Vendor Information: American Psychological Association

Platform

APA PsycNET

Products Offered for Institutions

• PsycINFO
• PsycARTICLES
• PsycBOOKS
• PsycCRITIQUES
• PsycEXTRA

Products Offered for Individuals

APA Members

• Silver Package
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• PsycCRITIQUES

Transactional Sales

• PsycINFO Direct (24-hour access to PsycINFO for small fee)
• PsycARTICLES Direct (search free; buy individual full-text articles for small fee)

Non-members

• APA Gold (yearly access to PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS, PsycEXTRA, and PsycCRITIQUES)
• PsycCRITIQUES

Training

Visit the PsycSEARCH Training Center for the latest training materials and schedules.

Other Information

APA offers both institutional site licenses and individual access for its databases.

Cross-database searching is precise because the interface is specifically tailored for the fields in APA databases.

Other features include the Term Finder (thesaurus), Citation Finder, My PsycNET for saved searches and alerts, Narrow Results By, and Search Within Results.

The RefDesk administration module allows librarians to set defaults, collect usage statistics, and perform other administrative tasks related to managing electronic resources.