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APA PsycInfo

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APA PsycInfo is ranked #25 of 33 in academic research databases on Freedom251. It runs on Web. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $14.08/mo.

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APA PsycNet Gold (includes APA PsycInfo) — APA members, joint APA/CPA members, s $169/yr Annual subscription Includes APA PsycInfo and other APA databases · Individual access apa.org · 7 Oct 2026

APA PsycNet Gold (includes APA PsycInfo) — International Affiliates $299/yr Annual subscription Includes APA PsycInfo and other APA databases · Individual access apa.org · 7 Oct 2026

APA PsycNet Gold (includes APA PsycInfo) — Non-Member Individuals $499/yr Annual subscription Includes APA PsycInfo and other APA databases · Individual access apa.org · 7 Oct 2026

Institutional site license Not published Request a quote Institutional access · Pricing varies; APA offers a free 30-day institutional trial apa.org · 7 Oct 2026

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Free plan: No
Full-text access: No
Advanced search: Yes
Subject coverage: social_sciences
Content types: journal articles; book chapters; dissertations
Theses and dissertations: Yes
Conference proceedings: No
Institutional access: Yes

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Purpose: APA PsycInfo is an abstracting and indexing database covering peer-reviewed literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health.
Coverage: The database includes journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations, with coverage spanning 600 years.
Scale: APA reports more than 5,000,000 peer-reviewed records and 144 million cited references.
Updates: APA PsycInfo is updated twice weekly.
Subject areas: Its coverage extends beyond psychology to fields including education, law, medicine, neuroscience, social work, sociology, and linguistics.
Indexing: Records are indexed using the controlled vocabulary in the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.
Record details: Records can include age, population, methodology, tests and measures, country of publication, and links to cited references and DOI-linked full text.
Research services: With an institution’s subscription, users can access weekly topic-based research notifications, one-click full-text links, and content analytics tools.
Search tools: APA PsycNet includes a thesaurus Term Finder, Citation Finder, saved searches and alerts, and tools to narrow or search within results.
Institutional platforms: Institutional site licenses are available through APA PsycNet, EBSCO, Ovid Technologies, and ProQuest.
Discovery integration: APA’s sales flyer describes Google Scholar Campus Activated Subscriber Access links as available on participating platforms.
Usage reporting: APA’s sales flyer describes the database as COUNTER-compliant.
Support: APA provides search guides, tutorials, webinars, and search assistance; its FAQ says users can contact APA for help with search strategies.
Intended users: APA describes PsycInfo as supporting students, researchers, scientists, and educators, and its sales flyer also identifies practitioners and literature reviewers as users.
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