APA PsycNet
Latest screenshot: 2024-07-09
Access to search interface:
paywalled
Last major interface update:
N/A
Owner of search system:
American Psychological Association
Location of system headquarters:
Washington DC, US
Year of launch:
1966
Type:
Bibliographic database
Help URL:
X-Handle:
Description of search system (by system owner)
An intuitive search platform built for the discovery and delivery of social and behavioral science content. APA PsycNet is the only search platform designed specifically to deliver APA content. APA understands the research needs of behavioral and social scientists, and our platform accommodates those needs. APA PsycNet delivers precise results with a dedication to scholarly and scientific excellence.
Notes
Includes:
- PsycInfo (paywalled)
- PsycArticles (open)
- PsycBooks (open)
- PsycExtra (paywalled)
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Total coverage:
5.57M
Year-over-year growth (2020-2021):
-6.31%
Subject coverage:
Psychology (35.37 %); Medicine (24.43 %); Neuroscience (10.6 %)
Retrospective coverage:
N/A–N/A
Record types:
5
Open Access records:
274.02K / 4.86%
Search functionality and interface
Systematic keyword searching:
extensive
Backward citation searching:
limited
Forward citation searching:
limited
Query builder:
Search history:
Match preview:
Sorting options:
6
Query
Latency with short query:
1.65 seconds
Latency with long query:
1.8 seconds
Controlled vocabulary:
Field codes:
31
Full text search:
Search string length (narrow):
1000 terms max.
Search string length (wide):
1000 terms max.
Language support: Chinese:
Language support: Cyrillic:
Truncation:
Wildcards:
Keyword position irrelevant:
Longer strings, fewer hits:
Automatic query expansion (stemming):
Verbatim queries:
Reproducible queries (time):
Reproducible queries (locations):
Operators
Search operators:
4
Boolean 'OR':
Boolean 'AND':
Boolean 'NOT':
Proximity operator:
Boolean works exact:
Nested search (parentheses):
Citation search / filtering
Record type filters:
4
Results filters:
15
Suggested related records:
Supported by bibliometric tools:
N/A
Backward citation information:
Backward citation score:
N/A
Forward citation information:
Forward citation score:
N/A
Retrieval
Number of accessible records:
Full
Bulk select records:
Bulk export records:
100
Export formats:
7
API:
upon request
Bulk select records' backward citations:
Bulk export backward citations:
N/A
Bulk select records' forward citations:
Bulk export forward citations:
N/A
