Everett Library: PSY 400/401: Advanced General Psychology: Article Databases

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.

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.