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PsycINFO (Ovid) Overview
Covers the world's literature in psychology and the behavioral sciences. Produced by the American Psychological Association and available through Ovid at Mayo.
Strengths
- Focuses on psychology & the psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, nursing, education, and management/organizational psychology
- Includes references to journal articles, dissertations, selected books/book chapters
- Coverage from 1806 to date
- Subject headings unique to the psychology literature
- Offers proximity searching capability. For example, physician adj5 relationship allows you to search for a string of terms within five words of physician and relationship such as relationship of the physician to the patient
- Includes a field for searching Tests and Measures [field is labeled TM]
Limitations
- Many of the journals/books contained in PsycINFO aren't available at Mayo and would need to be requested from another library via interlibrary loan
Help Resources
- Brief video on PsycINFO (15 min.)This class highlights the unique structure of this database and includes a detailed review of specific limits, fields and search tips for this resource.