Research Guides: Psychology/Counselling: Journal Databases

Start with These Databases

PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive coverage of 1500+ journals, including nearly 100 journals from the American and Canadian psychological associations. Extensive full text article availability. The best article resource for psychology and counselling. Note: Includes all results for both databases, since PsycINFO provides full coverage of PsycARTICLES.
Note that TWU does not subscribe directly to APA PsycNet's platform but has access to its content through EBSCOhost databases. Please use the provided link to search for and access PsycInfo through EBSCOhost.
PsycBooks (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Approximately 32,000 chapters in PDF from over 2,000 books published by APA and other publishers, as well as digitized content of from the Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) collection and close to 1,500 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology.
Note that TWU does not subscribe directly to APA PsycNet's platform but has access to its content through EBSCOhost databases. Please use the provided link to search for and access PsycBooks through EBSCOhost.
Sage Journals
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Full text coverage of 90+ psychology journals published by Sage.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Multi-subject coverage of the most important journals, including those from psychology. This database is archival, so most full text is no more recent than five years ago.

Database Tutorials

PsycInfo (EBSCOhost)

Basic (5:11)
Advanced (4:28)
Using PsycInfo Classification Codes (3:12)
Using the Methodology Limiter (4:33)
Formatting PsycInfo/PsycBooks Citations (3:05)
Searching with Thesaurus and Index Terms (5:53)
Quick Reference Guide to PsycInfo from American Psychological Association (PDF)
PsycInfo Topic Guides (PDF and PowerPoint)

PsycBooks Tutorial (2:09)

JSTOR Search (4:04)

SAGE Journals (2:49)

Other Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Large, broad-based database covering many subjects. Coverage of psychology / counselling is much smaller than PsycINFO's coverage, but it can be useful for interdisciplinary topics.
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology This link opens in a new window
Literature reviews on topics in clinical psychology.

Annual Review of Psychology
Literature reviews on topics in psychology.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerialsPLUS This link opens in a new window
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Large religion database with good coverage of religious aspects of psychology and counselling.

Cork Alcohol and Substance Abuse Database
This database is now archival, having last been updated in 2014.The CORK database includes over 89,000 items on substance abuse, indexed by over 400 terms. These are primarily from the professional literature and include journal articles, books, book chapters, and reports. Very limited full text availability.

Dimensions This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive index, no login required, that is similar to the citation indexes of Web of Science. Each citation provides a list of its references and a citation count plus a list of citing documents. Limited full text, though there is an open access filter on the left. For more full text and formatted citations, take titles found in Dimensions, log into Google Scholar from the library home page, and search for Dimensions titles there.
LENS.ORG
An open access database to discover, analyze, and map global innovation knowledge. Bridging the cultures of scholarly research with invention and industry.
MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Medical articles, including psychiatry, medical aspects of human behaviour, etc.
MEDLINE (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
Medical articles, including psychiatry, medical aspects of human behaviour, etc. on the Ovid platform.
PubMed.gov This link opens in a new window
Does not require a password.

PubPsych
Open Access database of articles related to psychology. Free full text.

Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
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Articles and books in the social sciences, sciences and business.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window

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