PsycInfo

PsycINFO

Collection of scholarly journal articles with limited full-text, book chapters, books, and dissertations . Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.

Tutorial: Peer-Reviewed Empirical Articles - Searching APA PsycInfo on EBSCOhost

Filters to Limit your Research

APA Thesaurus

The APA thesaurus provides a controlled vocabulary that functions like a #hashtag, but is more formal and regulated.

Tutorial: Searching with the Thesaurus and Index Terms on EBSCOhost

Classification Codes

The APA has created its own set of 4-digit numbers representing broad subject categories describing the content of the database, not the field of psychology.

Tutorial: Using PsycINFO Classification Codes on EBSCOhost

Methodology

The APA provides a chart with the values and definitions for the Methodology field in APA database.

Link: Methodology Descriptions in APA PsycInfo