Research Guides: PSYC 52A: Research Methods: Find Articles and Books

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APA Databases

The American Psychological Association (APA) provides several important tools to help you locate scientific research articles, as well as tests and measures.

APA PsycInfo (EBSCO)
Citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports in psychology. Includes information about the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. Coverage 1887 to present, includes 1,700+ international sources in over 35 languages.
APA PsycArticles (EBSCO)
Covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. Contains all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each of 49 journals by the APA and 9 from allied organizations. Coverage 1988 to the present.
APA PsycTests (EBSCO)
Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), serves as a repository for a growing selection of psychological tests and measures, including thousands of actual test instruments and test items that are available for immediate download and use in research and teaching.

Additional Databases

APA databases are not the only ones that may be useful to you! Below are a few suggestions of databases where you'll find scientific and scholarly literature from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, education, and psychiatry/medicine, among others.

Scopus
An abstract and citation database of scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
ERIC (ProQuest)
Database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education that provides access to scholarly journals, curriculum and teaching guides, research reports, and other materials related to the field of education.
MEDLINE (ProQuest)
Bibliographic database for biomedical and health journals, curated by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Entries from thousands of journals that have been approved by the advisory committee as high quality, with coverage back to 1966.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic publications. Search across all content, limit to a single title, or choose by subject subsets.

Find more databases on our Databases A to Z list.

Annual Reviews

Reading literature reviews published by other people is a way to quickly get up-to-date on the current research on your topic.

Annual Reviews
These subject-specific journals publish review articles in the biomedical sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. Search one at a time, all, or any combination.

Connect Google Scholar to Brandeis Library

Google Scholar
Uses Google's powerful search to find scholarly literature. This link to Google Scholar authenticates you as a Brandeis user and provides the Brandeis Access link next to many of your search results, allowing you to more easily find the full text of the articles.

1. Go to Google Scholar and click on "Settings" in the menu bar.

2. Click on "Library Links."

3. Type "Brandeis" into the search bar.

4. Select "Brandeis University - GetIt @ Brandeis!"

5. Click "Save."

PsycINFO and PsycTESTS Field Guides

APA Databases Methodology Field Values
Find studies conducted with specific methodologies by using the "methodology" field in APA PsycINFO. This guide provides definitions of the methodologies.
PsycINFO Classification Categories and Codes
Every record in PsycINFO receives a classification code, which is used to categorize the document according to the primary subject matter. These classification codes can help you target your search by allowing you to restrict retrieval to a specific category.
APA PsycTests Classification System
Every record in APA PsycTests receives a APA PsycTests Classification, which is used to identify the general area of psychology that the measure is designed to assess.

PsycINFO Search Tips -- Videos from APA

A quick search demonstration is worth a thousand words! Check out this playlist of search tips for APA PsycINFO and APA PsycTESTS. Both of these databases are available to you from Brandeis Library. Topics covered include:

Searching with the thesaurus and index terms
Using PsycINFO classification codes
Using the methodology limiter
Formatting a citation in APA style
and more!