Abstract Journals, Indexes And Periodicals

Annual Review of Psychology (Palo Alto, CA: 1950- ) *RB-YEA. A yearly survey of developments in the field. Includes an author and subject index.

Contemporary Psychology: A Journal of Reviews (Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1956- ). *ZAN-3068 (current issues in Room 108). A monthly journal providing critical reviews of English language material relevant to the field. However, there is about a one year review lag. There is also an annual author/reviewer index.

Psychological Abstracts (Arlington, VA: American Psychological Association, 1927- , v.1- ). *RS-YEA. An extremely important index to journal articles and technical reports, with an abstract of each cited item. Monthly updates.

PsycINFO (Arlington, VA: American Psychological Association, 1967- ). An online "equivalent" to Psychological Abstracts, covering journals, technical reports, and dissertations in English and non-English languages. Available through the Research Library on a cost recovery fee basis. Inquire with the librarians in Room 315 for this service.

PsycLIT (Arlington, VA: American Psychological Association, 1974- ). A CD-Rom product available on all networked terminals in the Public Catalog Room and the North Reading Room (enter "citations to articles in scholarly journals..." and then enter "psychology"). Coverage includes journals in both English and foreign languages.

Psychological Bulletin (Lancaster, PA: American Psychological Association, 1904- ). *ZAN-3048 (current issues in Room 108). A monthly journal of review articles.

Psychological Index, 1894-1935, An Annual Bibliography of the Literature of Psychology and Cognate Subjects (Princeton: Psychological Review Co.). *RS-YEA. The predecessor to Psychological Abstracts, it covers the field in its important, formative stages. Lists original language publications along with relevant translations.

Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 6th edition (Arlington, VA: American Psycholgical Association, 1991). *R-YED 91-7479. A list of 3,000 potential indexing terms, including a rotated alphabetical terms section, which provides the current standardized lexicon for the field. For use with Psychological Abstracts, PsycINFO and PsycLIT.; also at the CD-Rom desk in the North Reading Room and on line on PsycLIT.