Guidance on APA PsycINFO

Overview

APA PsycINFO is an index/bibliographic database produced by the American Psychological Association. It covers all psychology areas—such as applied, developmental, educational, and experimental psychology, communication, personality, and psychological and physical disorders. This guide shows you how to use this database, highlighting its most important features to improve your research.

FAQs

Q1. Where can I find the full text of an article and how do I access it?

APA PsycINFO is a bibliographic database that provides abstracts, citations, and descriptive information, but it does not include full-text articles.

However, the Kidsploration Library subscribes to numerous electronic journals and educational databases. If an article indexed in APA PsycINFO is available through one of our subscriptions, you can access the full text directly.

To access the full text:

    • Locate the article’s DOI (Digital Object Identifier) in the full record within APA PsycINFO. Clicking the DOI will direct you to the publisher’s website.
    • If the article is available under an open access agreement or through a library subscription, you will be able to view the full text.

If the full text is not available, you may request it by emailing the Kidsploration Library at library@yccece.edu.hk or by using our Interlibrary Loan Services.

To access APA PsycINFO, please log in with your college email and password using the provided link.

APA PsycInfo includes more than 2,500 journals. You can check whether a particular journal is indexed using the APA PsycInfo® Journal Coverage List.