On this page you'll find the most useful databases and journals along with some tips for finding articles in Applied Behavior Analysis.
Want to find what you're looking for more effectively? Take a look at these resources:
The largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. Contains scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. Provided by the American Psychological Association (APA).
Sources covering all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and educational specialties.
Access to unmatched evidence-based and peer-reviewed full-text content from top biomedical journals. Covers an extensive range of subjects, including biomedicine, pre-clinical science, health policy development, and much more. Indexed using MeSH (Medical Subject Headings).
Search multiple resources on various topics for psychological sciences. The database also incorporates all of the APA materials that the library subscribes to, such as PsycInfo, PsycBooks, PsycTests, PsycArticles, and PsycTherapy.
Full-text articles for journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA), the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. Provided by the APA.
Abstracts, citations, and full text in the field of education, including assessment and testing.
Journals and conference proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Provides detailed citation analysis and searching.
Multidisciplinary collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals. Includes many journals indexed in leading citation indexes.
The links below will take you to the library's page for each journal. You can search within each journal by keyword, or you can browse issues. Use OneSearch to find more journals. Choose Journals in the "All Items" drop down menu. Or browse journals with Browzine.
To search more than one applied behavior analysis (ABA) journal at the same time, use the PsycINFO database, as it indexes journals in ABA and related subjects.
In PsycINFO, use the drop down menu in the Advanced Search and choose "Publication Title"
Next, type the journals you want to search, typing OR in between each title:
Finally, add keywords or limiters to your search as needed.
Alternatively, you can search for your topic in PsycINFO and then filter your results by Publication Title (journal) on the left. Make sure to click "More" to view the entire list:
If you just search the phrase "single subject," you'll likely miss some studies which use single subject research design (SSRD) that do not include that phrase in the text of the article. Use these tips for finding single subject research design articles:
Try variations of the term such as "single case" or try using keywords for the type of SSRD method used, such as
In a search, string together all the possible descriptions of SSRD types in one search box with the word OR in between -- it enables you to search for any sort of SSRD, regardless of how it's described:
"reversal design" OR "withdrawal design" OR "ABAB design" OR "A-B-A-B design" OR "ABC design" OR "A-B-C design" OR "ABA design" OR "A-B-A design" OR "multiple baseline" OR "alternating treatments design" OR "multi-element design" OR "multielement design" OR "changing criterion design" OR "single case design" OR "single subject design" OR “single case series" or "single subject" or "single case"
This method of searching doesn't guarantee all the results will be single subject research designs. Be sure to read the abstract carefully to confirm the article matches what you are looking for.
