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PsycINFO: Information at a Glance

Resource Type

Online index with citations, abstracts, and links to full-text where available.

Subject Area

Psychology.

Availability
Trent - Access available to any valid Trent user, using their Novell Password in the Library, or at home through the PROXY SERVER.
How to Access

Click here to connect to PsycINFO.

For off campus access, learn how to use the proxy server.
Description

PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Nearly all records contain nonevaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.

For Help using this database, see:
How to Search PsycINFO Effectively and Expertly (a Trent webpage)
PsycINFO videos on YouTube

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Notes

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Coverage
1840 - Current
Update Frequency
Weekly
Stable URL

A stable url (or persistent link) is a link that connects a user to a particular item in a database or on the web.

When you have full record for an item, look for "Document URL" at the bottom. Check to see if the the proxy prefix is included. Copy this link for a stable url. See the ProQuest information sheet.

Some ProQuest databases use the doi system to create a stable link.

To link to a particular article via doi, look for the line that provides a doi and use it create a link.

Example:
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.02.013
Link: http://web2.trentu.ca:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2009.02.013

To ensure off-campus access, include the proxy prefix:
http://web2.trentu.ca:2048/login?url=

 

 

 
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