Databases Psychology
Search our selected discipline-specific reference and full text databases for journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings and much more.
PsycINFO
Contains literature references from international journals in the area of psychology as well as psychologically relevant sub-fields from the realms of medicine, sociology, education, philosophy, sport, criminology, linguistics, economics and law.
PSYNDEXplus
Contains references with short papers of psychological publications by authors from German-speaking countries and audiovisual media. Comprehensive descriptions of psychological intervention programmes are also available. Offered by the Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) and its cooperation partners.
Inclusion of publications in Psyndex and use of the database (German)
Open Test Archive
Repository for test instruments from various fields of psychology and related disciplines. Test instruments can be downloaded free of charge and are suitable for use in research; some can also be used in teaching and practice.
PsycARTICLES
Contains full-text articles from journals in the area of psychology. The journals focus on very different areas, including behavioural psychology, experimental psychology, clinical psychology and sport psychology.Contains full-text articles from journals in the area of psychology. The journals focus on very different areas, including behavioural psychology, experimental psychology, clinical psychology and sport psychology.
PsycEXTRA
Contains references to grey literature from the areas of psychology, behavioural sciences and health sciences. The database lists, among other things, newsletters, articles in newspapers and magazines, research reports, annual reports and information brochures for consumers. Full texts are also available in some cases.
PsychAuthors
The database has been developed with the aim of providing an overview of the work of authors who publish German-language academic articles in the area of psychology. It contains information on the authors’ current place of employment, career history, research and teaching interests and other academic roles. Its contents are freely accessible.
Psychotherapy.net
The video collection provides access to training videos from the areas of counselling, psychotherapy and addiction. The majority of the videos show specialists performing a treatment as well as a pre- and post-treatment discussion.
PsycTESTS
Contains published and unpublished scientific psychological test procedures that are not available commercially. The test description specifies the objective, development phases, test contents and test materials as well as the implementation modalities and validation criteria.
PsycTHERAPY
Contains several hundred demonstration videos with synchronised, searchable transcripts of therapy sessions with individuals, couples and families from various subject areas in psychology. It is possible to create excerpts of these and to share them with others.
PSYNDEXplus Tests
Contains test procedures dating from the post-war period right through to the present day that are used in German-speaking countries. The entries are indexed with the “Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms”. Offered by the Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) and its cooperation partners.
Further information (German)
PTSDpubs
The database PTSDpubs (formerly called PILOTS) is produced by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD. The database provides citations and abstracts to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other psychological effects of trauma.
PubPsych
Freely accessible search interface for psychological literature databases, research data and full texts. The following databases can be searched together: PSYNDEX, PASCAL, ISOC-Psicologia, MEDLINE, ERIC, NARCIS, NORART, PsychOpen and PsychData. Offered by the Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) and its cooperation partners.
Instruction (German)