Everett Library: PSY 326: Cognitive Psychology: Find Articles

Why Use a Database?

Why you might want to use a database to find research
Databases	Google Scholar
Curated by professionals in the fields being covered, making them more relevant and authoritative.	Results are created with an algorithm, making them potentially less relevant.
You can restrict the results to peer-reviewed, scholarly research.	Does not always pull up peer-reviewed scholarly research.
Often specific to a certain subject or discipline.	Uses a general search.
Uses jargon specific to this database.	Uses natural language keywords.

Great Databases for Psychology

PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Indexes journal articles, book chapters, books, technical reports, and doctoral dissertations in psychology and related disciplines.

Tip Sheet for PsycINFO
Have questions about how to search PsycINFO? Try this document for help.

PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 200,000 full-text articles from more than 100 peer reviewed journals all published by the American Psychological Association (APA), Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group.
Psychology Database This link opens in a new window
Clinical and social psychology articles on topics such as genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more.

Google Scholar
Google Scholar searches articles from a variety of sources. Most of them are scholarly articles, but not all of them. And NEVER pay for an article that you find. Use the library's Interlibrary Loan service instead.

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Other Specialized Databases that Might Be Helpful

Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
Research covering topics in sociology, social work, anthropology, and politics.
Sociology Database This link opens in a new window
Sociological and social work research including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and more.

Need an article we don't have?

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a way to request books, articles, and other materials that the Everett Library does not have. ILL is a service provided to you, but it does take some time.

Interlibrary Loan average turnaround time:

Article Requests / 5-7 business days / Delivered via email in most circumstances

Book Requests / 10-15 business days / Delivered via US Post