LIBRARY
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library http://www.library.ucla.edu/biomed
PsycINFO is an electronic bibliographic database providing abstracts and citations to journal articles, books, chapters, and dissertations in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. The database includes material in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.
Getting to the Biomedical Library Homepage and PsycINFO
Access the Biomed Library Homepage.
You can get there a number of ways:
 From the UCLA Library home page
<http://www.library.ucla.edu/>, go to
Libraries and Collections , select The
Libraries , and choose the Biomedical
Library .
 Or go directly to:
<http://www.library.ucla.edu/biomed>
From the UCLA Biomedical Library home page, click on Key Resources (located in the menu bar on the left hand side) , and then click on
“PsycINFO” (located under the Article Databases column on the left hand side). This will take you to the PsycINFO Advanced Search screen .
Searching on PsycINFO
Basic Search: Type in your search terms into the query box and click Search. Use quotation marks to search for terms as a phrase i.e. “adult self-esteem”.
Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) to further refine your search:
 AND — Find documents that contain all of your search terms in the specified (or any) search field.
 OR — Find documents that contain any of your search terms in the specified (or any) search field.
 NOT — Find documents that contain the first, but not the second search term in the specified (or any) search field.
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Limiting Your Search
Search fields from the drop down menu, located to the right of the search box, can further refine your search. Or scroll down to Search
Options to refine by: peer reviewed, date, record type, methodology, supplemental data, language, age group, target audience, or population.
Refining Your Results and
Obtaining Full-text
1) Search Results can be further refined by: a) clicking on the “Search Within” link, b) clicking on one of the “Suggested subjects” or c) via the “Narrow results by” menu on the right hand side of the screen.
2) Article abstracts can be accessed by clicking directly on the article title. If available, Full-text can be accessed by clicking on the “Full–text PDF” Icon .
Otherwise, click on the to see if the UCLA library subscribes to this material in print or online, or to request it from another library (must be a current
UCLA student, staff, or faculty).
Reminder: Current UCLA student, staff, or faculty can access PsycINFO off-campus by setting up a proxy:
< http://www.bol.ucla.edu/services/proxy/>
If you need additional help, research assistance is available at the UCLA Biomedical Library. Feel free to call us at
310.825.4904 Option 3 , email us at < biomed-ref@library.ucla.edu> , or come in to the Biomedical Library during the hours of 1–5 p.m.
M-F for reference help.