PsycLIT explained

PsycINFO
Producer:American Psychological Association
Country:United States
History:1986–2000[1]
Providers:APA PsycNET
Cost:subscription
Disciplines:Psychology
Depth:Index & abstract
Formats:Books
Geospatial:Worldwide
Issn:1075-3060

PsycLIT was a CD-ROM version of Psychological Abstracts. It was merged into the PsycINFO online database in 2000.[2] PsycLIT contained citations and abstracts to journal articles, and summaries of English-language chapters and books in psychology, as well as behavioral information from sociology, linguistics, medicine, law, psychiatry, and anthropology.

It was one of a number of databases indexing psychological research papers and journals. Others included PsycINFO, Psychological Abstracts, Ulrich International Periodical Directory, PUBLIST (The Internet Directory Publications), ISSN International, PSICODOC, the ISOC database PSEDISOC, CSIC-RISO, CIRBIC-REVISTAS, COMPLUDOC Social Sciences Citation Index and the Institute for Scientific Information (Thomson-ISI).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/news/2010/12/psycinfo-growth.aspx PsycINFO's Growth
  2. News: APA announces PsycINFO changes . 2009-02-25 . December 2000 . Information Today.