LibGuides: PY1000: Introduction to Psychology Research Guide: Find Articles

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PsycARTICLES
Peer-reviewed, scholarly and scientific articles covering broad topics in psychology.
PsycINFO
Resource for psychology abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in behavioral science and mental health.
PsycTESTS
Child Development and Adolescent Studies
Source for references to current and historical content in biomedicine and the social sciences literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI)
Is a comprehensive bibliographic database providing information about behavioral measurement instruments. Information in the database is abstracted from hundreds of leading journals covering health sciences and psychosocial sciences.
Encyclopedia of Human Relationships

Academic Search Complete
A good starting place for finding articles on almost any topic. Includes many scholarly journals. Coverage is primarily from 1980 to the present.
JSTOR
Digitized, full-text versions of core scholarly journals across many subjects, including the humanities, social sciences, international and foreign areas studies, and many of the sciences.
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer-oriented publications about health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. Covers topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition, children's health, men & women's health.
Statistical Insight
Statistical information produced by U.S. Federal & State agencies, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.

What is a scholarly article?

A scientific/empirical/research article reports methods and findings of an original research study conducted by the authors of the article.

You can identify a scientific article by the order in which its contents are presented in the article:

Abstract
Introduction (with Literature review and background information)
Methods
Results
Discussion
References

Sample scholarly article

Let's Begin Finding Scholarly Articles

You are ready to begin searching databases for scholarly articles.

Open one of the databases below (PsycINFO or PscycArticles) and enter your search terms - ex: keywords or topics selected from the thesaurus.
Make sure to select the limiter: Peer Reviewed Journals
If you do not see the Full Text of the article, select the button to see if we have an electronic or print copy here at Rockhurst. If we do not have the article, click on the blue ILL button and complete the form or make a copy of the abstract page and request the article from another library using this Interlibrary Loan form.
Always look for a PDF link for optimal viewing/printing of the article.

Note:

Some mainstream articles will say something like, "In a study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine..."

Be aware that databases may have a DELAY in making the most recent copies of journal articles available. If you need help, contact me (see box on the Home page), library reference desk or the chat room (see box on Home page).

Tools:

Don't forget to use the tools on the article page to PRINT, CITE (APA), and EMAIL the article to yourself to look over in more detail later!

Journals

The following are some LC subject heading searches that pull up lists of Rockhurst owned electronic and print journals. Many of these can be viewed online through our databases.

Culture--Psychological aspects

Social psychology

Behaviorism (Psychology) -- Periodicals.

Child development -- Periodicals.

Developmental psychology -- Periodicals.

Motivation (Psychology) -- Periodicals.

Psychology, Applied -- Periodicals.

Psychology, Comparative -- Periodicals.

Psychology, Experimental -- Periodicals.

Psychology, Pathological -- Periodicals.

Social psychology -- Periodicals.