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PSY 4351: Experimental Research Methods: Psychology Databases

Introduction

The two databases on this page focus solely on journals and magazines on the subject of psychology. What is interesting about these two databases is that there is very little overlap in journals covered in these two databases.

Overview

   APA PsycARTICLES

 

With current journal coverage and historical content dating back more than a century, APA PsycARTICLES includes all American Psychological Association journals and full-text for every journal.

It also contains a thesaurus, with can be useful in finding related terms.  This is not available in all databases


 

Info on PsycARTICLES

Total Number of publications indexed  122

Number of Full-Text Publications  122 (100%)

  • APA Journals  35  (96%)
  • Educational Publication Foundation Journals (APA)--64
  • APA's specialty imprint, the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), publishes APA Division and other society journals that are predominately psychological in content.
  • Canadian Psychological Association Journals   3  (4%)
  • Hogrefe Publishing Group Journals  19
  • National Institute of Mental Health Journals--1 

 

Controlled Vocabulary Thesaurus

Thesaurus features

  • Includes more than 10,100 standard and cross-referenced terms.
  • Scope notes define the terms.
  • Historical notes provide valuable information on historical usage, text, or status changes, and the application of the term to historical records.
  • Term hierarchies show the relationship to other terms.

What are index terms?

Index terms are controlled vocabulary terms used in database records to make searching easier and more successful. By standardizing the words or phrases used to represent concepts, you don't need to try and figure out all the ways different authors could refer to the same concept. Each record in APA's databases contains controlled vocabulary terms from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.

Overview

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection provides access to hundreds of full-text journals, including many indexed in APA PsycInfo, which is the American Psychological Association's widely used indexing and abstracting database. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics psychiatry & psychology mental processes anthropology. It offers particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling.

Info on Psychological and Behavioral Sciences Collection

Total Number of publications indexed  600

Number of Journals  576  (96%)  Number Full-text 447  (77.6%)

Number of Peer-Reviewed Journals 575 (99.8%)

Number of Magazines   24  (4%)  Number Full-text  23 (96%)

Number of Duplicate Journals with PsycARTICLES  3  (0.05%)