Subject and Course Guides: Psychology: Psychology Databases

Accessing Articles

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An uncurated index of scholarly literature from all disciplines. Use this proxy link to ensure access to full text content courtesy of UNL Libraries.

Overview

This page features UNL Libraries databases which have psychology as the primary focus. Many other databases include psychology resources but are not listed here. Sources on this list primarily index scholarly journal articles.

Primary Psychology Databases

APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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Psychology journal articles, books, reviews, dissertations, and more. Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA). (Index)
ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Education research and information published in journal articles, books, conference and policy papers, reports, and more. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. (Full-Text and Index)
PubMed (MEDLINE) This link opens in a new window
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Biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Produced by the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). (Index)
SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window
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Books, articles, and instructional videos covering research methods in the social sciences. (Full-Text and Streaming Video)

Multidisciplinary Databases for more Comprehensive Coverage

Dissertations and Theses (includes Dissertation Abstracts International) This link opens in a new window
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Dissertations and theses from United States and international institutions. Access full text through interlibrary loan; some dissertations are also available free online. (Index)
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Scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports in all subject areas. Some articles are available in full-text through links to UNL's journal subscriptions. (Index)
Social Science Citation Index, 1900- (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
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Journals, books, and conference papers in the social sciences. (Index)
Scopus This link opens in a new window
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Index to scholarly journals, books, conference proceedings, and patent records covering the fields of science, mathematics, engineering, technology, health and medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. (Index)

Psychology Databases with a Narrow Focus

PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journal articles, including materials published by the American Psychological Association. (Full-Text)
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
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Evidence-based healthcare information. Includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), and Cochrane Clinical Answers. (Full-Text)
Family & Society Studies Worldwide This link opens in a new window
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Journal articles, books, dissertations, and conference papers in family science, human ecology, human development and social welfare. (Index)
Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new window
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Books, journal articles, conference papers, and more in the areas of gender studies gender inequality and identity, masculinity, feminism, sexism, and post-feminism. (Index)
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
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Journals, books, magazines, newspapers, primary sources, and more, covering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues. (Full-Text)
Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on social work and human services. (Index)

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