Psychology

Providing access to quality Psychology resources and subject support.

References and citations Working off-campus Using the library

Databases View more

Here are the key databases/online resources to start finding information in your subject area. Click on 'View more' to go to the full listing for the Library, and use the filters to find more for this subject and others.

PsycARTICLES

PsycARTICLES is a collection of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, and allied partners such as the Canadian Psychological Association. The database covers general psychology and applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology.

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PsycINFO

PsycINFO is an indexing and abstracting database summarising journal articles, dissertations, book chapters, books and technical reports from 1887 to the present. The content centres on psychology and the behavioural and social sciences, drawing content from peer-reviewed journals. The database has global coverage and virtually all the content from 1995 onwards contain abstracts.

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ScienceDirect

Science Direct provides full-text access to Elsevier journals and books, including reference works and encyclopaedias. Some of the digital archives go as far back as 1823. Subject coverage is mainly in the fields of life sciences and medicine but there is also coverage of social sciences, psychology, business and finance.

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Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. The databases are particularly useful in health and life sciences. Databases available are: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – full text access to systematic reviews conducted by Cochrane groups. Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials – collected abstracts of randomised clinical trials. Cochrane Clinical Answers – quick access information entailing a clinical question, a brief answer and links to information from relevant Cochrane reviews.

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Scopus

Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: academic journals, books and conference proceedings. Scopus is a comprehensive resource covering chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering; life and health sciences; social sciences, psychology, business and economics; arts and humanities and biological and environmental sciences. It also includes the Geobase database.

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Web of Science

Covers a wide variety of disciplines including engineering, sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Search features include cited reference searching allowing you to discover who has referenced a particular work since it was published.

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Wiley online library

Access to the online library of journals published by Wiley, particularly in chemistry, physics and psychology.

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Books E-books Catalogue

You can access books and e-books via the Catalogue (also known as Library Catalogue Plus) to search for and check their availability. The Catalogue also provides links to e-books and displays the shelf marks of physical books in the Library. We have detailed the shelf marks of the most popular topics below (the level is for the Library in Loughborough).

Subject / title Pilkington level Shelfmark
Psychology 2 150
Sport psychology 2 796.01
Business psychology 2 158.7
Social psychology 2 302
Psychological methodology 2 150.072

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Use the videos to learn more about some resources or finding information.

Citation searching: hints and tips
PsycARTICLES and PsycINFO: an introduction

Frequently asked questions View more

Here are some of the most popular questions asked by students in this subject. If you have a different question, check 'View more' or ask your Academic Librarian.

You need to search via the VPN and multi-factor authentication (MFA) when you are off campus, this link will show you how to download this onto your device.

Quality journal articles can be found in PsycArticles and PsycINFO, both covering the full discipline of psychology. Links to both are offered above.

For referencing and bibliographies use Cite Them Right Harvard. You can also contact your Academic Librarian

From Library Catalogue Plus look at the options at the side of the page and click on ‘eBook’ in the ‘Format’ section to limit the results to eBooks. Click on ‘Get full text’ to open the eBook.