The file contains indexing and abstracting to significant articles appearing in top general and academic periodicals, as well as full text from more than 600 journals. Periodicals Abstracts covers current affairs, business and industry news and analysis, cultural events and issues, editorial material, and topics of general interest, including sports, leisure and travel information, reviews of books, concerts, exhibitions, films, restaurants and theater. The file dates back to 1986, with full text coverage beginning in 1992. PsycINFO's coverage is worldwide and includes references and abstracts to over 1,300 journals, dissertations, books, and book chapters. Over 57,000 references are added annually.
Popular literature is excluded.
PsycINFO covers 1967 to the present. It also contains a selected number of enhanced bibliographic citations from Dissertation Abstracts International added since 1986. Sociofile spans from 1974 to the present and is updated three times a year. Return to the top of this page. Return to the top of this page.