PsycINFO is the premier source for locating professional and academic literature in psychology and related fields. The database indexes articles from nearly 2,500 journals plus select dissertations, reports, conference papers, and books back to the 1880s, with limited coverage back to 1597. PsycINFO is produced by the American Psychological Association.
To search PsycINFO, type one or more keywords into the search boxes.
Use the "Select a Field" drop-down box to search for specific:
- Authors (e.g., Penningroth)
- Author Affiliations (e.g., University of Wyoming)
- Tests & Measures (e.g., College Self-Efficacy Inventory)
- Subjects (use PsycINFO's thesaurus tab for standardized subjects. Learn how here)
Use limiters below the search boxes to limit by:
- methodology (e.g., empirical)
- population group (e.g., male)
- age group (e.g., very old)
- document type (e.g., journal article)
PsycINFO indexes some dissertations. You can exclude dissertations from search results by marking the "Exclude Dissertations" box. If you want to access a dissertation identified in PsycINFO, use ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global instead of Find It @ UW.
APA has a nice selection of tutorials about PsycINFO on YouTube.