About PsycInfo (CSA)

Subject
PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Nearly all records contain nonevaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. More information.

Over 2,496,301 records as of January 2008.
Major areas of coverage include: --Applied psychology-- Communication systems-- Developmental psychology-- Educational psychology-- Experimental human and animal psychology-- Personality-- Psychological and physical disorders-- Physiological psychology and neuroscience-- Professional personnel and issues-- Psychometrics and statistics-- Social psychology-- Social processes and issues-- Sports psychology and leisure-- Treatment and prevention--

Sources
The sources include over 1,800 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally. Additionally, there are more than 8 million cited references in 185,000 journal articles, books, and book chapters. Serials list.

Coverage
1806 to present. Note: There are less than 146 records with publication dates prior to 1890.
Updated: weekly.  Approximately 60,000 new records added per year.

Provider
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

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Access
NSU faculty, students and staff:  On campus and remote access.
Registered Broward patrons: On campus access only.
General Public: Walk in access within the library.

Revised: 07/16/2009