Coherent Digital today launched Applied Psychology, a new resource that brings real-world psychological knowledge into the hands of researchers, educators, clinicians, and students—from around the globe and across disciplines.
Unlike traditional databases that focus on peer-reviewed journals and books, Applied Psychology is more current, larger, broader, and built to address today's needs. With over 300,000 curated items from more than 500 organizations worldwide, and continually growing, it provides concrete and actionable research on how psychology actually works in the real world—interdisciplinary, practice-based, and drawn from diverse communities and professions.
Elizabeth Robey, publisher, said
What Makes Applied Psychology Different?
- More comprehensive: Coverage includes grey literature, personal narratives, podcasts, preprints, toolkits, and more—materials left out of traditional academic databases.
- Current and evolving: Content is updated continually from sources actively shaping contemporary practice and policy.
- Interdisciplinary: It's designed not only for psychology departments, but also to support programs in neuroscience, law, education, business, and engineering.
- Global in scope: Documents are predominantly in English, sourced from dozens of countries, with strong representation from the Global South and historically marginalized communities.
- Multiformat: Included are PDF reports, blogs, podcasts, video interviews, and case studies—all selected for relevance to teaching, research, and applied work.
Librarians will appreciate that every item comes with a persistent identifier for reliable citation, as well as links to the original source. Preservation is built in; with appropriate rights, if the original site disappears, we provide access through our secure backups.
The database is currently available in beta and will officially launch on September 30, 2025.