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Psychology

Research guide to sources in Psychology

Core databases

The primary database for psychology. It covers professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, pharmacology, physiology, and linguistics.

Full-text database of journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and other publishers in subject areas such as applied psychology, health, theory, research, and social/personality.

The premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature.

Multidisciplinary databases

Multidisciplinary database of journal articles in science, social science, and humanities. Allows for citation searching. 

Multidisciplinary database of journal articles in science, social science, and humanities. Allows for citation searching.

An open access bibliographic catalogue of scientific papers, authors, and institutions. It strives to be as comprehensive and inclusive as possible, particularly for works in other languages and the Global South.

 

Additional databases

A subject index to over 300 alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers,and magazines. International and interdisciplinary, spanning the social sciences and humanities. Subjects covered include indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+, feminism, ecology, and democracy.

Includes protocols and abstracts of peer-reviewed sources of evidence on the effectiveness of social and behavioural interventions. Subjects covered include education, criminal justice, and social welfare

Extensive coverage of nursing and allied health

Includes systematic reviews of interventions, diagnostic studies, prognostic studies, and more.

A periodical collection supporting research on issues that influence Women's lives across the globe.

European coverage in biomedicine and pharmacology

Full-text database for education, with journal articles and other education-related material such as books and reports.

Combines Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with coverage of issues related to sexual diversity. Includes gender-engaged scholarship from 1972 to the present.

Database of theoretical and applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, and language research

Provides citations and abstracts to international literature on PTSD and other mental-health conditions related to traumatic events

Contains journals on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development

Contains core social work and related journals in all areas of the social work profession

Covers literature from more than 1,800 journals in sociology

Theses and dissertations

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