Psychology

Databases can help you to trace journal articles and other publications (including book reviews, reports and conference proceedings) in your subject area. Most databases provide abstracts (summaries) and a few are full-text (they contain complete articles). Importantly, databases provide high quality academic information, which is necessary for your assignments and research.

The databases listed on this web page are available to Brookes staff and students from on and off campus.

• PsycINFO - a broad-based Psychology database; its coverage includes abstracts of books, journal articles and dissertations.
• Web of Science - contains the Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index. They provide bibliographic information and abstracts from a wide range of key journals for all aspects of Psychology.

N.B. Many databases require confidential passwords. For further details check password information. Your PIP page (Personal Information Page) also provides details of the relevant passwords.

The Library's electronic databases page provides a complete list of all our databases with brief details of subject coverage and access information.

• Academic Search Complete - a multi-disciplinary database which includes psychology journals.
• ASSIA - Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, includes some aspects of social psychology.
• CINAHL - covers mental health, nursing and health care.
• British Education Index - Education database, material from British and selected European journals, from 1975 onwards.
• Education research complete - a full-text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas and levels of education in the U.K. and internationally. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,840 journals, as well as full text for more than 950 journals.
• ERIC - Education database, ERIC covers predominantly American material from journals from 1966 onwards.
• MEDLINE via PubMed or EBSCO - biomedical coverage, useful for Psychology.
• Factiva - International news database. Includes leading national newspapers, local newspapers, trade and professional journals and the BBC Monitoring Service transcripts of world radio broadcasts.
• PILOTS - an international database focused on post-traumatic stress, acute stress and other psychiatric disorders related to traumatic events.
• Sociological Abstracts - covers a broad range of subjects including some aspects of psychology.
• ZETOC - British Library's electronic table of contents. Covers about 20,000 current journals and conference proceedings in publishing, science, technology, law, and the humanities.

N.B. Many databases require confidential passwords. For further details check password information. Your PIP page (Personal Information Page) also provides details of the relevant passwords.

The Library's electronic databases page provides a complete list of all our databases with brief details of subject coverage and access information.

This subject list of journals may be of interest to Psychology students and staff. These journals are only a selection of our full-text e-journals; see our information on e-journals for details, including an A-Z list of all our electronic titles. Note that most e-journals require confidential passwords particularly if you are off-campus.

The Library also subscribes to many other journals in the field of Psychology in printed format. The Library Catalogue provides details of all the journals which the Library subscribes to in both print and electronic format. Enter the journal title into the keyword or title search box and select Electronic & Printed Journals Catalogue.

• Selecting and evaluating Internet resources
• Gateways
• Organisations and associations
• Internet sites for Psychology

Psychology: a guide to finding information (Word or PDF)

Guides to Psychology databases:

• PsycINFO (Word or PDF)
• Sociological abstracts
• Web of Science

• Information skills: getting started
• Information skills: further research
• Past exam papers for psychology
• Referencing and the APA style
• Endnote: reference management software for assisting with studying, research and creating bibliographies
• Training sessions and Brookes Virtual tutorials