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PsycINFO is an abstract database that provides systematic coverage of the psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. (The database also includes records from the 1600s and 1700s.)
An essential tool for researchers, PsycINFO combines a wealth of content with precise indexing so you can get just what you need easily.
PsycINFO contains bibliographic citations, abstracts, cited references, and descriptive information to help you find what you need across a wide variety of scholarly publications in the behavioral and social sciences.
 More than 2.7 million records
Updated weekly
More than 2,450 titles covered
99% are peer reviewed journals
Currently covered journals at the online Journal Coverage List
Journal records—nearly 80% of database
Accepted for coverage if archival, scholarly, peer-reviewed, and regularly published with titles, abstracts, and keywords in English
Comprehensive coverage of more than 1,500 titles ("cover to cover")
An additional 300 journals with a 100% selection rate for articles.
Articles selected for psychological relevance from remaining titles
Chapters from authored and edited books—8% of database
Authored and edited books—3% of database
English-language, published worldwide
Selected if scholarly, professional, or research-based; all with psychological relevance
Selected from Dissertation Abstracts International (A and B)
12% of database
Abstracts in dissertation records starting 1995
Selected on basis of classification in DAI in sections with psychological relevance
More than 35 million references in 860,056 journal articles, books, and book chapters
Retrospective to 2001 and earlier, where available (APA to 1985)
More than 3.2 million references from 1920 to 2000
APA-style format
More information at PsycINFO Cited References Facts
Publications from more than 49 countries
Journals—29 languages
Non-English titles in Roman alphabets included 1978–present
Bibliographic citation
Abstract
Table of contents for books
Index terms from the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
Keywords
Classification categories
Population information
Geographical location of the research population
Tests and measurements used in the research
Grants and Sponsorship
Cited references for journal articles, book chapters, and books
More information at Guide to the Fields in Our Database Records
1995 to present, virtually 100% of records have abstracts (0.0001% no abstracts)
For non-dissertation documents added from 1967 to present, 99.6% contain abstracts
11th Edition (print) released in July 2007 with 200 new terms
159 new terms added in 2008
More than 8,400 controlled terms and cross-references
Hierarchical, alphabetical, and subject arrangements
Records indexed with most specific term applicable
Major and minor terms assigned
Maximum of 15 total terms, 5 major terms per record
22 major categories and 135 subcategories
Each record assigned to one or two classifications
Scheme found at Classification Categories and Codes
Sources include the following:
  Psychological Abstracts 1927–1966
Psychological Bulletin 1921–1926
American Journal of Psychology 1887–1966
Psychological Index (1894–1935), citations to English language journals only
Classic Books in Psychology of the 20th Century and the Harvard Book List, 1840–1971
Most APA journals back to first issue of publication
Classic Books in PsycBOOKS
Records for the first five above differ from present records in the following ways:
There is no controlled vocabulary (descriptor) field.
Index field may contain descriptor terms, but they are not controlled.
Other indexing fields, such as Age Groups, Form/Content are not present.
Classifications are broad only.
PsycINFO continues to add historic content as it becomes available.
Note: All records published in Psychological Abstracts from 1927 to 2006 are in PsycINFO.
PsycINFO is distributed on APA PsycNET and through other third-party vendors.
PsycINFO is produced and copyrighted © by the American Psychological Association, all rights reserved.
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