HKU Libraries Blog

The Libraries is promoting featured resources, such as subject-specific databases or digitized collections which may be suitable for research and study, on a monthly basis. The database of this month is about Social Sciences.

APA databases via ProQuest

The American Psychological Association (APA) databases (http://find.lib.hku.hk/record=HKU_IZ61511244360003414) are world-renowned resources developed to provide essential psychological content to support research, education, practice, and general wellbeing.

To search APA databases, login to ProQuest and select below databases to search and discover:

• APA PsycInfo – is the premier abstracting & indexing database of over 4.8 million records spanning the behavioral and social sciences. The database remains the most comprehensive library of psychological science.
• APA PsycArticles – covers APA-published journals granting access to over 218,000 full-text and peer-reviewed articles.
• APA PsycBooks – provides access to over 67,000 book chapters from 4,500 scholarly and professional books.
• APA PsycTests – is the repository of psychological measures, scales, and research instruments.
• APA PsycTherapy – a streaming platform of demonstration videos to teach and learn psychotherapy techniques.

For enquiries, please contact Learning and Research Services at libis@hku.hk.