Database List

The following 13 databases are best for: Neuroscience

See our Neuroscience Research Guide for more information on researching this subject.

Core Neuroscience Databases

Web of Knowledge

PsycINFO

PsycARTICLES


All Neuroscience Databases

Biological Abstracts    
Covers life sciences journal literature. The drop down menus provide some unusual options for limiting a search, including limiting by taxonomic classification and by concept codes. Click the magnifying class beside the menu to get more information on your chosen field.
  • Coverage Range: 1990-present
  • Citations Only
  • Vendor: THOMSON REUTERS

 
General Science Full Text    
Covers everything from supernovas to marine pollution. A good starting point for researchers seeking information on a variety of scientific topics.
  • Coverage Range: 1984-present
  • Some Full-Text
  • Vendor: EBSCO (WilsonWeb)
  • Jumpstart Searchable

 
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)    
Peer reviewed journal that publishes biological, medical, chemical and physical research in video format.
  • Coverage Range: 2006 to present
  • Full-Text
  • Vendor: JoVE

 
Mental Measurements Yearbook & Tests in Print (trial ended)    
A comprehensive guide to over 3,000 contemporary testing instruments, and a bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English languages.
  • Coverage Range: 1938 to present
  • Mostly Full-Text
  • Vendor: ebsco
  • Jumpstart Searchable

 
PsycARTICLES™    
Database of full-text articles from journals published by the APA, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group.
  • Coverage Range: 1985-Present
  • Full-Text
  • Vendor: EBSCO
  • Jumpstart Searchable

 
PsycCRITIQUES (trial through June)    
Book reviews from the American Psychological Association (APA).
  • Coverage Range: 1950s to present
  • Full-Text
  • Vendor: EBSCO
  • Jumpstart Searchable

 
PsycEXTRA (trial through June)    
Bibliographic and full-text database with more than 280,000 records from the American Psychological Association (APA) that are not indexed in other APA databases. Has an extensive coverage of "gray literature" (informally published material such as technical reports, conference papers and newsletters) relating to psychology and the behavioral sciences.
  • Coverage Range: 19th century to present
  • Some Full-Text
  • Vendor: EBSCO
  • Jumpstart Searchable

 
PsycINFO    
A comprehensive index to international psychology literature in journals, books, and book chapters, dissertations, and conference proceedings.
  • Coverage Range: 1887 to present
  • Citations Only
  • Vendor: EBSCO
  • Jumpstart Searchable

 
PubMed (with Dickinson links)    
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. This special version includes Dickinson library's "Get It" links to additional full-text.
  • Coverage Range: 1950's to present
  • Some Full-Text
  • Vendor: U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • Jumpstart Searchable

 
Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)    
A multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences.
  • Coverage Range: 1900 to present
  • Citations Only
  • Vendor: THOMSON REUTERS
  • Jumpstart Searchable

 
ScienceDirect    
A collection of articles focusing on science, technology and medicine.
  • Coverage Range: Varied some 1850 to present
  • Some Full-Text
  • Vendor: Elsevier
  • Jumpstart Searchable

 
Web of Knowledge    
Simultaneously search Web of Science (Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index), Biological Abstracts and MEDLINE.
  • Coverage Range: varies; mostly 1965 to present
  • Citations Only
  • Vendor: THOMSON REUTERS

 
Web of Science    
Searches both social science and science materials, and allows the user to see what other articles have cited a chosen paper. Provides access to Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index Expanded, and Century of Science backfiles.
  • Coverage Range: 1900-present
  • Citations Only
  • Vendor: THOMSON REUTERS
  • Jumpstart Searchable