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APA PsycArticles is a full-text source for academic, research and practice literature in psychology, behavioural science and related disciplines. The database contains the complete range of peer-reviewed journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA). APA PsycArticles includes comprehensive coverage in the fields of behavioural and social sciences with historical content dating back to 1894 as well as articles published ahead of print, providing full-text access to the newest findings.
The database includes:
- Journals published by the APA, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association and Hogrefe Publishing Group
- Coverage for most journals from Volume 1, Issue 1
- Ovid platform search features.
APA PsycInfo produced by the American Psychological Association, is the world’s largest and most widely used database for peer‑reviewed literature in behavioural science and mental health. Accessed through the Ovid platform, it provides comprehensive coverage of global scholarly research, including citations and summaries of peer‑reviewed journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and technical reports across psychology and related fields.
It features:
- Over 5,700,000 interdisciplinary bibliographic records
- Records from 2,400 journals
- Authored and edited books and book chapters
- Dissertations selected from Dissertation Abstracts International (Sections A and B)
- Uses the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, a controlled vocabulary tool developed by the American Psychological Association to enhance search and discoverability across all APA databases.
APA PsycBooks is a full-text digital library. Updated monthly, coverage includes the most current scholarly and professional titles published by APA, as well as historical and classic works from the behavioural and social sciences.
Helpful resources
- PsycArticles (3:28 min)
- See the Ovid Tools & Resources Portal for training videos on how to search and other useful guides.
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