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PSY 2303: Foundations of Psychology

This is a guide to library resources for the PSY-2303: Foundations of Psychology course. Here you will find databases, electronic journals, tutorials, and other information.

APA PsycARTICLES

With current journal coverage and historical content dating back more than a century, APA PsycARTICLES includes all American Psychological Association journals contains the full text for every article in this database.

*Tip: It also contains a thesaurus, with can be useful in finding related terms.  This is not available in all databases - see more information below.

APA PsycARTICLES Content Total Number Total Percentage
Publications Indexed 122 100.0
Full-Text Articles 122 100.0
APA Journals 35 28.7
Education Foundation Journals* 64 52.5
Canadian Psychological Association Journals 3 2.5
Hogrefe Publishing Group Journals 19 15.6
National Institute of Mental Health Journals 1 0.8
Subject Journals in Psychology 12 100.0

APA PsycARTICLES has a Thesaurus!

The Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms

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 term's application 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.

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)

Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection provides access to hundreds of full-text journals that cover 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.

Database Facts Total Number Total Percentage
Total Number of publications indexed 601 100.0
Number of Full-Text Articles 472 78.0
Number of Journals 577 96.0
Number of Magazines 24 4.0
Number of Duplicate Journals with PsycARTICLES 3 0.05

Psychology Database (ProQuest)

This database provides abstracts and indexing for key Psychology titles, many which are available in full text. Many titles are indexed in PsycINFO. Coverage ranges from behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.

Database Facts Total Number Total Percentage
Total Number of publications indexed 1,437 100.0
Number of Full-Text Articles 985 68.5
Number of Journals 1,402 97.6
Number of Magazines 6 0.4

Psychology (Gale OneFile)

This database is a part of the Gale OneFile series of databases on various academic topics. It covers topics related to psychology. including addiction. child development, educational psychology, family and marriage, mental health, neurology, neuropsychology, neurosciences, psychology, psychiatry,  psychopharmacology, social psychology, substance abuse and more.

Database Facts Total Number Total Percentage
Total Number of publications indexed 606 100.0
Number of Full-Text Articles 606 100.0
Number of Journals 541 89.3
Number of Magazines 65 10.7

APA PsycTESTS

Professionally indexed, APA PsycTESTS makes it easy to download select research instruments, including a wide range of reliable measures never made commercially available. Extensive coverage along with thousands of research instruments makes APA PsycTESTS an ideal starting point for researchers initiating new research projects.

APA PsycTESTS indexes a wide variety of test types and instruments including aptitude tests, personality scales and cognitive functioning measures.

  • Research instruments available as PDF downloads or multimedia files
  • Select measurements available in more than 40 languages
  • Coverage spanning more than 100 years, with a strong emphasis on current research instruments