Core databases for Articles
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PsycInfo (includes full text from PsycArticles)Psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines.
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PubMed (1946 - present)Premier database containing over 30 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a focus on biomedicine. Freely available and includes MEDLINE. This link goes to the version with UBC elink.
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Web of Science Core CollectionMultidisciplinary database of journal articles and conference proceedings, used for citation analysis of research. Includes access to EndNote Basic, a web-based version of EndNote.
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Google ScholarMultidisciplinary search engine for academic research articles. Connect via this link for off-campus access to the full text of articles, via UBC eLink.
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PsycExtraPsycEXTRA includes technical, annual and government reports, conference papers, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, consumer brochures and more. 70% full text. Produced by APA.
More Databases
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Classics in the History of PsychologyMore than 25 books and 200 seminal articles in the early development of psychology.
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CogprintsArchive of freely available preprints and reprints in cognitive psychology, neuroscience and linguistics.
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des LibrisSearchable access to current public documents issued by Canadian public policy and health research agencies and think tanks, as well as books from over 70 Canadian publishers.
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ERIC (EBSCO interface)Most comprehensive education index, covering nearly 1000 journals, primarily American. Also indexes ERIC documents, including conferences, curricula, reports etc. ERIC (EBSCO) includes many links to full text.
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HaPI - Health and Psychosocial Instruments (OvidSP)Database provides access to evaluation and measurement tools designed to facilitate health and psychosocial studies.
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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)The main article index for Linguistics. Indexes journals, books, technical reports, papers, dissertations, and book reviews in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences.
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Mental Measurements Yearbook (now includes Tests in Print)A comprehensive guide to over 3,000 contemporary testing instruments - personality, aptitude, neuropsychology, achievement, intelligence, etc. The full text of the tests is not included.
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RILM Abstracts of Music Literature - Full TextRILM is a comprehensive music bibliography featuring citations, abstracts, and indexes. RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text provides researchers with immediate access to a global, multidimensional full-text collection of scholarly music research.
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PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic StressMulti-disciplinary index on traumatic stress and mental health.
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PsyArXiv PreprintsNot-yet-published or peer-reviewed research, including articles under review and working papers.
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Sociology CollectionSocial psychology, sociolinguistics, etc. Includes Sociological Abstracts.
Student Journals
UBC UJP Undergraduate Journal of Psychology
Annual student-run, peer-reviewed journal. "Our goal is to provide a platform for psychology undergraduates at UBC to showcase their research."
UBC Vancouver Psychology Library Assignment (Human Subjects Pool)
The Library writing option is an alternative to participation in the Human Subjects Pool. The option requires that you read articles from the journal Psychological Science, which is available right here.