNet

Online community for cognitive and brain sciences. Includes full text of books and other resources, as well as providing an interactive forum.


NIAAA Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Database

Portal created by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to support both researchers and practitioners. Includes a link to the archived ETOH database which ceased in 2003, as well as links to a numbers of databases, journals, and websites focused on alcohol research. FREE.


The PILOTS Database

The PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress) Database is an electronic index to the literature on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Not limited to PTSD among veterans. Produced by the National Center for PTSD and is available to the public. Although it can also be loaded on other vendor platforms, is is a free website. FREE.


ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Database

The world’s most comprehensive online collection of dissertations and theses with over two million searchable citations and over one million full text dissertations available for download.


PsycARTICLES

A full-text journal collection of over seventy journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group.


PsycBOOKS and APA Books E-Collections

Two different e-book collections offered by the American Psychological Association. PsycBooks includes books published by the APA (with an embargo period of approximately twelve months) and classic older works from other publishers. The APA Books E-Collections are only books published by the APA but they also feature the exclusive electronic release of current copyright-year books.


PsycCRITIQUES

This database evolved from the former print journal, Contemporary Psychology, which published reviews of books and media (between 1956-2004) related to psychology and the behavioral and social sciences. The database includes roughly 12 new reviews each week, as well as the archives from the print journal, and a PsycCRITIQUES Blog.


PsycEXTRA

A database of gray literature produced by the APA.


PsycINFO

Systematic coverage of the psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), it is international in scope and contains indexing and abstracting for journals, books, book chapters, and dissertations. Available from the APA on their PsycNet platform and also from various other vendors.


PsycTESTS

New research database containing full text of non-commercial tests and measurement instruments. Launched Fall 2011.


PsychiatryOnline

A collection of full text resources from the publishing arm of the American Psychiatric Association, including the complete DSM (Diagnotic and Statistical Manuals) Library. Also includes full text for psychiatric journals, textbooks, practice guidelines, and more. A very limited amount of material is available for free.


Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing

A digital archive of many of the major works in psychoanalysis, both premiere journals and monographs as well as the complete works of Freud. Searching is free, but there is a fee to read the complete texts. FREE.


PubMed

Citations to biomedical literature from Medline, life science journals, and more. May include links to full text articles from some publishers and from PubMed Central, the National Institutes of Health free digital archive. Often called the free version of Medline, although this is not completely accurate. FREE.


Web of Science

Covers over 10,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide. Can search by authors, keywords, or cited references and can also perform related item searches. The ability to search both the Science Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index simultaneously is an advantage for psychology researchers.

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