Simpson Library: Psychology: Finding Articles

Psychology Databases

APA PsycNET (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Searches PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and PsycTESTS simultaneously.
APA PsycINFO (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
PsycINFO is an expansive abstracting and indexing database with more than 3 million records devoted to peer-reviewed literature from the 1800s to the present.
APA PsycARTICLES (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
PsycARTICLES contains full-text articles from journals published by APA, the Canadian Psychological Association, Hogrefe Publishing Group, and the Educational Publishing Foundation.
APA PsycTESTS (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
PsycTESTS is a rich source of structured information about psychological tests and measures reported in scholarly psychological literature, as well as a repository for the content of these test instruments when available.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Emotional and behavioral characteristics, mental processes, observational and experimental methods, psychiatry.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print This link opens in a new window
Reviews psychological and educational inventories, scales, and other instruments, along with purchasing information; includes all past reviews whether or not test is still available for purchase.

Other Useful Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Articles in many disciplines, many from scholarly journals; extensive full text.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Includes Annual Review of Psychology, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, Annual Review of Neuroscience, Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, and Annual Review of Vision Science.
General Science Full Text This link opens in a new window
Biology, Medicine, Physiology.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
When using Google Scholar off campus, click "Settings," then "Library Links," and enter "University of Mary Washington". Check the checkboxes, and then click "Save." Now you'll get links to full-text articles.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Scholarly nursing journals, Lexi-PALS Drug Guide, and medical dictionary.
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
Contains over 20 million citations and abstracts, providing unparalleled access to worldwide biomedical literature. A broad range of medical topics, including psychiatry. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE contains all records published in Index Medicus and since 2002, most citations previously included in separate NLM specialty databases such as SPACELINE and HISTLINE.

Medline through PubMed
Free online resource.
PubMed® comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
PsycCRITIQUES
The APA discontinued PsycCRITIQUES on 12/31/17, but the Center for the History of Psychology at the University of Akron has archived the content and made it publicly available.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Comprises more than 32 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Social Sciences Full Text This link opens in a new window
Includes psychiatry, psychology, health & medical care, social work.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
The world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. Contains full text for more than 860 sociology journals dating back to 1908.

Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) or Popular?

Popular, Professional, or Peer-Reviewed?
This table, authored by staff at Simpson Library, lists specific characteristics that distinguish scholarly articles from articles found in popular magazines and professional / trade journals.

Finding Journals

Find an article citation and wonder if Simpson Library has access to the journal?

Example:

Ready, D. D. (2010). Socioeconomic disadvantage, school attendance, and early cognitive development: The differential effects of school exposure. Sociology of Education, 83(4), 271-286.

Sociology of Education is the title of the journal in which this article was published. This article is published in Volume 83, Issue 4, from 2010.

You need to search the Journal Search using the title of the journal (Sociology of Education), not the title of the article.

Once you find the journal, you will need to see if which database includes the volume / year of the article you want to find.

Simpson Library Journal Search
Search using the title of the journal, not the article title. Use the Journal Search to find which library databases include a journal. The Journal Search will also tell you if we have the journal available in print or on microfilm.