Library Resources: Psychology: Find Articles

Reference Articles

When starting research, a general reference database is a good place to begin. General reference articles:

Provide overviews of a topic
Give essential background information
Explain key concepts.

Use keywords from your research topic to begin searching in the Gale Virtual Reference Library or Credo databases. To access off campus, simply input your MEID and password when prompted.

Gale eBooks (Gale Virtual Reference) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to popular Gale specialized encyclopedias and resources in arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, science, social science and more. PROVIDES WORD and PAGE COUNT for EACH ARTICLE when browsing.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference is a full-text online reference service. Our collection includes over three million entries from hundreds of well-regarded titles from some of world's the best reference publishers. Credo’s collection is intelligently integrated with millions of cross-references and contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy, science to Shakespeare and law to literature.

Search for Articles

"Search for Articles" searches most GCC databases all at once. The number of search results might be a bit overwhelming, but those results can be further sorted by type. Use the "Search for Articles" box below to:

Get a birds-eye view on the variety of results for a topic
Find articles in databases beyond the Psychology-specific databases
Discover how your topic relates to other fields of study
Limit to scholarly articles or magazine or reference by selecting corresponding radio button beneath search box.

To access off campus, simply input your MEID and password when prompted.

Search directly in the box below to begin a search.

Search for Online Articles

Psychology-Specific Databases

The databases listed below are specific to Psychology. Use these databases for:

A more narrowed approach to searching
Psychology-specific studies and topics
Scholarly research studies

To access off campus, simply input your MEID and password when prompted.

APA PsycArticles This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 26,000 searchable full-text articles from 42 peer-reviewed journals published by APA and allied organizations from 1988 to the present, with earlier years in production. Full-text articles will be linked to the PsychInfo database as well.
Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive database with nearly 470 full text titles covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
EBSCO Psychology Database Multi-Search This link opens in a new window
Simultaneously searches Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, PsycARTICLES, and PsycINFO.
Gale Psychology This link opens in a new window
This product provides access to academic journals and magazines that cover the study of emotions, personality and the human mind. The database offers content of interest to both researchers and general users.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
This database contains thousands of research articles, many focused on topics in psychology. Try a keyword search to find the results of research experiments in the field or browse articles listed under the Psychology heading in the Social Sciences and Humanities tab.

List of All GCC Databases

The GCC Library subscribes to a large number of databases. These are available only to GCC students and contain information not found on free websites. Browse the GCC database page to:

To see the full list of databases, organized by subject
Conduct a more narrowed search in individual disciplines

GCC Database List
A list, by subject, of all GCC databases subscribed to by the library.

Journal Finder - Directions

Use Journal Finder to locate and browse a specific publication.

Type in the name of the publication you want to find.

The results screen will show you which databases contain access to that journal. .

Click on the name of the journal to access it. You can then search within the journal, or use the date spans on the right to browse specific issues of the journal. Please note some publishers "embargo" their most current issues for a period of up to a year. That means they do not allow the library user to access the most recent volume of the journal until a year has passed.

Journal Finder

Search for Online Journals and Periodicals

Featured Journals

Linked below are journals covering psychology. Click to access, then browse through journals by date or search the journal holdings by keyword(s).

Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Scholarly articles and studies on abnormal psychology.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
A psychology journal that publishes research about applications of the experimental analysis of behavior to problems of social importance.
Psychiatric Times
A trade journal on psychology topics and trends.
Psychology Today
Popular magazine articles on psychology.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

For students in PSY242, access Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis to search for articles published 1968 to present day.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis This link opens in a new window
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis is a psychology journal that publishes research about applications of the experimental analysis of behavior to problems of social importance.