Use the resources listed on this page to find relevant information on topics in psychology. They will give you access to both primary and secondary sources of information.
Full-text access to books and journals published by Cambridge University Press, covered by our subscriptions.
Find definitions in dictionaries and other reference works in all subjects.
References to articles in journals published by Emerald and ICE Virtual Library, plus full-text access to articles in over 150 titles.
Access to articles in over 8,000 journals, plus access to The Times, The Financial Times, The Economist, and The New York Times. Includes podcasts from NPR and CNN.
Access to articles in over 9,000 journal titles and hundreds of newspapers. Includes news-related radio programs and links to videos.
References to journal articles in the biomedical sciences. Covers 1950 to the present day. Includes 'In press' articles.
Oxford Handbooks Online is a collection of review essays covering key issues and exploring major debates across different subject areas.
Full-text access to books and journals published by Oxford University Press, covered by our subscriptions.
Gives references to journal articles, books and chapters in psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines including education, linguistics, medicine, and physiology. Includes links to full-text articles in PsycARTICLES.
Access to articles in journals published by Elsevier from 1995 to the present, plus access to older articles in some subject areas. Also gives access to Elsevier e-books we have purchased.
Full-text access to articles in around 2,000 journals, plus references to articles in other titles.
To check if you have logged in successfully, scroll to the bottom of the page. The 'University of Reading' should be displayed in the blue banner at the bottom of the page. If you are logging in from a search engine, to find the institutional login, navigate to an article or book, choose the 'log in via an institution' and search for the University of Reading. Then log in with your University username and password.
Access to all journal articles published by Taylor & Francis published from 1997 onwards.
Access to articles in all journals published by Wiley usually from 1997 onwards, plus full-text access to e-books we have purchased.
References to journal articles and theses relating to all aspects and fields of education from preschool to higher education.
References to research documents, journal articles, and other materials covering education.
Gives references to journal articles, books, reviews and selected chapters in subjects including anthropology, economics, political science and sociology.
References to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events.
Gives references to journal articles, books, conference proceedings and patents in all subjects. Also offers extensive tools to analyse results, and measure impact for articles, journals and authors.
Use to search across a number of databases covering a range of subject areas. Provides references to journal articles, books, conference papers, patents, research data and other materials.
Search Summon to find online journal articles and book chapters.
When you are off-campus you will need to login via the Online Resources Single Sign On page to identify yourself as a member of the University of Reading to gain access to our protected databases, e-books and e-journals. This login page will only appear when you try to access a resource, it is not a portal you login to prior to selecting a resource.
If you require further information see our guide to accessing e-resources.
This playlist of two videos shows you how to prepare for and perform a literature search. The first video introduces literature searches and their role. The second video covers using the search operators AND and OR to create a search statement, and explains the role of wildcards and truncation in constructing a comprehensive search. This information is also available in written guides - see the links below.