Library Guides: Conducting a Literature Review for the Social Sciences: Research Databases

Finding Library Databases to Search for Peer Reviewed Articles

You can find article databases available through Albertsons Library at Boise State University in a number of places:

Subject Guides
- You can search for a particular discipline in the search box. Each guide will usually include a list of recommended databases for that discipline.
Scroll down on this page to see selected databases listed below.
Library's Articles & Databases page.
- This is an alphabetical list of databases.

When the databases are on the same platform/interface (e.g. EBSCOhost or ProQuest), consider searching multiple databases at the same time.

Academic Search Premier
Web of Science (all peer-reviewed articles)
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central "provides access to databases across all major subject areas, including business, health and medical, social sciences, arts and humanities, education, science and technology, and religion. The collection includes thousands of full-text scholarly journals, trade and professional titles, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, case studies, and market reports all together on a powerful, user-friendly platform."

CINAHL
"CINAHL indexes the top nursing and allied health literature available including nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association."
PubMed
"PubMed® comprises more than 35 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites."
Medline
"The Premier Index for Biomedical Literature. MEDLINE contains journal citations and abstracts for biomedical literature from around the world."

APA PsycInfo
"The premier abstracting and indexing database covering the behavioral and social sciences from the authority in psychology."
APA PsycArticles
"A comprehensive and essential database of full-text, peer-reviewed articles published by the APA Journals™ and affiliated journals."
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
"Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection is an essential full-text database for psychologists, counselors, researchers and students. It provides hundreds of full-text psychology journals, including many indexed in APA PsycInfo. It offers particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and counseling."
Psychology Database (ProQuest)
"This database provides abstracts and indexing for key Psychology titles, many which are available in full text. Many titles are indexed in PsycINFO. Coverage ranges from behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics."

ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) via EBSCO
"ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources."
Education Research Complete
"Education Research Complete is a robust database for education students, professionals and policymakers. Providing hundreds of full-text education journals, it covers all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education."

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
"Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text is the leading full-text database for criminal justice and criminology research. It provides top journals and magazines covering all related subjects, including forensic sciences, corrections, policing, criminal law and investigation."
Family & Society Studies Worldwide
"It indexes publications from a wide range of social science disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history and social work."
Social Work Abstracts
"Social Work Abstracts offers extensive coverage of social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Researchers, students and practitioners seeking scholarly and professional perspectives will find Social Work Abstracts to be an indispensable resource."