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Searching Databases
Information on searching the databases including refining results and saving and exporting results.
Journals and journal articles
Key journal article databases
Journal databases index and often provide abstracts and/or the full text of articles in a wide range of journals in a discipline. Search these to find journal articles and other information on your research topic.
- Psycinfo (Ovid)A comprehensive database for psychology and behavioural science. Also covers other disciplines including artifical intelligence, business, education, medicine, law, linguistics, neuroscience, nursing, pharmacology, political science, psychology, social work, sociology and sports.
- Psychology Database (ProQuest)Find content relating to psychology and related disciplines. Includes journal articles, books, dissertations, training videos and more. Some content is full text.
- EmbaseHealth and biomedical journal articles and research in all health-related disciplines.
- PsycEXTRA (Ovid)Search for conference papers, reports, guidelines and more. Topics include psychology, behavioural science and health. Some content is full text.
- PsycARTICLES (Ovid)Access full text, peer-reviewed articles published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and affiliated journals.
- ScopusAbstracts and indexes journals, books and conference proceedings for all disciplines. Includes tools to track, analyse and visualise research.
