Psychology Databases & Journals - PSYC 391 - Research Methods

Key Psychology Databases

The databases listed below are the key Psychology-related databases. To access databases through the George Fox University Library from off-campus, you will be prompted to enter 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.
PsycINFO
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.
PsychARTICLES
A database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
This is a comprehensive database from EBSCO 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.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,700 contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals, the MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership.

Psychology-Related Journals Not in EBSCOhost

The following are a few journals which may be found in journal databases other than EBSCOhost. The respective database is labeled in ( ) following the journal title.

The Family Journal (Sage)
The Family Journal (TFJ) advances the theory, research and practice of counseling with couples and families from a family systems perspective. Research articles include quantitative, qualitative, and evaluation designs. Descriptive articles address current issues, innovative methods, and professional concerns. Other offerings include case studies, interviews, and timely literature reviews. The journal provides groundbreaking, innovative scholarship for counseling researchers, educators and practitioners.
Behavior Modification (Sage)
Behavior Modification (BMO) presents insightful research, reports, and reviews on applied behavior modification. Each issue offers successful assessment and modification techniques applicable to problems in psychiatric, clinical, educational, and rehabilitative settings, as well as treatment manuals and program descriptions. Practical features help you follow the process of clinical psychological research and to apply it to behavior modification interventions.
Psychological Science in the Public Interest (Sage)
Psychological Science in the Public Interest (PSPI), published three times per year, is a unique journal featuring comprehensive and compelling reviews of issues that are of direct relevance to the general public. These reviews are written by blue ribbon teams of specialists representing a range of viewpoints, and are intended to assess the current state-of-the-science with regard to the topic.
Self and Identity (Taylor & Francis)

Journal Databases other than PsycINFO

The library provides access to a number of journal databases other than the subject-related databases found in EBSCOhost. Sometimes articles indexed in EBSCOhost will have the full text linked from one of these additional databases. Searching these databases in addition to EBSCOhost will provide you with additional resources.