WMU Research Guides: Psychology: Finding Articles

Browse Key Psychology Journals

Core Databases

To see the list of APA PsycINFO Thesaurus Terms, click here.

PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
This is the primary tool for searching the psychology literature . Journal articles, technical reports, books, book chapters, and dissertations are included.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
The biggest and best medical database. A key resource. Watch a video on how to use PubMed Advanced Search

PsychiatryOnline
Publications of the American Psychiatric Association, including the DSM-5 and a number of textbooks.

Other Relevant Databases

Besides PsycINFO, articles and other resources relevant to aspects of psychology can be found in many discipline-oriented periodical indexes or databases.

CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Indexes journals in nursing and related fields with full text for 1,300 of them. From 1954 to the present. Updated weekly.
ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
ClinicalKey is an online search tool which brings answers from the largest collection of published medical (and psychological) resources in every medical and surgical specialty, and includes all MEDLINE abstracts with medical and surgical content from Elsevier.
Users who capture URLs from the Email Citations feature in ClinicalKey may have issues connecting to ClinicalKey resources from off campus with those URLs. The Email Citations URL includes a # sign, which breaks the URL and sends the user to the main ClinicalKey search page instead of to the resource. ClinicalKey is currently working on restructuring their URLs in order to fix this issue. The persistent links will work, but only if users are already logged into ClinicalKey through the proxy. Off campus users who add the proxy prepend to links from emailed citations should make sure they are logged into ClinicalKey before copying and pasting their links into the address bar.
ERIC (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
This is the core index in the field of Education.
Human Resources Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Human Resources Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. This would be a good tool to research employee incentive programs for wellness.