LibGuides: Psychology Subject Guide: Finding Articles

Core Article Databases for Research in Psychology

PsycInfo
Scholarly articles in psychology, plus medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, criminology, social science, business, & organizational behavior.
PubMed
Scholarly journal articles about health and medicine, nursing, audiology, and biology.
Scopus
Scholarly journal articles and conference papers on any topic in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts & humanities. Includes cited references and h-index information.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Indexes scholarly articles in linguistics including speech sounds, sentence and word structure, meaning in language forms, spelling, phonetics.
Embase
Comprehensive index of biomedical research from 1966 to the present.

Academic Search Premier
Includes articles from scholarly journals and popular magazines covering a wide variety of disciplines with the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
DSM-5
Access to the American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), a classification of mental disorders with associated criteria.
ERIC (EBSCO)
Indexes scholarly journals and magazines in all areas of education, from early intervention (birth to age three), preschool, K-12 (public and private), and higher education. Includes bilingual, special, gifted, and computer education.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
Information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas.

Limited to 4 concurrent users.
Psychiatry Online
Full-text books and journals in psychiatry.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Scholarly journal articles about sociology and other social and behavioral sciences. Includes culture & social structure; economic development; evaluation research; family & social welfare; management and complex organizations; policy planning.

A-Z Database List
See all of the library's research databases in alphabetical order. You can use the drop-downs to narrow the list by subject or use the search box to locate a specific database.

Google Scholar
Search for articles, books and book chapters, dissertations and theses, conference papers, and more.

Google Scholar can be excellent for:

Challenges to consider when using Google Scholar:

There's no controlled vocabulary or standardized terminology
It doesn't support complex searching and limiting the way library databases do
Sources aren't vetted, so critical thinking and skepticism is required when browsing results
Search results are not consistent, even if you use incognito mode
Publisher links generally ask you to pay for access (don't do that! see the Streamline Your Access to Full Text Articles tab to learn how to set up UCONN Full Text links in Google Scholar)

E-Journal Search
Search the title of a journal, magazine, newspaper, or other periodical to see what years are accessible online in full text or in print.