Subject: Psychology
Finding Articles
Key Databases:
PsycINFO (Ebsco)
Produced by the APA, this database is considered the primary index to scholarly, psychological literature. Indexes articles in more than 2,100 journals as well as relevant books and book chapters. The Ebsco version of this database provides easy ways to limit searches and to export citations to ProCite, EndNote, or RefWorks. Added features in this version are cited references and a convenient link to the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. 1806-date.
PsycINFO (Ovid)
Produced by the APA, this database is considered the primary index to scholarly, psychological literature. Indexes articles in more than 2,100 journals as well as relevant books and book chapters. The Ovid version of this database provides sophisticated search options. Added features in this version are cited references and a convenient link to the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms as well as direct exports to ProCite, EndNote, and RefWorks. .1806-date.
Related databases:
Academic Search Premier
This large multidisciplinary database includes full-text for approximately 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. Searchable cited references are also included for 1,000 titles.
ISI Current Contents Connect
As the title suggests, this resource provides some of the most current indexing available for journal articles. In addition to a searchable index, table of contents are provided for journals in the areas of Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences (ABES), and the Life Sciences (LS). Updated daily. Coverage: 1998-present
ERIC (FirstSearch)
The standard resource for educational research, ERIC is a useful source for educational psychology or for any topics relating to children and adolescents. Easy access to full-text links when available through EDRS or USF Libraries journal subscriptions. 1966-date.
ERIC (U.S. Department of Education)
The standard resource for educational research, ERIC is a useful source for educational psychology or for any topics relating to children and adolescents. This version is available for free to the public. 1966-date.
Medline (FirstSearch).
Considered the main resource for medical research, this database is produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. 1965-date
Mental Measurements Yearbook
This publication provides test users with descriptive information, references, and critical reviews of psychological tests. The online version covers volume 9 to date. Earlier editions are available in print format at the library: REF Z5814 .P8B932.
PubMed
A free resource from the National Library of Medicine, this database provides access to Medline citations as well as additional journal citations relating to the life sciences that have not been included in Medline.
Web of Science
Includes Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index. One of the most comprehensive databases with indexing to more than 5900 journals. This resource may be best known for its extensive forward and backward links to cited references. Also links to full-text articles when available through USF subscriptions. Updated weekly. 1900-date.
Links to journal publisher collections:
Annual Reviews
Searchable full-text access to the entire content of the Annual Review titles including Clinical Psychology, Psychology, Public Health, Medicine, and Sociology.
Blackwell Synergy
Searchable access to the journals from Blackwell Publishing including a number of titles relating to psychology such as: Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Personality, Personnel Psychology, Psychological Science, Psychology of Women Quarterly, etc.
Cambridge Journals Online
Searchable access to the journals from Cambridge University Press.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Provides full-text access to free scientific and scholarly journals. More than 2500 journal titles are included in this resource with approximately 750 of them searchable at the article level.
HighWire Press
A partnership between Stanford University Libraries and influential scholarly societies, university presses, and publishers, HighWire provides searchable, full-text access to a large number of the 200 most frequently cited journals.
Journals@Ovid
Searchable, full-text access to a wide variety of scientific, technical, and medial journals.
JSTOR
This unique resource was created to provide searchable, full-text access to the older editions of a vast number of scholarly journals. Coverage goes back to volume one of the journal but does not include the most recent few years of the title. The database is multidisciplinary but contains seven titles specifically related to psychology including the American Journal of Psychology dating back to 1887.
OCLC ECO: Electronic Collections Online
A large, searchable database with full-text articles from a wide variety of journals and publishers.
PsychiatryOnline
In addition to the DSM-IV-TR, this resource from the American Psychiatric Association also includes full-text access to the following journals: American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, Academic Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, Psychosomatics, and Psychiatric News.
Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
Searchable access to 30 journals relating to the field of psychology
ScienceDirect
A searchable collection of more than 1,000 Elsevier science journals. Also provides access to articles that are in press but not yet published in the print version.
SpringerLink
Searchable access to the journals from Springer.
Wiley Interscience
Searchable access to the journals from John Wiley & Sons.
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