Library: PY4450 Infants & Toddlers (Prof. Jung): Articles & Databases

Types of Scholarly Articles

Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries (3:36 min)

How to Read A Scholarly Research Article

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Off-Campus Access

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Psychology Databases

PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts of the international psychological literature from the 1800s to the present.
- What's included? Includes all of PsycArticles plus more in Psychology and related fields.
PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? It is usually more effective to use PsycINFO, which will link to ALL Psyc resources, including PsycARTICLES.
- What's included? Full text articles in general and specialized psychology and behavioral science.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Covers topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.
- What's included? Full text psychology coverage of many relevant journals, books, magazines and health reports. Particularly strong in child & adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling.
PsycBOOKS This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? An extensive collection of full-text eBooks covering Applied, Developmental and Educational psychology, Personality, Psychological and physical disorders and Psychometrics and statistics.
- What's included? Coverage includes the most current scholarly and professional titles published by APA, as well as historical and classic works from the behavioral and social sciences.
PsycEXTRA
- Why search here? Psychology-research reports, grey literature, grant information, conference papers and abstracts, videos, etc. published by the APA.
- What's included? Contains publications such as technical and government reports, conference papers, newsletters, magazines, videos, press releases, and consumer brochures.

Additional Databases

MEDLINE with Full Text (Ebscohost) This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE provides information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more.
- What's included? Access to the world's leading medical, life sciences, healthcare and biomedical journals published since 1950.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? A comprehensive database of literature on health, biomedicine, nursing and allied health fields.
- What's included? Full text for hundreds of journals and books as well as indexing for more than 5,000 journals and the full text of more than 130 Evidence-Based Care Sheets.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
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- Why search here? Journals in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and the social sciences from Elsevier Science and other publishers.
- What's included? Full-text to many articles. OW only subscribes to some titles in this collection.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Good place to start. A general database covering many areas of academic study.
- What's included? Full text, scholarly articles, reports, and conference proceedings on all subjects.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
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- Why search here? This is the largest multidisciplinary database available.
- What's included? All major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities.
Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Covers many topics in the social sciences such as anthropology, economics, ethics, gender studies, psychology and political science.
- What's included? Full-text articles from hundreds of journals, covering the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences from 1972-present.
JStor This link opens in a new window
JSTOR currently includes more than 1,700 academic journals, dating back to the first volume ever published, along with thousands of monographs and other materials relevant for education.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and also includes specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
- What's included? Extensive full-text education content from several education databases and journals not previously available in any database.
ERIC [ProQuest] This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature.
- What's included? Some full text to journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, and books.

Peer-Reviewed Empirical Journal Articles in PsycINFO

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Using the CINAHL/MeSH Headings Feature in Ebsco

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Directory of Open Access Journals

Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, covering all subjects and many languages.

Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in many subjects.
- What's included? More than 800 open access journals are in the directory.