UTEP Library Research Guides: Psychology Resource Guide: Articles

Tips for Finding Articles

1. Search a database or index related to psychology:

you can search MinerQuest, see our list of recommended Psychology Databases, or browse one of the journals listed below

2. Once you find an article that appeals to your needs, you have the ability to:

read the article online,
download a PDF of the article, OR
locate the article physically in our collection (if a call number is given).

3. Google Scholar is another option for searching; however, please know that Google Scholar is limited when it comes to search functionality.

Don't forget to add The University of Texas at El Paso to your library links! This is how you will know if the library has the item.

4. If the library does not have the article, you can request it via Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Interlibrary loan is FREE to students.

Common Psychology Journals

American Psychologist
American Psychologist® is the flagship peer-reviewed scholarly journal of the American Psychological Association. As such, American Psychologist publishes current and timely high-impact papers of broad interest. These papers include empirical reports, meta-analyses, and other types of scholarly reviews. Topics cover psychological science, practice, education, and policy. Contributions often address issues of national and international significance, both with regard to the profession of psychology and its relationship to society at large. (APA)
Applied Psychology
Applied Psychology: An International Review is a peer-reviewed, international outlet for the scholarly dissemination of findings in applied psychology, with a specific focus upon psychological phenomena in the broad domain of work, organizational, and other applied settings. (APA)
Psychological Review
Psychological Review® publishes articles that make important theoretical contributions to any area of scientific psychology, including systematic evaluation of alternative theories. Papers mainly focused on surveys of the literature, problems of method and design, or reports of empirical findings are not appropriate. (APA)
Psychological Science
Psychological Science, the flagship journal of the Association for Psychological Science, is the highest ranked empirical journal in psychology and is truly a leader in the field. The journal publishes cutting-edge research articles and short reports, spanning the entire spectrum of the science of psychology. (APA)
Qualitative Psychology
The mission of the journal Qualitative Psychology® is to provide a forum for innovative methodological, theoretical, and empirical work that advances qualitative inquiry in psychology. The journal publishes articles that underscore the distinctive contributions that qualitative research can make to the advancement of psychological knowledge. Studies published in this Journal often focus on substantive topics, while also highlighting issues of epistemology, the philosophy of science, methodological criteria, or other matters bearing upon the formulation, execution, and interpretation of qualitative research. (APA)