LibGuides: Art Therapy: Finding journal articles and Art Therapy journals at LMU (databases)

Find Articles in the Literature

Databases with resources in Art Therapy/Marital & Family Therapy. A library database is an online bibliography of the literature in a given academic discipline. (Most databases on this list may also be searched all together using OneSearch, but with less precision.)

PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Psychology, Education, Sociology
Description: Research database from EBSCOhost containing full text. Includes materials from 1800s-present about psychology.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Book Chapters; Dissertations

Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Art History, Studio Arts, Classics and Archaeology
Description: Research database from EBSCOhost containing full text. Includes materials from 1984-present.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Book Reviews
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: Art History, Studio Arts, Humanities
Description: General research database containing images.
Contents: Primary Sources
Contemporary Women's Issues (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Women's and Gender Studies, Sociology
Description: Research database from Gale Cengage Learning containing full text. Includes materials from 1990s-present. Mainly focused on North America and Europe. Also includes governmental and organizational grey literature
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; Trade/Professional Articles
ERIC This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Education
Description: Research database from EBSCOhost containing full text. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the United States Department of Education.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; ERIC Documents; Reports
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Subjects: MANY
Description: General research database from ProQuest containing full text. Includes materials from 1990-present. Mainly focused on the African American/Caribbean/African, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Islander, European/Eastern European, Hispanic, Jewish, and Native experiences.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Biology, Health and Human Sciences, Biochemistry
Description: Research database from Thomson Reuters containing links to other information sources. Includes materials from 1950-present.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; Book Chapters; Book Reviews
OneSearch This link opens in a new window
Subjects: MANY
Description: Using OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books and e-books, videos, articles, media, and more.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; Books; E-books
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Subjects: MANY
Description: General research database containing full text. Includes large collections of scholarly publications in Physical Sciences and Engineering, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; E-books
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Sociology
Description: Research database from ProQuest containing full text. Includes materials from 1952-present. Mainly focused on North American and Western European journals.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Dissertations
PsycTests This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Counseling, Psychology
Description: Research database from EBSCOhost containing links to other information sources. This database is an authoritative source of structured information about tests of interest to a variety of fields. Produced by the American Psychological Association, it provides access to thousands of actual test instruments, most of which are available for immediate download and use in teaching and research.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Books

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Use the APA psycINFO thesaurus to find the clinical and professional preferred terms for your populations, conditions, and treatments.

Art Therapy Journals @ LMU

A few of these journals are available in print only. Current print issues are in the periodicals section of the library (Level Two), and older issues can be requested at the Circulation Desk (Level One).

American Journal of Art Therapy
Available in print (1969-2002) and online via Academic Search Premier and others (1990-2002); partially indexed in psycINFO (vols 5,6,7,8,9 may not be indexed)
Art Psychotherapy
print (1973-1979) and online via Science Direct (1973-1979), not indexed in psycINFO
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association
Available in print (1983-present) and online via Taylor & Francis (1999-present). Partially indexed in psycINFO.
The Arts in Psychotherapy
print (Vol. 1 to present) and online (1980-present), indexed in psycINFO, full text in Science Direct
Bulletin of Art Therapy
print only (1961-1969), partially indexed psycINFO; continued by American Journal of Art Therapy
The Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal
print (1986-present), and online (1986 to present), indexed in psycINFO
International Journal of Art Therapy
Online only (1997 - present), indexed in psycINFO
The Journal of Clinical Art Therapy
(2011 - present). Online. Search or browse content at LMU digital commons. (Not indexed in psycINFO).
Pratt Institute Creative Arts Therapy Review
Print only (1986-1998)

These additional resources below may help with thorough lit reviews.

AATA bibliographies
Outcomes Research Bibliography
The American Art Therapy Association has made available an annually updated Outcomes Bibliography. This annotated listing of art therapy outcome and single subject studies, organized by topic, is an excellent entry point into the literature.

How to search only Art Therapy journals in PsycINFO

Note: set the first box to search "SO Publication Name", and also limit your search to journal articles.