Comparison of PsycInfo and PsycArticles
PsycInfo | PsycArticles | |
Subject | Psychology (behavioral and social sciences) | Psychology |
Resources Included / Indexed | peer-reviewed journal articles (80%), books, (3%) book chapters (8%), and dissertations (12%) | peer-reviewed journal articles |
Citations Only or Full-Text or a Mix | Mix (leans more towards Citations Only) | Full-Text |
Scope / Size | ~2,500 journals; 4 million records; some historic records | ~110 journals; 1/4 million records |
Functionality | same e.g. ability to limit to empirical articles, thesaurus available; citing capabilties including export to RefWorks | same e.g. ability to limit to empirical articles, thesaurus available; citing capabilties including export to RefWorks |
* both databases are produced by the American Psychological Association (APA)
In PsycINFO & other ProQuest databases
Use the Methodology limiter to narrow to empirical study (original research). You may also want to try clinical case study and/or treatment outcome/clinical trial.
In PsycINFO & other ProQuest databases
Use the Methodology limiter to narrow to literature review. You may also want to try systematic review.