LibGuides: Psychology: Overview

Welcome!

This guide will direct you to the most relevant library resources for doing research in Psychology. Most books on Psychology will be found in the BF section, on the 2nd floor of Thompson Library.

If you have any questions about finding information or using a particular resource, contact your librarian.

Frequently Used Psychology Databases

PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
1887-present. Includes journals, books, book chapters, technical reports, & dissertations in psychology. Can be searched together with PsycARTICLES.
Short video tutorials on using PsycINFO
Gale OneFile: Psychology This link opens in a new window
Articles covering the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops over time.
PsychiatryOnline (DSM-5) This link opens in a new window
DSM-5 -- ONLINE, full text. Access to the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed
Also includes access to the DSM-5 Handbook of Differential Diagnosis and DSM-5 Clinical Cases.
DSM-5 This link opens in a new window
Access to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5^th edition (DSM-5).
Also includes access to the DSM-5 Handbook of Differential Diagnosis and DSM-5 Clinical Cases.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
PubMed indexes over 4,000 biomedical, nursing, dentistry and related journals, with over 21 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE and related databases. PubMed is produced by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and provides links between article citations and relevant data in other NCBI ENTREZ databases, including Nucleotide and Protein Sequences, Protein Structures, Complete Genomes, Taxonomy, and others.

Proximity searching is available, which allows you to find terms within specified distances from each other.

Includes journal literature, 1950-present; selected online books. This version uses Outside Tool to link to resources at U-M Flint.

CoCites, "a citation-based method for searching scientific literature," is a Chrome- and Firefox-compatible browser plugin you can use with PubMed.

See all Psychology databases