Subject Guides: Psychology: Getting Started

Finding Sources

PsycInfo
The world's largest resource devoted to scholarly literature in behavioral science and mental health. Exhaustively indexed, but full text not always immediately available, ask a librarian to get a PDF.

Coverage dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries, with extensive coverage from the 1800s to the present
Authored and edited books and book chapters
Dissertations selected from Dissertation Abstracts International (Sections A and B)
Publications from more than 50 countries
Journals published in 29 languages
Academic Search Complete
Full-text journals for STEM research, and the social sciences and humanities. Due to the broad nature of the subjects, you may not find articles that would appear in PsychInfo or PubMed.
PubMed
PubMed searches a massive body of medical literature and returns citations for studies and articles, but often not full text. Librarians can help you get access to what you find.

Find more databases as well as recommended web sources on the Finding More Sources page of this guide.

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Journal Lookup
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Article Lookup
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