The Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. The PsycINFO, database covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. Coverage is worldwide, and includes references and abstracts to over 1400 journals and dissertations in more than 30 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English language. Over 50,000 references are added annually.
Popular literature is excluded.
Seventy percent of the database consists of periodical articles. Also, the printed Physical Education Index covers periodicals in the areas of health, physical therapy, sports and sports medicine. Link Includes full text articles for about 400 Springer Verlag journals, primarily in science and technology. They provide concise summaries of what has been published in a given area. Additional bibliographies can be found through LION, the library catalog.