PsycInfo and PsycArticles are two databases that index literature in psychology and related fields, but contain mostly unique articles. PsycArticles provides full text for journals published by the APA while PsycInfo indexes a broader range of publications including books and dissertations. The document recommends searching both databases simultaneously using EBSCO to conduct a more thorough search and avoid missing relevant articles that may only be in one database or the other.

1. HOW TO SEARCH PSYCINFO &
PSYCARTICLES SIMULTANEOUSLY

2. WHY YOU SHOULD SEARCH MORE THAN
ONE DATABASE
• APA PsycArticles = Full-text journals collection that includes the 41 journals
published by the APA and additional journals from allied organizations. Covers
1894-present.
• APA PsycInfo = journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and
technical reports published worldwide in the field of psychology. Also covers
the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry,
nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics,
anthropology, business, and law. Covers 1887 – present.
*** Most articles are unique to one database or the other. Good scholarship
requires searching both, so you don’t miss something, However, because both
databases are on the same platform (EBSCO), you can search more efficiently and
more exhaustively by searching them simultaneously. See the follow slides to
learn how to do this.