Guide to
Psychological Research
Databases, Indexes and Abstracts
The following databases and paper indexing and abstracting publications may be used to locate articles relevant to psychology in journals, magazines, conference proceedings, books, and other sources. E-mail the SDSU Librarians or call 688-5570 or 800-786-2038 for more information or if off-campus access is denied to a current SDSU student, faculty member, or staff member.
Databases Periodical Indexes and
Abstracts:
Databases
PsycINFO.
(1840+, via EBSCOhost)
This American Psychological Association database covers journal articles, book
chapters, and book literature in psychology, as well as psychological aspects of
related disciplines, such as sociology, education, anthropology, and others. It
contains citations with abstracts to journals, books, and book chapters in
psychology and the behavioral sciences.
Academic Search
Premier. (EBSCOhost)
Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions,
is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database
containing full text for more than 4,600 scholarly publications, including more
than 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this
database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,040 journals in the collection.
This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic
study including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences,
engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature,
medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.
Current
Contents.
This multidisciplinary, current awareness resource provides indexing and tables
of contents to over 6,000 journals covering a broad range of disciplines. Many
clinical and social/behavioral journals are included in this database.
SAGE Journals Collection
Includes the full text journals published by SAGE and
participating societies. Covers such subjects as Applied Psychology, Child
Development, Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Cross-Cultural
Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational
Psychology, Environmental Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology,
Neuropsychology, School Psychology, and Social Psychology. Consists of
searchable bibliographic records as well as the complete text of each journal
article in PDF format.
Social Science Citation Index. 1992+, via Web of Science).
A multidisciplinary database covering 1,700 of the most significant
social sciences journals in 50 disciplines. Older paper volumes, 1973-1976,
1985-1996, are shelved on the library's main floor in the Abstracts &
Indexes area (016.3.So13). Access this CD-ROM database on a specific workstation
in the reference area of the library.
Other Databases/Indexes/Abstracts
AgeLine
This free database abstracts the
literature of social gerontology as well as aging-related research from
psychology, sociology, social work, economics, public policy, and the health
sciences. AgeLine is produced by
AARP’s Research Information Center.
ERIC
(via
the Educational Resources Information Center)
ERIC
(via CSA)
The premier national database covering educational
literature and related disciplines including educational psychology. Coverage
extends from 1966 to the present.
Google Scholar
Searches scholarly literature including journal articles, theses, books,
preprints, abstracts, and technical reports from a variety of academic
publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities.
HaPI (Health and
Psychosocial Instruments) 1985 +
HaPI provides access to information on measurement instruments (i.e.,
questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/
manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in
the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library
and information science.
Medline.
This National Library of Medicine database is the the premier bibliographic
database covering medical journal literature including psychiatry.
Sociological
Abstracts. 1963+.
The Sociological Abstracts database indexes and provides abstracts
for journal articles from sociology and related disciplines. In addition, it
covers relevant association papers and PhD and Master's theses. Older journal
articles are also covered in the paper Sociological Abstracts
shelved on the library's main floor in the Abstracts & Indexes area
(305.So15).
Ingenta.
A database indexing the contents of thousands journals and magazines in a
wide range of disciplines. Full text articles are available on a fee
basis.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe.
Provides online access to full-text and bibliographic information from
newspapers, news and business magazines, newsletters, wire services, broadcast
transcripts, and biographical sources.
Dissertation
Abstracts International.
This resource provides a subject, title, and author guide to over 1.2
million abstracts of doctoral dissertations and masters theses written since
1861.
For more in-depth information or for assistance in using these sources, ask a librarian.
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Mary Caspers-Graper.
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Updated: 28 August 2009 by mcg