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PsycINFO and PsycArticles
Psychology Databases from EBSCOhost
PsycINFO
Contains Citations and abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines. Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.
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Do you also use the PsycArticles database?
PsycINFO will also search for those articles, you do not need to use both databases.
Use only PsycArticles if you want only Journals published by the American Psychological Association.
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Keyword searching area.
Specialized search settings and limiters. (Limit by date, article type, etc…
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Use checkbox to find ideas for similar or related words and phrases
Use “drop-down” menus to choose a particular place to search (title, author, etc.). (Not required, but helpful.)
Enter most important search words here. (click add row if you have more words to search on.
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These “limiters” let you search for articles: • Published within certain dates. • About a particular group of
people (women, children, animals…)
• Scholarly Journals only. • Age groups • Type of research. • Much more…
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(More limiters!)
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Limiters
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You may continue to limit the articles after the search, if you still have too many…
PsycINFO Some articles in the results list will have full-text, while others will not. If no full-text, please look for that journal in our Journals A-Z list (or consult a librarian!).
Click on the article title to get more information…
PsycINFO Article citation page
Link to the full-text article (if available). Printing, emailing,
citing help, etc.
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Journal information (name, volume & issue, date, pages
Additional information about article, including abstract (summary) of the article.
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Printing, emailing, citing help…
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“HTML” version of a full-text article. Be sure to use the print option at right for printing.
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“PDF” version of a full-text article. Be sure to use the print option at top-left for printing.
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If you put a check in the “Suggest Subject Terms” box, you will find ideas for similar/related words and phrases
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