Explore key databases to use in your search for literature in psychology-related fields.
You can also find helpful resources in the core databases for science.
Databases in psychology
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PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowCovers professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines. Includes PsycARTICLES and PsycBOOKS from the American Psychological Association (APA).
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PubMed This link opens in a new windowWidely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature. Includes MEDLINE, life science journals and online books. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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EMBASE This link opens in a new windowThis major biomedical and pharmaceutical database indexes international journals in the following relevant fields: drug research, clinical and experimental human medicine, health policy and management, and public health.
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PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowCovers professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines. Includes PsycARTICLES and PsycBOOKS from the American Psychological Association (APA).
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Business source premier via EBSCO This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text access to a broad range of scholarly business journals.
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Emerald This link opens in a new windowA powerful business research tool. Provides strong coverage of international management and information technology content. 1994+
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Sage business cases This link opens in a new windowCurated interdisciplinary cases on in-demand subjects such as entrepreneurship, accounting, healthcare management, leadership, social enterprise, and more.
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ProQuest databases This link opens in a new windowCovers a range of subject and discipline areas including topics in psychology.
Related guide
You can also explore the resources listed in Searching in Business.
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PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowCovers professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines. Includes PsycARTICLES and PsycBOOKS from the American Psychological Association (APA).
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ProQuest databases This link opens in a new windowCovers a range of subject and discipline areas including topics in psychology.
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Criminal justice abstracts via EBSCO This link opens in a new windowContains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. 1968+
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AGIS Plus Text via Informit This link opens in a new windowProvides access to journal articles on all aspects of law. Source documents include Australian, New Zealand and Pacific law journals, and selected articles from major law journals from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
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Lexis+ This link opens in a new windowAustralian legal research database. Covers most areas of law. Includes a legal dictionary, case citator (CaseBase), law reports, legislation and full-text Australian law journals and commentary.
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AustLII : Australasian Legal Information Institute This link opens in a new windowProvides full text searching of Commonwealth and NSW acts and regulations, federal and state court decisions, decisions of federal and some state administrative tribunals, and reports of the NSW Law Reform Commission. Also offers full text of the High Court of Australia bulletin.
Related guide
You can also explore the resources listed in Searching in Law.
Books and manuals in psychology
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Psychiatry online This link opens in a new windowA searchable collection of psychiatric reference resources, including books, journals, and self-assessment tools. It includes the full text of DSM-5, APA Practice guidelines and the APP textbook of psychiatry.
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PsycBOOKS This link opens in a new windowPsycBOOKS contains full text of scholarly book titles published by the American Psychological Association (APA). It comprises about 500 titles, including approximately 50 classic books in psychology dating from the early 19th century, and titles such as the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.
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Counseling and therapy videos via Alexander Street Press This link opens in a new windowA collection of online video recordings for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counselling. The link will take you to home page, you can locate the title in My Collections.
Tests and measures
A starting point for searching for psychological tests is available in Grey literature.
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