LibGuides: Psychology: Databases

Starting points for research

Databases are useful resources to search for good quality subject-specific research and find journal articles on a topic. Here are some useful subject databases. Unless otherwise specified, you will need your Single Sign On username and password (the same as for MyDMU and email) to access them within and outside the university.

PsycInfo/PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
A combined search of two databases (PsycInfo and PsycArticles) covering all areas in psychology.
PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
A bibliographic database covering all aspects of psychology, including psychiatry, pharmacology, and applications in nursing, education, management and criminal justice. Indexes journal articles, book chapters, reports and dissertations from 1887 to date.
PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Full text of around 80 landmark journals in behavioural science and related fields ranging from education, to nursing, to business, to neuroscience.

Further research

These are some more databases that you may find useful in your research. Some have broad coverage of the social sciences, some on science, and some on health. Further information on coverage is provided with each database.

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Indexes scholarly journals covering science, technology, textiles, health, medicine and social sciences from 1960s to date. You may need to 'activate' your account on first use of this resource.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Access to full text journals published by Elsevier. You may need to 'activate' your account on first use of this resource.
Look for the green 'subscribed' icons which indicate full-text availability.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
EBSCO's Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary database that provides active full text for more than 3,100 journals, including active full text for nearly 2,750 peer-reviewed titles.
MEDLINE (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
This international database covers journal articles (and also some books and theses) relating to nursing and applied health.
AgeInfo This link opens in a new window
This bibliographic database of over 50,000 books articles and reports from the specialist collection on Social Gerontology held at the Centre for Policy on Ageing. The site provides information about organisations active in the field of old age and ageing and an international calendar of events about old age and ageing.

Epistemonikos
An Open Access database specifically aimed at searching for evidence based medicine, particularly systematic reviews and primary studies. It can be searched in 9 different languages (Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese).

Useful Journals by Subject

Each link takes you to the publication finder, from where you need to select a link under 'Full text access'.

To find all journals, use the Publication Finder (available from the library homepage under the search bar)

Lists of Peer Reviewed Journals:

Why use journals?

Use journals to find:

useful information, research and discussions
different view points from different authors
current information as journals are published quicker than books.