Q. What are the best databases for doing research on psychology?
Answer
Which databases are best for doing research on psychology may depend on the specific topic or subject area you are studying. The following databases are some of our best resources for finding this information and would be a good place to start your research:
Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 published by the APA and 11 from allied organizations. Coverage spans 1894 to present.
PsycINFO contains bibliographic citations, abstracts, cited references, and descriptive information to help you find what you need across a wide variety of scholarly publications in the behavioral and social sciences. PsychINFO provides coverage of the psychological literature from the 1800s to the present.
Access to the content of over 500 peer-reviewed journals from 1999 to date, published by SAGE with coverage in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
Citations and abstracts from over 750 education journals and documents from the Education Resources Information Center dating back to 1967.
ScienceDirect College Edition - Social & Behavioral Sciences
A full-text collection of over 350 journals in the social sciences, including psychology, business,management and education. Elsevier's ScienceDirect delivers trusted, peer-reviewed information not available elsewhere.
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