Electronic Psychology Resources

Weeks-Townsend Library

Prepared by: Larry D. Richmond, Jr., MSLS, Reference and Government Documents Librarian

Specific Databases: Utilized to facilitate access to periodical literature

EBSCOHost Available via KYVL and the Subscription Databases page

Academic Search Premier [FT, i]

This general academic database contains approximately 4,300 titles including 2,400 (56%) peered review publications.

Contains 3,350 (78%) in full-text (html, xml, and PDF).

Covers a broad range of subjects.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection [FT, i]

This scholarly subject-specific database covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.

Coverage includes nearly 500 full-text journals, 480 of which are peer-reviewed publications.

PsycINFO [FT, i]

A product of the American Psychological Association, this scholarly database contains more than a million references to psychological literature beginning from 1887 to present.

This database is international in scope, indexing more than 1,700 journals from 50 countries covering the subjects of psychology, sociology, social work, education, and other behavioral sciences.

This database contains full-text capability by linking to Psychology & Behavioral Science Collection.

FirstSearch Available via the Subscription Databases page and KYVL

ArticleFirst [i]

· This general academic database has a focus that is both popular and scholarly. While not full-text, this database contains abstracts from 12,500 journals from 1990. It does however provide a list of libraries that have the journal titles.

· This database covers science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture.

MEDLINE [i]

· Produced by the National Library of Medicine, this database corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index.

· While this database does not contain full-text articles, it does contain indexing and abstracts of some 9,580 journals dating from 1965 to present.

Annual Reviews [FT, i] Available via the Subscription Databases page

This is the electronic version of the book published under the same title.

Contains critical reviews of primary research literature. Covers 29 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences.

Serials Solution [FT] Available via Subscription Databases page

This is a complete listing of the journals available via full-text and the databases in which they are contained.

This database is used to find full-text access to a particular journal.

If you know the journal you need, you can use Serials Solution to determine if Union has access via a full-text database. Thereby, saving you the trouble of going through each database to find the journal you need in full-text.