What is PsycINFO?

Produced by the American Psychological Association, PsycINFO is an electronic database which covers the professional literature in psychology and the behavioral sciences including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. It includes journals in over 30 languages, books, book chapters, and dissertations.

If you have any questions about PsycINFO, after you have finished this tutorial, email the Psychology Library or the Kirkwood Community College Library or stop by either library and ask for assistance. Click here for a printable quick reference guide.

Objectives

Upon completion of the tutorial you will be able to quickly, efficiently, and accurately perform author, title, journal, keyword and subject searches in the OVID PsycINFO database.
You will also learn how to Combine, Limit, Print, E-mail, and Save your searches.

NOTE:
OVID-Online is an information system which provides electroninc access to a variety of databases including PsycINFO. OVID-Online utilizes searching software developed by OVID Technologies.