There are lots of databases that contain articles about psychology, and they are all available via LibrarySearch – just click on the “Find databases” link in the left-hand menu and you will see an alphabetical list. Browse the list until you find the one you want. The most useful databases for your subject include:

ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts): ASSIA is aimed at practitioners, researchers and students in the caring professions. It is focused on a core of around 500 key English language scholarly journals covering aspects of health and social care from a broadly social scientific perspective, including psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.

Child Development and Adolescent Studies Book reviews and abstracts from journals, reports and theses about children; tick “limit to linked full text” to restrict to CCCU journals.

MEDLINE: Produced by the United States National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE is a key database for the international medical and biomedical literature. It is particularly useful for clinical and applied psychology.

PsycARTICLES: A full text article service for a wide range of journals published by the American Psychological Association and other psychology publishers.

PsycINFO: The key database for the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines. Produced by the American Psychological Association it covers the literature from the 1800s to the present, from more than 2,500 journal titles and is particularly useful for mental health related topics. It uses the Ovid interface. A YouTube playlist of search videos is available to help you search effectively.

PTSDpubs This database, formerly called PILOTS, is produced by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD. The database provides citations and abstracts to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other psychological effects of trauma.Coverage: 1871 - current

Pubmed PubMed comprises more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Sage Research Methods SAGE Research Methods supports research at all levels by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process.

ScienceDirect: Searches across 2,500 peer-reviewed titles – or over 9.5 million articles. This is a good source for journal articles on the topics of neuroscience, clinical and behavioural psychology.

Scopus: Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 22,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, Scopus offers researchers a quick, easy and comprehensive resource to support their research needs in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Social Policy and Practice: An important source of evidence-based social science and applied psychology research articles. In particular the database is useful for information about government policies and their impact on society. This includes topics such as the care and employment of those with mental health problems.

Web of Science (WoS): A multi-disciplinary service, where you can search for articles from over 18,000 journals in the social sciences and arts and humanities fields as well as the sciences.

Library Guide - Psychology