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Psychology Research Guide
Discover library research tools to help you find articles, books, and other resources related to psychology
The purple tabs on the left hand side of this guide each contain helpful tips & links to specific resources related to topics in Psychology.
Best Bets for Research
If you're looking for scholarly articles on psychology, you'll want to use a one of the databases listed here. These databases specifically collect and host journals and articles related to the field of psychology:
PsycINFO is an electronic bibliographic database providing abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. The database includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection covers emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. This database includes nearly 515 full text titles and over 490 peer-reviewed journals.
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