Psychology

The following are typically the starting points for most literature searches in psychology:

Depending on the area of psychology you are researching, the following databases and indexes may also be useful to you:

Sometimes it can be useful to search within a specific journal -- or to glance at recent issues' tables of contents for topic ideas!

Here is a small sampling of psychology journals to which the library subscribes:

Citation trails are a way of moving backwards and forwards in the research timeline, finding older or newer sources related to the books or articles you are using. There are a number of ways of using citation trails.

• You can check the reference list, works cited list, or bibliography of a research source to find the sources which the authors used in their research. These sources might also be useful for you.
• In Novanet, the library catalogue, you can use citation trail symbols which can be found in some article listings, like this one:

The first symbol, with the arrows pointing up, will lead to other sources which have cited this article. This will not be a complete list of all items which have cited this article; the system only links to sources to which we have access.

The second symbol, with the arrow pointing down, will lead to sources cited in the original article. Again, these will only be the sources to which we have access.

• If you find a source listed in Google Scholar, you can use the "Cited by" tab underneath the listing to find other sources which have cited that source. 
• The database Web of Science includes Citations and References options for most articles, listing the sources which have cited the original article, as well as the sources cited within that article.

If you have any questions about using citation trails, please Ask a Librarian for help.