LibGuides: Psychology, Cognitive Studies, &amp; Child Development: Articles

Searching for Peer-Reviewed Psychology Articles on OneSearch

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Under Tweak Your Results / Available at Stanislaus
- Peer-reviewed journals.
- Full-text online

The remaining results should be peer-reviewed articles available immediately online (via Stanislaus State).

To viewing an article

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The databases below are recommended by the Research Librarian for Psychology.

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PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
APA PsycInfo provides access to abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. It is provides peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health, and contains citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s.
APA PsycInfo is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms®. Included is information on the psychological aspects of related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from periodicals in dozens of languages.
PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
APA PsycArticles provides access to full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each APA journal.
Coverage spans 1894 to present; nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1. PsycArticles is indexed with controlled vocabulary from APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms®.
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Search for articles from a very large but selective list of high-impact research journals. Provides complete reference list for covered journals, robust citation tracing tools and research metrics. Includes selected book chapters and conference proceedings.
Academic Search + Omnifile This link opens in a new window
Excellent basic academic journal database covering articles in all disciplines, including core titles in psychology.

Psychology & Child Development Databases

CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window
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Academic encyclopedia and dictionary entries defining and introducing topics in all disciplines.
Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
Education Full Text™ provides full text of articles from journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing periodicals dating back to 1983.
Content includes in-depth coverage of special education, and more than 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests. Subject coverage includes adult education, continuing education, literacy standards, multicultural/ethnic education, and teaching methods.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full-text of articles published in 900+ selected Elsevier journals (1998 - present).
Providing access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical, and health journals that span major scientific disciplines. Articles published open access are peer-reviewed and made free for everyone to read, download and reuse in line with the authors' choice of user license.
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Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.
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Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations as well as citations to book reviews.

Journal Titles in Psychological Sciences

Journals in Psychology
Library subscriptions to online journals in behavioral sciences (from a social science perspective)
Journals in Psychiatry
Library subscriptions to online journals in psychiatry and psychology (from a health sciences perspective)

Getting the Text of Articles

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Psychology, Cognitive Studies, & Child Development

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