Psychology Databases
PsycINFO EBSCOhost 1872-
PsycINFO covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology,
physiology, linguistics, and other areas. The database includes information from empirical studies, case studies, surveys, bibliographies, literature reviews, discussion articles, conference reports and
dissertations. PsycINFO is the world's most comprehensive source for bibliographic coverage of psychology and behavioral sciences literature.
PsycARTICLES* American Psychological Association 1988-
Full-text of articles from APA journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals, most from 1988 to the present.
PsycCRITIQUES* American Psychological Association 1995-
Each week PsycCRITIQUES releases 15 or more reviews of current books and films. In addition, the database contains book reviews previously published back to 1995.
Psychology: a SAGE Full-text Collection* SAGE
Full text of 35 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 36 years. Covers such subjects as assessment, child development, counseling psychology, cross-cultural psychology, cultural
psychology, developmental psychology, environmental psychology, family studies, group work, industrial/organizational psychology, Latin American studies, personality, school psychology, social psychology, and sociology of
race and ethnicity.
ScienceDirect* Elsevier 1997-
Covers the Elsevier Science journal collection of over 1,200 journals and provides full-text of approximately 735 available to UCCS in full-text format. Subjects include Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Business & Management Science, Chemistry, Clinical Medicine, Earth Sciences, Economics, Engineering & Technology, Environmental Science, Materials Science, Mathematics & Computer Science, Microbiology & Immunology, Neurosciences, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Physics, and Social Sciences.
Scopus Elsevier 1966-
Scopus is an abstracts database covering the following fields: chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, engineering, life and health sciences (including nursing), social sciences, psychology, economics, and environmental sciences. Updated daily, Scopus covers 33 million abstracts of over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 publishers. It includes complete coverage of Medline.
Social Science Citation Index ISI Web of Knowledge 1956-
Includes current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines.
Sociological Abstracts Proquest/CSA 1952-
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. An excellent resource for any sociology related topic.
Tests, Measures, Instruments and Scales
NOTE that the actual instruments are generally NOT included but information on where to order as well as secondary material on reliability and validity is generally included.
HAPI (Health and Psychosocial Instruments) Ebscohost
Provides ready 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. Identifies measures needed for research studies, grant proposals,
client/patient assessment, class papers/projects, theses/dissertations, and program evaluation.
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Produced by the Buros Institute at the University of
Nebraska, the Mental Measurements Yearbook is a
comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments
in the areas of psychology, education, business, and leadership.
Each entry contains descriptive information including test purpose,
publisher and pricing as well as edited review(s) written by leading
content area experts.
DSM-IV-TR® Library
The complete DSM library including the DSM-IV-TR® Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR® Handbook of Differential Diagnosis
Symptom Index, and Cases from DSM-IV-TR® Casebook and Its Treatment Companion.
Additional Sources
Alcohol Studies Database
Over 80,000 citations for journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and audio-visual materials. Created and maintained by Rutgers University.
PubMed* Mid-1960's-
Developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine, provides access to bibliographic information that includes MEDLINE citations, its largest component, as well as "in process" citations for new publications, resources that are out-of-scope for Medline, and more. This database is free and available to all via the Web. Finding Full Text in PubMed.
PsychiatryOnline American Psychiatric Publishing Inc.
Includes the complete DSM Library, full-text journals published by APPI, as well as access to a book of the month.
Annual Reviews 1996-
Annual Reviews provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in 29 scientific disciplines. Relevant titles for Psychology include Clinical Psychology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Law and Social Science.
Dissertations and Theses Proquest 1861-
Indexes the complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions. Abstracting of dissertations begins with 1980 and
abstracting of theses begins with 1988.
SpringerLink 1997-
Access to the complete contents of more than 500 journals, covering a wide array of subjects, including science, technology, medicine, humanities, and economics.
Selected General Databases
Academic OneFile*
Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources in the physical sciences, technology,
medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times
back to 1995.
Academic Search Premier* EBSCOhost years vary-
Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education,
computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Expanded
Academic Index ASAP InfoTrac 1980-
Use this database to find information on Astronomy, Religion, Law, History, Psychology, Humanities, Current Events, Sociology, Communications and the General
Sciences. Indexes scholarly and general periodical titles.
Wiley Interscience Journals*
Access to scholarly journal literature in the fields of Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geography, Education, Engineering, Law, Life and Medical Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology.
WilsonWeb OmniFile Full Text Mega* H.W. Wilson 1982-
Contains indexing, abstracting, and full-text for the following Wilson databases: Education Index, General Science Index, Humanities Index, Readers' Guide, Social Sciences Index, and
Wilson Business Index. In addition, the Mega edition presents complete indexing, abstracting, and some full text from the journals in Applied
Science & Technology Index, Art Index, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text, and Library Literature & Information Science Index.