Psychology
Research Guide
LOCATING BOOKS - access to catalog
Library of Congress Numbers: Tier 1
Psychology BF 1-940, Psychological Tests and Testing BF176, Developmental Psychology BF 712-724.85
LOCATING ARTICLES
PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES is a definitive source of searchable full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database contains more than 40,000 articles from 56 journals - 45 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. Coverage spans 1985 to the present.
PsycBOOKS
This databases includes more than 13,000 chapters in PDF from over 700 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers. It includes most scholarly titles published by APA from1953 to 2004. It also includes 100 out-of-print books and 70+ classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology.
PsycEXTRA
PsycEXTRA is a bibliographic and full-text companion database to the scholarly PsycINFO database. Produced by the American Psychological Association, the document types consist of technical, annual and government reports, conference papers, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, consumer brochures and more.
PsycINFO
Produced by the American Psychological Association, PsycINFO contains more than 2 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to the present, includes international material selected from nearly 2,000 periodicals in more than 25 languages.
WEB GATEWAYS
Encyclopedia of Psychology
http://www.psychology.org/
This site has 2008 links to a wide range of subjects, including information on careers and professional organizations.
Internet Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealth.com/
This encyclopedia of mental health information was created by a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long.
The Psychology Virtual Library
http://www.dialogical.net/psychology/index.html
This site is part of The World Wide Web Virtual Library. The sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as information sources before they are linked.
NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
NIMH provides research information on mental and behavioral disorders from the lead Federal agency on mental health.
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp
This website is part of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs' response to the needs of veterans with military-related PTSD. It covers research, education, and training in the science, diagnosis, and treatment of PTSD and stress-related disorders for a variety of audiences.
PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT RESOURCES
AlleyDog.com - "The psychology student's best friend."
http://alleydog.com/
Provides psychology resources such as journals, forums, news, definitions, and graduate school information.
PsycGrad.org
http://www.psychgrad.org/index.html
The Psychology Graduate Applicant's Portal This site provides guidance for psychology students before and after graduate school.
Psy Web Resources
http://www.psywww.com/index.html
This site provides psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology
TESTING
Buros Test Reviews Online
http://www.unl.edu/buros/
Buros provides test reviews and information on nearly 4,000 tests from the Mental Measurement Yearbook.
Finding Information About Psychological Tests
http://www.apa.org/science/faq-findtests.html
The American Psychological Association provides guidance in using available resources to find psychological tests. The site includes answers to frequently asked questions.
HISTORICAL INTERNET RESOURCES
Classics in the History of Psychology
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/
This site provides the full texts of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines. It also has links to over 200 relevant works posted at other sites.
History of Psychology Archives
http://muskingum.edu/~psychology/psycweb/history.htm
This site features biographies of important figures in the history of psychology and links to other biographical sources.
Today in the History of Psychology
http://www.cwu.edu/~warren/today.html
The American Psychological Association Historical Database is a collection of dates and brief descriptions of over 3100 events in the history of psychology.
RESEARCH GUIDES
Cyberlab: For Psychological Research
http://faculty.frostburg.edu/mbradley/cyberlab.html
A guide to research methods and topics for psychology students
Preparing Your Laboratory Report
http://www.Psywww.com/tipsheet/labrep.htm
Specific instructions
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
APS The Association for Psychological Science
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/
American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/
Manhattanville Psychology Department