Medical & Psychological Literature

PubMed is the main source for recent (post-1946) articles.

  • When you find a good article, hit Free Article or Try Harvard Library in the upper right.  Don’t hit the name of the Publisher.
  • At the bottom of a good record look at the MeSH terms, and redo the search using useful terms.
  • You can narrow by going down to the bottom of the left hand column and hitting Additional filters. A list of Article types opens up.  Choose one or more types and hit Show.  The Article Type now shows up in the short list of article types near the top of the left hand column.  Now hit the Types desired. 
  • You can also filter by date range.
  • To limit to historical (secondary) articles use searches of the form: Psychotherapy AND history[MeSH Terms]

For pre-1946 literature see the Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office. Information on the Index Catalogue.

African Index Medicus includes local literature not in PubMed

Global health (1973-  )  and  Global health archive (1912-1983) cover the global literature of public health

PsycINFO (1887- ) includes Psychological abstracts (1927- ), Psychological index (1894-1935), abstracts from the Psychological Bulletin (1921-26) and all other American Psychological Association journals (pre-1927), and the American Journal of Psychology (1887-1926). Worldwide coverage (but most indexed publications are in English) of over 1300 periodicals plus (from 1987 only) books, essays in books, and dissertations. No book reviews. Titles of foreign-language publications are translated into English and so cannot be found by searches in the original language.

PsychiatryOnline includes textbooks and journals. Includes DSM-5.

Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing: PEP is a digital library of books and articles, both current and historical. Includes numerous videos and the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud.

PTSDpubs (formerly PILOTS) provides access to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other mental health consequences of traumatic events.