Research guides: PSY100 Introductory Psychology: Getting Started: Other Tools

Research Resources

With the new ALL search and ARTICLE search, it is easy to broaden your searches.

Other tools, like Article Finder, help you to find a specfific article for which you have the citation.

Article Finder
Use our "Article Finder" to look up a specific article by title, authors or publication year. If you only include the journal name a list of all resources which we get the journal from will be displayed.

Psychology researchers maintain informative blogs:

PsycINFO or Article Search remain powerful ways to access most Psychology literature. You can extend your searches using other databases:

Direct Link to Google Scholar
If you do choose to use Google Scholar, link through our library's licensed URL. This way, all the resources you find that UofT owns will appear as full-text.
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Configure Google Scholar: click Scholar Preferences; under Library Links; type University of Toronto; click Find Library; click University of Toronto Libraries - Get It! U of Toronto; click Save Preferences.
Scopus
A multidisciplinary database for the social sciences, life sciences, health sciences, physical sciences, Scopus covers research literature published in academic journals, Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, and book series. Scopus also covers 200 million Web sources, including 12.7 million patents. Scopus has a Citation Tracker.

Web of Science: Core Collection This link opens in a new window
A major multidisciplinary database, Web of Science consists of the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, the Science Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index.

Medline (Ovid)
This major database includes the following subsets: AIDS/HIV literature; Core Clinical Journals; bioethics; biotechnology/ communications disorders; consumer health literature; health administration; health technology; history of medicine.

ERIC (web) This link opens in a new window
The major index for education. ERIC provides access to a broad collection of resources on education research. It includes a detailed thesaurus for descriptor terms. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education.
Child Development and Adolescent Studies This link opens in a new window
Covers current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21.
Teen Health & Wellness This link opens in a new window
A database that allows teens and those who care about teens to research health-related issues important to their well-being. Teen Health and Wellness is a research and report tool, and a self-help resource.