Psychology Library Guide
Important Library Services
- Research Help: At the desk, on the phone, or online. Get help from a librarian at any time.
- Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery: Get articles and materials delivered from other libraries
- Borrowing Books: Where to do it and information about borrowing books and other materials.
- Your Library Account: See what materials you have and when they're due back. Renew online.
- Getting Started with Research: The Libraries offer assistance and resources for all aspects of research.
Journal Title Search
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Best Resources for Finding Articles
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PsycINFOThe online version of Psychological Abstracts, indexing journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations. 1887- present.
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PubMed(MedLine) Index to 5,600+ 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.
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Web of ScienceIncludes: 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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PsycARTICLESFull text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It contains more than 153,000 articles from nearly 80 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to the present and nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1.
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Sociological AbstractsIndexes 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.
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PsycCRITIQUES36,000 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.
Other Good Resources for Research Information
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses GlobalAs the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research, PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a 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. It also includes PQDT UK & Ireland content.
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Academic Search PremierIndexes 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.
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ERICThe Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) is the world's most widely used index to education literature. It is supported by the U.S. Department of Education and contains over 1.5 million records of journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books.
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Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference WorksSearch or browse transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives that shed light on the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works that contextualize the primary material.
Psychological Tests and Instruments
Locating information about tests and instruments can be tricky. Here are some resources to get more information about specific tests or to locate different kinds of instruments.
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PsycTESTSProvides access to published, unpublished, and commercially used psychological tests, measurements, and instruments. It offers links to supporting documentation, articles discussing instruments from conception to use, and, in many cases, full or partial access to the tests. PsycTESTS is provided by the American Psychological Association.
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Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in PrintProvides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership.
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Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)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.
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APA Guide to Finding Tests and MeasuresThis guide, created by the American Psychological Association, covers finding tests and measures in more detail.
