Roy BrownEducation and Research Librarian

Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, VCU Libraries

Databases Contained in APA PsycNet

• PsycINFO®: database of scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. It covers journals, books, reviews, and dissertations.

• PsycBOOKS: database of APA books, book chapters and classic books. It also contains entries from the Encyclopedia of Psychology and other reference works.

• PsycCRITIQUES : database of book and film reviews.• PsycARTICLES : database that contains journals published by the APA and others in the

areas of psychology, applied psychology, health, theory, research, social psychology and more.

• PsycEXTRA : database of gray literature from newsletters, magazines, reports, brochures and other sources presented for a wide audience of professionals and researchers interested in psychology and closely related fields. Much of the material in this particular database does not come from peer-reviewed journals.

• PsycTESTS: A repository for the full text of psychological tests and measures as well as a rich source of structured information about the tests.

• PsycTherapy: A database of streaming psychotherapy demonstration videos; users may create playlists, clips, search transcripts of videos, and more.

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