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(65) Databases & Article Indexes In 'Psychology'
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Primary Psychology Databases & Article Indexes

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PsycCRITIQUES
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PsycINFO
The American Psychological Association's comprehensive indexing and abstracting service for the professional and scholarly literature in psychology and related fields. Coverage is worldwide. Sources a...   [more]
Holdings: 1887 to the present. Updated monthly.
Supplemental URLs
    PsycINFO Classification Categories and Codes (APA Online)
    PsycINFO Journal Coverage List (APA Online)

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Primary Psychology Databases & Article Indexes

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CogNet
Also Known as: MIT Cognet, CogNet (Library Edition)
A "central repository for the most current and topical electronic resources" in cognitive science and its six core areas: philosophy of mind, computational intelligence, cognitive psychology, linguist...   [more]

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Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Also Known as: HAPI
Access to information on measurement instruments in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. HAPI helps identify measures needed for res...   [more]
Holdings: 1985 to the present. Updated quarterly.

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MEDLINE (complete file)
The premier database for bibliographic coverage of biomedical literature. MEDLINE encompasses information from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index, as well as ot...   [more]
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    Pre-MEDLINE
    MEDLINE (latest years)
    
    
    

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Mental Measurements Yearbook and Test In Print 1st to 21st Yearbooks July 2022
Also Known as: MMY
Descriptive information and reviews of English-language test instruments. Subject areas include achievement, behavior assessment, development, education, intelligence and scholastic aptitude, En...   [more]
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PubMed Plus (Penn Only)
Also Known as: PubMed Medline Pub Med
- from PubMed Central
PubMed is the public access version to Medline, the premier database for biomedical literature. PubMedPlus is an enhanced version with links to full-text journals that the Penn Library subscribes to....   [more]
Holdings: 1950 to the present. Updated daily.
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    PubMed Help
    PubMed Tutorial
    
    new Pubmed effective Spring 2020
    PubMed Plus for Handhelds

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Important Psychology Databases & Article Indexes

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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Broad collection of fulltext scholarly journals and related periodicals in all scholarly disciplines. Includes bibliographic citations, indexing and abstracting for more than 8,000 periodicals. A comp...   [more]
Holdings: Coverage varies: mostly 1990s to present.

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Acoustical Society of America
Readers can search or browse across all citations and abstracts of ASA content published online but only the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, JASA Express Letters and Acoustics Research L...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

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All The World's Primates
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ClinicalKey
Also Known as: Clinical Key
A clinical search engine that supports clinical decisions. Searches clinically related material produced by Elseiver. ...   [more]
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Cogprints
Electronic archive for self-archived papers in psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, and fields relevant to cognitive science in computer science, philosophy, and biology, ...   [more]
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Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
Comprehensive indexing with abstracts of the scholarly literature and applied literature on criminology and related disciplines. Subject areas covered include: causes and correlates of crime, criminol...   [more]
Holdings: 1968-present.

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Education Source Ultimate (EBSCO)
“Education Source Ultimate is the world's largest and most comprehensive full-text research database designed for education students, researchers, professionals and policymakers. Coverage of education...   [more]
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Encyclopedia of Aging 2002
- from Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Holdings: 2002

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ERIC - Education Resources Information Center (EBSCO)
Indexes education-related journal articles and other publications. Cross-file search with other EBSCO databases....   [more]

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ERIC - Education Resources Information Center (ProQuest)
Indexes education-related journal articles and other publications. Cross-file search with other ProQuest databases....   [more]

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Francis
Also Known as: Bulletin signaletique
Francis covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities and social sciences. It is strong in religion, the history of art, and literature with emphasis on cur...   [more]
Holdings: 1984 to the present. Updated monthly.
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    FRANCIS via EBSCOhost (closed file)

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GenderMed
Database with enhanced descriptions of selected PubMed articles analysing sex and gender differences, including strictly biological differences (sex-specific analyses) and psychosocial, economical and...   [more]
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iPOLL
Also Known as: Roper Center, RPOLL
REQUIRES FREE REGISTRATION. Question-level data from public opinion polls. Almost 400,000 questions from polls, 1935 to present, based upon Roper Center-archived surveys with US national adult samples...   [more]
Holdings: 1935 to present. Updated daily.

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Kindex: An Index to Legal Periodical Literature Concerning Children
- from HeinOnline
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Holdings: 1965-2001

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Peerj and Peerj Computer Science Institutional Plan
The Penn Libraries have established an institutional membership with PeerJ, and will pay the cost of a basic membership for each Penn author (identified via their use of an email address in the @upenn...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

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PEP-Web Archive
Also Known as: PEP web archive
Searchable fulltext of Freud's complete works (German and English), books by Bion, Bowlby, Ernest Jones, Melanie Klein, Donald Meltzer, D.W. Winnicott and other psychoanalysts. Includes compete runs (...   [more]

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Primatelit Database
Also Known as: Primate Literature
The PrimateLit database provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities. Coverage of the database spans 1940 to present and...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

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PsychiatryOnline
Online access to DSM-IV-TR, as well as American Psychiatric Publishing textbooks, journals, and the DSM archives. Includes:

DSM Library

  • DSM-IV-TRB.
  • DSM-IV-TRB. Handbook of Diffe...   [more]

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PsycTESTS
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PsycTHERAPY
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PTSDpubs (formerly: PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress)
Describes the worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD and other mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. Covers stressors, affected persons, effects, assessme...   [more]
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Research Database / International Psychoanalytical Association
Reports produced by IPA-funded research projects....   [more]
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Sage Family Studies Abstracts
- from OCLC FirstSearch ECO
Bibliographic citations with abstracts for literature on policy, theory, and research relating to the family, traditional and alternative lifestyles, therapy, and counselling. Subjects covered include...   [more]
Holdings: 1999-2004

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SAGE Research Methods
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Supplemental URLs
    Sage Research Method Cases
    Sage Research Method Datasets
    Sage Research Method Data Visualization
    Sage Research Method Doing Research Online
    

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Social Services Abstracts
Also Known as: social service abstracts
- from CSA Databases
Indexing with abstracts for scholarly and professional journal literature in social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Major areas of coverage include: cri...   [more]
Holdings: 1979-present. Updates monthly
Supplemental URLs
    Serials List
    Classification Codes (CSA)

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Social Work Abstracts
Also Known as: SWAB
Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Covers social work and other related topics such as homelessness, AIDS, child and family welfare, aging, substance abuse, legislation, co...   [more]
Holdings: 1965 to present. Updated semi-annually.

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Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
Also Known as: Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts
- from Taylor & Francis Online
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Terrorism Information Center - National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
Nonprofit clearinghouse dedicated to "doing everything possible to add value to the nation's war on terrorism."...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    MIPT Terrorism Bibliography
    MIPT Mental Health Bibliography
    Terrorism Incidents and Significant Dates

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Web of Science
Also Known as: ISI Citation Indexes, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, SSCI, SCI, AHCI, ISI, WOK, Web of Knowledge
Indexes journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Allows for cited reference searching. Includes Science Citation Index, the Social Science Citation Index[more]
Holdings: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)--1945-present, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--1956-present, Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)--1975-present. Updated weekly.
Supplemental URLs
    Web of Science Tutorials
    Cited Reference Searching Tutorial

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World Database of Happiness
Covers scientific research on subjective appreciation of life. Includes Bibliography of Happiness, Happiness Queries (test question database), geographic and trend analyses of questions and citations ...   [more]
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Related Psychology Databases & Article Indexes

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ABI/Inform - Proquest
Provides in-depth coverage of business conditions, trends, corporate strategies and tactics, management techniques, marketing, and product development, including complete runs of key business and mana...   [more]

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Child Welfare Information Gateway / Children's Bureau, HHS
Also Known as: Child Abuse and Neglect. National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information Documents Database
Indexing with abstracts for scholarly, professional, and technical books, journal articles, and other documents related to child maltreatment, child abuse and child neglect, adoption, and related chi...   [more]
Holdings: 1965-present.
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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (evidence-based medicine)
Also Known as: CDSR OVID
- from Wiley Online Library
Includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration. The reviews are presented in two types: 1) Complete reviews -...   [more]
Holdings: 1991 to the present. Updated quarterly.
Supplemental URLs
    Previous Provider Ovid

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Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects
Also Known as: Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness - DARE (evidence-based medicine)
- from Wiley Online Library
A full text database containing critical assessments of systematic reviews from a variety of medical journals. DARE is produced by the expert reviewers and information staff of the National Health Ser...   [more]
Holdings: Reviews literature published from 1987 to the present.
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eHRAF World Cultures
Also Known as: eHRAF Collection of Ethnography
The Collection of Ethnography, established 1949, currently contains nearly one million pages of information on over 360 cultures of the world, past and present. Each culture case contains a variet...   [more]
Holdings: Updated in annual installments.
Supplemental URLs
    eHRAF User Guides
    Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM): Topics and Subjects
    Culture List for All Formats (Outline of World Cultures - OWC)
    Basic Guide to Cross-Cultural Research
    Overview and User Tips (obsolete)

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ETOH
Also Known as: NIAAA Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database
Indexing with abstracts covering the current and historical research literature on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Aspects covered include: medicine, biochemistry, psychology and psychiatry, epidemiolog...   [more]
Holdings: 1960s to present.
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Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews Multifile
Also Known as: EBMR Reviews
- from Wiley Online Library
In Medline a limit to Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews will restrict your retrieval to those articles or studies that have been included by the Cochrane Collaboration when creating a Topic Review or ar...   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    Previous Provider Ovid

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General Social Survey
Also Known as: GSS
Omnibus personal interview survey of U.S. households, conducted almost annually....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Quick download: GSS 1972-2010 datasets (Roper Express)
    GSS Bibliography
    GSS 1972-2010 Quick Tables (with charts) (Berkeley SDA Archive)
    NORC Official GSS Site
    Extracting Data from the GSS into SPSS

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Global Books in Print
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Holdings: Updated weekly.
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History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Also Known as: HST , Wellcome Bibliography, History of Science, Technology and Medicine
ACCESS NOTE: 5 concurrent users

International bibliography on the history of science and technology from pre-history to the present, describing journal articles, conference proceedings, book...   [more]
Holdings: 1975 to the present. Updated annually.

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Incites Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
Also Known as: ISI JCR
Journal Citation Reports provides journal comparison by accumulating and tabulating citation and article counts. It includes the JCR Science edition,and the JCR Social Sciences edition...   [more]

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INSPEC
Also Known as: Physics Abstracts , Computer and Control Abstracts , Electrical and Electronics Abstracts
The INSPEC database covers physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, robotics, and information technology. It also has significant co...   [more]
Holdings: 1896 - present. Updated weekly.
Supplemental URLs
    Penn Inspec and Compendex Guide

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Journals@OVID Full Text
Every word of the text is searchable, including references and graphics captions. Within the Full Text display, hypertext features allow users to display an outline of the document and move immediatel...   [more]

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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences Covers all aspects of the study of language including linguistics, language acquisi...   [more]
Holdings: 1973 to present.
Supplemental URLs
    Serials List
    Search Guide
    LLBA Classification Codes

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MathSciNet
Also Known as: Mathematical Reviews , Current Mathematical Publications , MR , CMP , mathsci net
MathSciNet covers all aspects of mathematics and provides access to over 55 years of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications. Resources in all languages are represent...   [more]
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    Penn MathSciNet Guide
    
    
    
    

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NCJRS Abstracts Database
Also Known as: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database includes abstracts of over 140,000 research reports, journal articles, and government documents relating to crime, law enforcement, a...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    NCJRS Thesaurus

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NCJRS Abstracts Database (via Proquest)
Also Known as: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts
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NCJRS Virtual Library
Also Known as: National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library
Identifies and links to fulltext U.S. federal publications on criminal justice....   [more]
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial to 1950
Also Known as: NAWLD
Fulltext of letters and diaries, published and manuscript, of American women during the Colonial period through 1950. Biographical information is provided for each writer. Primary source materials are...   [more]

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Periodicals Index Online
Also Known as: PIO,PCI,Periodical Contents Index,Chadwyck PCI,Periodicals Contents Index
Humanities and social sciences. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. ...   [more]

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Philosopher's Index
Also Known as: Philosophers Index
Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics,...   [more]

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Proquest Dissertations and Theses Fulltext (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
Also Known as: Digital Dissertations, Dissertation Abstracts, UMI, DAI, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT), Proquest Dissertations and Theses Fulltext
Indexing (since 1861) and abstracting (since 1980) for doctoral-level dissertations completed at North American universities. Page images or fulltext of all available dissertations - including Penn d...   [more]
Holdings: Indexing 1861-present, abstracts 1980-present, page-image or fulltext PDF for available dissertations dissertations from 1997 to the present.
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PubMed Unrestricted
Also Known as: PubMed Medline
The MEDLINE database is widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic coverage of biomedical literature. The PubMed version of MEDLINE includes the PREMEDLINE database, which provides ver...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    PubMed Help
    Pubmed Tutorial

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Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Numeric data archive for public opinion polls. Access is mediated through requests from Penn Library to Roper Center. Related online resources include: Roper Center's online catalog of data sets; and ...   [more]
Holdings: 1936-present.
Supplemental URLs
    Roper Center Interactive Collection Map
    Topics at a Glance (inc. Presidential Approval)
    Roper Center Select Bibliography
    Roper iPoll
    Health Poll Database

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Sexbiblio
Also Known as: Bibliography of the history of western sexuality / 1700-1945
A selective index of non-belletristic primary and secondary literature on the history of sex and sexuality in Europe, the United States, and Canada, 1700-1945. Also includes selected titles in ancient...   [more]
Holdings: 1700-1945
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Social Science Research Network
Also Known as: SSRN
Recent research results through abstracts, fulltext working papers, and journal articles in economics, finance, business and economic law, accounting, and business. Professional job openings and annou...   [more]
Holdings: 1997-present. Updated daily
Supplemental URLs
    SSRN Conference Papers
    SSRN Partners in Publishing (publisher list)

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Sociological Abstracts
Also Known as: SocAbs soc abs
- from CSA Databases
Covers sociology, case work, demographics, policy studies, political science, family studies, feminist studies, and social security programs....   [more]
Holdings: 1963 to the present. Updated bimonthly.
Supplemental URLs
    Serials List
    Classification Codes (ProQuest LibGuide)

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Your Journals@OVID Full Text
Subset of the Journals@Ovid database covering only the full-text of the journals that Penn subscribes to through Ovid. Every word of the text is searchable, including references and graphics captio...   [more]

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