University Libraries

Databases: P

Some databases are restricted to the Washington University community. Information about access from outside WU campuses.

• PAIS International (1972 - )
  Journal index. Indexes and abstracts books, periodical articles, and government publications in the fields of public affairs and public policy. Provides social and economic analyses of international, national, and local policies. More info
• (New) Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
  Full-text. 'The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume, contains over 1,850 articles by more than 1,500 of the world's leading economists.' (from database homepage) More info
• PapersFirst (1993 - )
  Over 580,000 papers included in every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received at The British Library from October 1993 to the present. Updated monthly. More info
• Patent Search (BIOS)
  Full text, patents relevant to life sciences from worldwide sources. More info
• Philosopher's Index (1940 - )
  Journal index. Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. Updated quarterly. More info
• PILOTS (Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress)
  Index. Attempts to include citations to all literature on PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events. Updated monthly. More info
• Play Index (1949 - ) (1 concurrent user allowed)
  Find citations to some 31,000 plays published individually or in collections. More info
• Political Science and Government Abstracts (now called Worldwide Political Science Abstracts) (1975 - )
  Journal Index. Covers political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. More info
• Polling the Nations (1986 - ) (1 concurrent user allowed)
  Full-text. A compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by more than 700 polling organizations in the United States and more than 80 other countries. More info
• Poole's Plus is now called 19th Century Masterfile (1802 - 1906)
  Journal index, and other materials. Starting with Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, this database will eventually include information about books, newspapers, and government documents, primarily for the 19th century. NOTE: the WU Libraries subscribe ONLY to Series I. More info
• Popline (1970 - )
  Journal index. Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals and other materials for worldwide coverage of population, family planning, and related health issues. Updated twice monthly. More info
• POSTnet
  Please see St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the Databases: S page.
• PrimateLit (1940 - )
  Journal index. Provides indexing from books and journals and other scientific literature about nonhuman primates. More info
• ProceedingsFirst (1993 - )
  Over 19,000 citations of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library from October 1993 to the present. Updated monthly. More info
• Project MUSE
  Full-text, journal index. About 100 scholarly journals, most recent 3-5 years. Journals can be searched individually, in groups, or all together. More info
• Projekt Dyabola (Archäologische Bibliographie via Projekt Dyabola)
  Based on the catalog of the German Archaeological Institute, the Archäologische Bibliographie is the major bibliographical database for classical archaeology. More info
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (1861 - )
  The complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions since 1861. Abstracts included from July 1980; abstracts for masters theses beginning Spring 1988. Updated monthly. You might also want to look at Dissertations & Theses @ Washington University in St. Louis. More info
• PsycARTICLES (varies)
  Contains full-text articles from APA and other journals, mostly from volume 1 of each journal. Updated weekly. More info
• PsycCRITIQUES (1995 - )
  Full-text reviews of books, films, videos and software in the field of psychology. More info
• Psychiatry Online (1998 - )
  Full-text. A collection of journals, textbooks, reference sources and news from American Psychiatric Publishing; includes DSM-IV. More info
• PsycINFO (1887 - )
  Journal index. Journal articles, chapters, books, dissertations and reports on psychology and related fields. Updated monthly. More info
• PubMed (1950 - )
  Journal index. Includes the entire Medline database (1966+) PLUS PreMedline (recent articles that are not yet fully indexed for Medline) and links to publisher full-text web sites and other databases. More info and other options