Databases and journals
Find out which databases to use for psychology and search for journal articles.
Key databases
- PsycINFOContains research in psychology along with the related disciplines of medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, pharmacology, physiology and linguistics. The database covers over 2,500 journals.
- Psychology: SAGEFull text of journals published by SAGE spanning the breadth of Psychology and Counseling sub-disciplines including, Developmental, Child and Family, Clinical, Social, Cognitive, Counseling and more.
- ProQuest Psychology DatabaseArticles on a wide range of topics from leading psychology and psychosomatic publications. Access to charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements essential to psychological research.
- Psychiatry OnlineCollection of psychiatric references, including books, journals, and self-assessment tools. Journals include Psychiatric Services, Psychosomatics, The Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, Academic Psychiatry, Psychiatric News, The American Journal of Psychiatry.
- MedlinePremier source for bibliographic and abstract coverage of biomedical literature. Covering the areas of medicine, dentistry, nursing, allied health, biological and physical sciences, humanities and information science.
- More Psychology databasesOther databases for the subject available through the Library.
- FAMILY (Informit)FAMILY indexes and abstracts current Australian writing and research on the legal, sociological, psychological, economic and demographic situation of Australian families, children and adults. Compiled by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, the database covers research, policy and practice issues on subjects affecting Australian families.
- Informit CompleteInformit Complete covers Australasian scholarly research across all subject areas.
- Rural and remote health (RURAL)RURAL, a bibliographic database produced by the Monash University School of Rural Health, covers a range of areas including rural medical practices, indigenous peoples' health, rural and remote area nursing, the practice and educational needs of health care providers.
These databases cover psychology as well as many other research areas. Search these if you want to make sure you have covered your topic thoroughly, or if you have a topic that crosses into areas of research outside of psychology: health, education, or business for example.
- ScopusComprehensive scientific, medical, technical and social science database containing all relevant literature. Covers subject areas: chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering, life and health sciences, social science, psychology and economics, biological, agricultural and environmental sciences, and general sciences.
- Web of Science (ISI)Provides access to science, social sciences, and arts & humanities research. Search information from approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world.
- EMBASEMajor biomedical and pharmaceutical database indexing over 3,500 international journals in fields including: drug research, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, toxicology, clinical and experimental human medicine, health policy and management, public health, occupational health, environmental health, drug dependence and abuse, psychiatry, forensic medicine, and biomedical engineering/instrumentation.
- Anthropology PlusCovers the international literature from the late 1800s to today in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology.
- ProQuest CentralCovers over 11,000 journals, of which over 8,000 are full text. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively, including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences and more.
- ABSThe Australian Bureau of Statistics provides access to a wide range of statistics on Australia's economy, environment, industry and people.
- SAGE Research Methods OnlineResearch methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. Explore methods and concepts to help design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct research, and write up findings. Focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, and can be used across the social sciences, health sciences, and more.
Database tutorials
- Health Databases Library GuideLearn how to use some of the major health databases including PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Cochrane and others