Psychology: Databases

Not finding the database you want?  Here is a full list of our databases in this subject area:

Cannot find items you need for your research?

• Materials not owned by Fordham can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.
• Consortia privileges provide you with additional access to other research collections* beyond Fordham’s holdings.
   

  *Check with the library you intend to visit to be sure that in-person access is available at this time. 

Tips for Searching PsycINFO

• Use the Advanced Search
• Check the Thesaurus for recommended search terms, word definitions, and historical usage of a search term
• Enter each separate word in a different box (theories, concepts, and diagnostic disorders as defined by the DSM-5 are great search terms)
• Select the Boolean/Phrase radio button, and use AND, OR, NOT to search multiple words or concepts
• Use an asterisk * at the end of a word to get variant endings: child* yields child and children and childhood
• Use quotation marks to search for a phrase (adjacent words that must be searched in exact order): "obsessive compulsive disorder"
• Consider limiting by Source Type: Scholarly Journals or Books or Dissertations
• Consider using dates, age, gender, methodologies, populations, tests & measures, language as limits
• The full bibliographic record will indicate if the article is peer reviewed, it will also provide the publication history

Here are some recommended multidisciplinary databases that may be helpful: