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Subject Guide: Psychology Article Databases and Indexes  |  Reference Books   |  Web Sites  |  Periodicals This page is intended to introduce a few select resources, both on the Web and in the Smith Library Center print collection, that are particularly useful for the study of Psychology. Primary Psychology Databases PsycARTICLES (via EBSCOhost) Full-text access to peer-reviewed articles from more than 60 journals in psychology, including journals published by the American Psychological Association. PsycINFO (via EBSCOhost) Produced by the American Psychological Association, contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and reports published internationally in the field of psychology. A detailed search guide for PsycINFO is available from APA. Some selected full-text. Social Sciences Citation Index (via ISI Web of Science) The Social Sciences Citation Index provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. It also covers individually selected, relevant items from approximately 3,300 of the world's leading science and technology journals. Related Psychology Databases Academic Search Complete (via EBSCOhost) - A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with full-text periodicals, including peer-reviewed journals. Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database (via BiblioLine) - Provides a bibliographic resource on the maltreatment of children, safety, permanency and well-being of children. ERIC: Education Resources Information Center (via EBSCOhost) - ERIC is the primary database for identifying journal articles and other materials on education research and practice, including topics in educational psychology. Note: EBSCOhost is a multidisciplinary resource that includes numerous databases which may be useful for psychology research, including PsycINFO, ERIC, Academic Search Premier, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection, MEDLINE, and others. These databases may be searched simultaneously or individually. MEDLINE (via EBSCOhost) - Produced by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE database is widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature. Categories covered include psychology and psychiatry. The Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (via EBSCOhost) - Full-text articles covering topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. All full-text publications included in this database are indexed in PsycINFO. ScienceDirect (via Elsevier) - Provides access to the full- text of more than 1,400 journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries and other publishers whose online journals are hosted by ScienceDirect. The Library has access to issues marked with a green icon. Social Sciences Abstracts (via FirstSearch) Social Sciences Abstracts indexes and abstracts over 620 publications on a wide range of interdisciplinary fields such as anthropology, gender studies, gerontology, psychology and more. Reference Books Corsinic Encyclopedia of Psychology & Behavioral Science REFERENCE 150.3 C818 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders REFERENCE, 1st floor, 616.89 D54 A Dictionary of Psychology - E-source Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science REFERENCE, 150. 03 En19 Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears & Anxieties REFERENCE 616.8522 D659e Encyclopedia of School Psychology REFERENCE, lst floor, 370.15 En19 Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment REFERENCE, lst floor, 150.287 En19 Psychological & Educational Tests APA's Finding Information about Psychological Tests Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment REFERENCE 150.28 C738 Handbook of Psychological Testing MAIN 150.287 K685hp Mental Measurement Yearbooks REFERENCE, 1st floor, 150.287 B937t Directory of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures MAIN, 152.8 G56Dd 2008 v.9 Test Critiques REFERENCE, 150.287 T288 Tests in Print REFERENCE, 1st floor, 150.287 T289 Directories Career Paths in Psychology: Where Your Degree Can Take You MAIN, 150.23 C186 2007 Get into Graduate School: A Strategic Approach MAIN, 378.155 G335 Graduate Study in Psychology (APA) REFERENCE, 1st floor, 150.7 G755 Graduate Programs in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences REFERENCE, 1st floor, 378.73 P4429g 2007 Insider's Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical & Counseling Psychology REFERENCE, 1st floor, 150.7 G755 Preparing for Graduate Study in Psychology: 101 Questions and Answers MAIN, 150.71 B965p 2007 Writing Guides for Psychology APA Style.org Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA Manual) REFERENCE, lst floor, 808.066 P96 2001 Writing with Style: APA Style Made Easy REFERENCE, lst floor, 808.066 Sz71w Web Sites Academic Info Psychology Gateway: Directory of Online Psychology Resources AmoebaWeb: Psychology on the Web Links to psychology content, including full-text articles available via the web. Digital Librarian - Psychology Librarian's Internet Index - Search on "psychology." Thousands of sites carefully chosen by librarians. PSI Cafe: A Psychology Resource Site Links to high quality web sites. PsycLink: A Gateway to Psychology Periodicals To find holdings and location information for specific periodicals titles (both print and online), see subject heading "Psychology Periodicals" in the Voyager catalog. To find citations or online full-text for articles in periodicals on your topic, try the resources listed above under Indexes DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals (in Psychology) - Covers free, full-text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Aims to cover all subjects (including psychology) and includes many foreign language titles. IngentaConnect--The online index covers over 29,000 periodicals. Search by author name, or search by keywords in the titles of the articles and abstracts. No articles available online because we are not current subscribers to the service. Nevertheless, its value is the wide range of periodicals it covers. To determine if the Library has access electronically to a particular journal, browse the list of online journal titles, or search the Voyager Catalog to determine if the Library owns a print copy of the journal. If the journal title is not available in either print or electronic format, you can request a copy of the article through Interlibrary Loan.