Psychological Sciences

PsycInfo Resources:

• PsycInfo Topic Guides by APA (Provide handy lists of suggested subject terms for topics)
• PsycInfo Quick Reference Guide by APA (two page pdf providing an overview of PsycInfo)
• Overview of the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
• Methodologies covered by PsycInfo

Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection are multi-disciplinary citation indexes*. Researchers use them to search across large bodies of scholarly publications.

*Citation indexes are research tools that include bibliographic information (titles, authors, abstracts, keywords, etc.) for scholarly literature but not the full-text. 

There isn't a tool that searches all available library databases simultaneously, but you can search the databases that K-State subscribes to on the ProQuest or EBSCOhost platforms using the links below. This is a good way to start if you're topic is interdisciplinary or you aren't sure which subject-specific database to select.

The ProQuest Multi-Database Search is an especially good starting place for students in the social sciences. It includes databases for psychology, sociology, social services, business, and economics. 

Google Scholar is a search engine that crawls the web for scholarly publications. It retrieves articles, conference proceedings, and dissertations from free sources such as institutional repositories. It also searches across publisher websites that are behind paywalls. 

You can set Google Scholar to link to articles that are available through K-State Libraries subscriptions. Then you'll see the Get it @ KSU link next to search results that are available to you for free through the library.

Set Google Scholar to Access Articles in K-State Databases

1. Expand the menu on the upper left to select Settings.

2. Under Settings, select Library links.

3. Add Kansas State University Libraries to identify yourself as a K-State user.

4. Now the Get it @ KSU link will appear for search results available through K-State Libraries.