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Primary Sources in Psychology

Primary sources in psychology are empirical (report research through observable testing), often published in journals, and usually include standardized sections (Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, References).

PRIMARY SOURCES INCLUDE SCHOARLY ARTICLES THAT INCLUDE ORIGINAL RESEARCH OR EXPERIMENTS. THEY INCLUDE DIRECT EVIDENCE.

SECONDARY RESEARCH ARTICLES SUAMMRIZE, ANALYZE OR SYNTHESIZE INFORMATION AND PROVIDE INDIRECT EVIDENCE.

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Psychology Database This link opens in a new window
Clinical and social psychology articles on topics such as genetics, psychology of business and economics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare, and more.
CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window
Database of nursing and allied health journals with additional materials that include nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, evidence-based care sheets, audiovisuals, and continuing education modules.
Psychology (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Researchers, psychologists, counselors, and behavioral scientists will discover relevant information from the thoughts, views, discoveries, and reports found in this comprehensive collection.
Wiley Psychology Journals This link opens in a new window
List of full text Psychology scholarly journals from Wiley Library Online. If there is no "unlocked" icon visible on an article, the article/book chapter is not included in our subscription. Contact a Librarian for additional options.
Cogprints This link opens in a new window
An electronic archive for self-archiving papers in any area of psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics, and many areas of computer science.
PsyArXiv Preprints This link opens in a new window
A free non-peer reviewed article preprint service for the psychological sciences, maintained by The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science. a A preprint is a full draft research paper that is shared publicly before it has been peer reviewed.
Free Medical Journals-Psychology This link opens in a new window
Open Access psychology and psychiatry journals available online, free and in full-text.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive resource containing citations (not full articles) to biomedical articles and life science journals.
PubMed Clinical Queries This link opens in a new window
Clinical Queries are search tools designed to retrieve targeted results to clinical questions and includes Clinical Study Categories and Systematic Reviews.