Psychology
Indexes | Course-Specific Guides | Guides | Electronic Journals | Ready Reference | Educational Resources | Organizations | Related Topics
Indexes
PsycINFO (1887–present) An electronic index to the literature of Psychology compiled and maintained by the American Psychological Association.
Web of Science (on campus only) (1984-present) Online version of Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index, interdisciplinary databases to journal articles in the sciences and social sciences. Tracks cited references to locate more recent articles. For cited reference searching for older articles, please contact us.
PubMed (1966–present) The National Library of Medicine's index to biomedical literature covers many psychology related titles.
PsycArticles (1894-present) Full text articles from American Psychological Association and allied organizations' journals.
Academic Search Premier Fulltext articles from over 3,600 journals in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and sciences. Also includes about 1,000 titles that are indexed but not fulltext . Dates of journals vary, some go back to the 1920's, others are current issues only.
Expanded Academic ASAP (1980–present) Partially full text. Database includes information on: Political Science, Astronomy, Religion, Law, History, Psychology, Humanities, Current Events, Sociology, Communications and the General Sciences. Produced by Information Access Company; via IAC.
PEPLiteratureSearch (1886–present) Index to journal articles, books, and book reviews from Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing.
Course-Specific Guides
- Spring 2008
- Fall 2007
- Previous Semesters' Course-Guides for Psychology
Guides (Metasites)
Encyclopedia of Psychology Hierarchical listing of psychology sites, searchable with descriptions of each site.
PsychScholar Gateway to scholarly psychology sites.
Psych Web A collection of links to scholarly resources in psychology organized alphabetically by subject.
Psychology Web Resources from Northeastern University.
Science.gov Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies
Social Psychology Network maintained by Scott Plous at Wesleyan University. Contains a link to the world renowned Research Randomizer!
Electronic Journals
Please check the Journal Locator for more information about specific titles.
List of Journals compiled by the APS
Advances in Psychiatric Treatment free after 1 year (2000–)
American Journal of Psychiatry
Archives of General Psychiatry
British Journal of Psychiatry free after 1 year (2000–)
Current Research in Social Psychology
Journal of Clinical Psychology
Journal of Health & Social Behavior (Back issues only) Continues: Journal of Health & Human Behavior
Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior
Psychiatric Bulletin free after 1 year (2000–)
Sociometry (Back issues only)
Ready Reference
Using APA Format Purdue University's electronic handout for using APA style manual.
Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association. The APA's official citation format for electronic sources. The 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is available at Frost and Science Reference—BF76.7 P83 2001.
Critical Thinking and the World Wide Web A checklist for evaluating that "perfect" web site.
FAQ/Finding Information About Psychological Tests Guide to locating psychological test information developed by the American Psychological Association.
Educational Resources
Organizations & Associations
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society This site also has an extensive list of other psychological societies
Related Topics
Amherst College Psychology Department
General Science Resources
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