PubPsych is a vertical
open access
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information retrieval system for psychological resources, coordinated by the research support organization
Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID). The search interface is available in English, Spanish, French, and German.
PubPsych includes over 800.000 datasets and offers, where available, full-text linking, links to additional information and link resolving.
Cooperation Partners
PubPsych is a joint project of cooperating organizations within Europe and the United States of America. Participating organizations are:
* Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information (ZPID), Germany,
* Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST-CNRS), France,
* Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain,
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National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System (NARCIS), Netherlands,
* National Library of Norway (NB), Norway,
* U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), US,
* Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), US.
Mission
PubPsych offers free access to an expanding range of international databases including records not covered in commercial international databases.
Data Pool
PubPsych indexes databases either fully or just Psychology relevant segments. The data pool consists of the following:
Fully indexing:
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PSYNDEX
The Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) is a research support organization located in Trier, Germany. It is the supraregional research support facility for psychology in German-speaking countries, covering the full scientific work process, inc ...
(Germany)
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PsychOpen (Germany)
* PsychData (Germany)
* ISOC-Psicología (Spain)
Indexing of Psychology relevant segments:
* PASCAL (France)
* NARCIS (Netherlands)
* NORART (Norway)
* MEDLINE® (USA)
* ERIC (USA)
Update frequency
According to own statements of the coordinating institute ZPID, the update frequency depends on the database, in average 6000 data records are getting added per month:
* PsychOpen, PsychData (immediately after the release of new records)
* PSYNDEX, MEDLINE (weekly)
* ERIC, PASCAL, NARCIS (monthly)
* ISOC-Psicología, NORART (quarterly)
See also
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List of academic databases and search engines
This page contains a representative list of major databases and search engines useful in an academic setting for finding and accessing articles in academic journals, institutional repository, institutional repositories, archives, or other collecti ...
References
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German equivalent''.
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External links
English PubPsych WebsiteQuick Reference Guide
Works about psychology
Bibliographic databases and indexes
Full-text scholarly online databases