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Research Databases

Databases below contain full-text articles for your research papers. For most topics we recommend beginning with Academic Search Premier. See the EBSCO video to the left for demonstration of the Academic Search Premier database.

NOTE: When accessing databases through the George Fox University Library from off-campus you will be prompted to login with your MyGFU log in.

Academic Search Premier
The world's largest scholarly, multidiscipline, full-text database designed specifically for academic institutions. Contains full text for more than 4,600 peer-reviewed publications, in nearly all academic areas of study.

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Covers all areas of education. Indexes more than 2,400 journals, with more than 1,400 full text and also contains full text for numerous education-related conference papers. From EBSCO.

PsychARTICLES
A database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association.

APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, and linguistics. This is a bibliographic database with abstracts covering 1806 to the present.
Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection This link opens in a new window
This is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 600 journals.

Sample Searches for Journal Articles

The searches below are sample keyword searches in Academic Search Premier, PsychARTICLES, and PsychINFO.

Cognition and Attention and Adolescents
This keyword search used the terms of cognition and attention and adolscents. Limiters included: 1) full text only, 2) references available, 3) peer reviewed, and 4) specified date range of 2007 - 2012.
Cognitive Psychology and Memory
This keyword search combined the phrase of "cognitive psychology" and memory. Limiters included: 1) full text only, 2) references available, 3) Peer-reviewed, and 4) a specified date range of 2007 - 2012. The search resulted in 860 articles.
Cognitive Psychology and Visual Perception
This keyword search combined the search phrases of "cognitive psychology" and "visual perception." Limiters included: 1) full text only, 2) references available, 3) peer reviewed, and 4) specified date range of 2007 - 2012. The search resulted in 95 articles.

PSYC 370 - Cognition: Find Articles

Video - How to Search by Journal Title 1 min.14 sec.

Research Databases

Sample Searches for Journal Articles