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Ohio. LINK Psyc. INFO • PRODUCED BY: The American Psychological Association. DATES COVERED: From 1967. UPDATES: Weekly. HISTORIC PSYCINFO: 1872 -1966 (link to Historic Psyc. INFO).

Psyc. INFO • Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 1900 periodicals written in over 24 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987 -present. Over 60, 000 references are added annually through weekly updates. Psyc. INFO journal list.

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