Psychological Abstracts
{{short description|Abstract and index periodical for psychology}}
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| producer = American Psychological Association
| country = United States
| history = 1927–2006
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| cost = print subscription
| disciplines = Psychology
| depth = Abstract
| formats = Journal articles, books, technical reports
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| updates = Monthly
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| ISSN = 0033-2887
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Psychological Abstracts was an abstract and index periodical and the print counterpart of the PsycINFO database.{{Cite book |last=Clark-Carter |first=David |date=2009-09-16 |title=Quantitative Psychological Research: The Complete Student's Companion, 3rd Edition |url=https://archive.org/details/quantitativepsyc00clar_522 |url-access=limited |language=en |publisher=Psychology Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/quantitativepsyc00clar_522/page/n42 24] |isbn=9781135266516}} It was published by the American Psychological Association and was produced for 80 years, ceasing publication at the end of 2006.{{Cite journal |last1=Benjamin |first1=Ludy T. |last2=VandenBos |first2=Gary R. |date=2006 |title=The window on psychology's literature: A history of psychological abstracts. |journal=American Psychologist |language=en |volume=61 |issue=9 |pages=941–954 |doi=10.1037/0003-066X.61.9.941 |pmid=17154720 |issn=1935-990X}} It was produced monthly and contained summaries (abstracts, bibliographic information, and indexing) of English-language journal articles, technical reports, book chapters, and books in the field of psychology.
In its latter years, it contained much less content than PsycINFO, although it did contain some records for technical reports that are not in PsycINFO.{{cite web |url=http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/questions.html#9 |title=PsycINFO frequently asked questions |access-date=2009-02-25 |publisher=American Psychological Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523204745/http://www.apa.org/psycinfo/questions.html#9|archive-date=23 May 2009}} It was organized by subject area according to the PsycINFO Classification Codes.