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Psychology Research Links Page

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Catalog for Finding Books
General Health Reference Information
Selected Web Sites
Black Psychology article
A Concise Guide to APA Style
APA Exercise

Magazine & Journal Databases (to access articles):

ProQuest Psychology Journals on campus or off-campus w/ library card
Full-text psychology and social science journal articles

• To search for more than one "concept", click on Advanced Search tab at the top of the page
• To search only for articles that include the full text (the whole article) in the database, check the "Full text articles only" box next to: "Limit results to:" (below the date range box)
• To limit the search to scholarly journals, check the "Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed " box (below the "Full text articles only" box)
• To find research studies, click in the first search box and enter the words: study OR research
• In the second search box, type the search word(s) for the first concept related to your topic. Type an OR between synonymous words for the same concept. Use an * to search for multiple words from the same root, e.g. child* will find articles with the words: child or children.
• On the third line, type the search word(s) for the second concept related to your topic. Type an OR between synonymous words for the same concept.
• Once you find one article specifically on your topic, click on any relevant subject headings (near the top of the article page) to find more articles on that topic.
• To find research studies:
  Look for articles in scholarly journals that include the following sections:

• Literature review: unlabelled introductory section that discusses previous research on the same topic
• Methods (may include "Procedure", "Participants", "Measures", etc.) - always labeled
• Results - always labeled
• Discussion - always labeled
• Data (usually included in statistical tables at the end of the article or throughout the article)

• To print or e-mail an article, click on the print or e-mail buttons at the top left of the article.

Academic OneFile database on campus or off-campus w/ library card
An excellent general periodical database.

• To search for more than one "concept", click on Advanced Search on the navigation bar near the top of the page
• To search only for articles that include the full text (the whole article) in the database, make sure the "documents with full text" box under "Limit the results" (below the text entry boxes) is checked
• To limit the search to scholarly journals, check the "peer-reviewed publications" box under "Limit the results"
• To find research studies, click in the first search box and enter the word: study OR research
• In the second search box, type the search word(s) for the first concept related to your topic. Type an OR between synonymous words for the same concept. Use an * to search for multiple words from the same root, e.g. child* will find articles with the words: child or children.
• On the third line, type the search word(s) for the second concept related to your topic. Type an OR between synonymous words for the same concept.
• Once you find one article specifically on your topic, click on any relevant subject headings (near the bottom of the article page) to find more articles on that topic.
• To find research studies:
  Look for articles in scholarly journals that include the following sections:

• Literature review: unlabelled introductory section that discusses previous research on the same topic
• Methods (may include "Procedure", "Participants", "Measures", etc.) - always labeled
• Results - always labeled
• Discussion - always labeled
• Data (usually included in statistical tables at the end of the article or throughout the article)

• To print or e-mail an article, click on the print or e-mail icons on the task bar near the top of the page.
  
  

Links to Psychology Journals' Websites: Search for websites of psychology journals. Note: This search facility helps you to locate websites of journals. Do not use this site to search for journal articles. If you are looking for the full-text of a specific article from a particular journal, free full-text articles from back-issues are sometimes (not usually) available from the journal's web site, e.g. British Journal of Developmental Psychology vol. 20 pt. 1 March 2002

The World Wide Web Virtual Library List of Psychology Journals: Similar to previous site. Alphabetical arrangement.

HighWire Science Journals: HighWire Press is an online journal publisher and database of over 200 academic science journals. Some of the journals available through HighWire provide free access to the full text of some of their articles-either all back issues before a specific date or all articles for a limited trial period.
To see a list of their psychiatry and psychology journals and articles, click here.

Electronic Journals and Conference Papers: A comprehensive list of links to psychology-related journals (MANY IN FULL TEXT) and some conference proceedings (from Hanover College).

The American Psychiatric Publishing Group (APPG) has some journals available online. Each journal provides tables of contents, abstracts, and a bibliographic search utility. A few journals offer some full-text articles. Journals include: Academic Psychiatry, The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, The Journal of Neuropsychiatry, The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, Psychiatric News & Psychosomatics.

APA PsycNET: Pay-per-article database of full text of articles from APA (American Psychology Association) journals and EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals, most from 1985 to the present. Free abstracts, $11.95 per article.

Books:

The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library Sytem. After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:

• Type search words (title, author and/or subject) in the first search box & click Submit.
• The search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in the PLS system.
• To Limit your results to books at Skyline College Library, scroll down to Limit to: Location: pull-down menu below the search boxes, scroll down in the Location: pull-down menu, select Skyline College & then click the Submit button.

General Health Reference Information

Medline Plus Health Information
General health information from the National Library of Medicine

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
"The Merck Manual" is "the textbook of medicine most widely used by health care professionals." 1999 edition.
Browse the Table of Contents for Psychiatric Disorders or Neurologic Disorders

MedicineNet.com: Diseases & Conditions
Quality information on an extensive number of diseases and conditions. Do not click on "Sponsored Results".

Recommended Web Sites (from University of Texas)

General Sites || Child Development Sites ||
Other Special Topic Sites || Full Text Resources ||
Professional Organizations & Associations || Psychology Departments

Psychology Topics Lists

APA Psychology Topics – from the American Psychological Association

Mental Health Topics – from the National Institute of Mental Health

General Sites & Directories

APA

The site of the American Psychological Association provides a number of resources.

Information Resources for Psychology

From UC Santa Barbara.

Mental Health on the Internet

A comprehensive site for professionals, students, and patients.

Mental Help Net

Comprehensive guide to mental health online. Covers information on disorders; such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, chronic fatigue syndrome, substance abuse, and other addictions; professional resources in psychology; psychiatry and social work; journals; and self-help magazines.

National Institute of Mental Health

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) , is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the principal biomedical and behavioral research agency of the United States Government. NIH is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Psychology Resources

From Rutgers, arranged by subject.

Psych Web

"offers a wealth of materials for students and researchers in the general field of psychology...a searchable journals database offering a directory of annotated links to hundreds of online journals in psychology and related fields -- some of which offer free, full-text access. . . annotated links to metasites in the field and APA style guidelines and tutorials...[and to] various subfields and related topics such as statistics, social psychology, abnormal psychology, language and speech, memory, testing and assessment, behavioral psychology, career issues, cognitive science, and hundreds of others. There are also instructional materials on specific topics posted here such as hypnosis and lucid dreaming, sports psychology, psychology of religion, and cognitive therapy. . [DC] From the Scout Report for Social Sciences, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2000. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ .

Social Psychology Network

Searchable site of over 5,000 links relating to social psychology.

APA Style Resources

Links to guides to writing research papers using American Psychological Association (APA) documentation.

Selected Internet Resources

From Yale University Libraries, links to psychology-related resources.

Selected WWW Topical Resources Psychology

From the University of Chicago

Who's Who in Mental Health on the Web

"Membership is free and voluntary and offers you the opportunity to increase your visibility as a professional, to network with others who share your interests, and to inform the public of your specific skills and interests."

WWW Virtual Library -- Psychology

Collected resources.

Child Development Sites

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

"This site is designed to serve both AACAP Members, and Parents and Families...information on child and adolescent psychiatry, fact sheets for parents and caregivers, AACAP membership, current research, practice guidelines, managed care information, awards and fellowship descriptions, meeting information, and much more."

Child and Adolescent Development

From Mental Health Net, which offers other psychology resources.

Early Childhood Educators' and Family Web Corner

ERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood and Elementary Education

Theory into Practice Database (TIP) - http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/index.html Put together by an online education consultant with a PhD in educational psychology, the database contains descriptions of 50 theories relevant to human learning and instruction. Each description includes the following sections: overview, scope/application, example, principles, and references. Relationships between theories are identified by highlighted text within articles. These relationships can be connections between specific theories or to concepts that underly a number of theories. The theories are also indexed according to content domain and type of learning. Some theories also include brief video clips. [Note: to view these clips, you need a Quicktime viewer and plenty of disk space/time to download!]

GMU's Online Resources for Developmental Psychology

George Mason University's Online Resources for Developmental Psychology, an organized, accessible, and expert reviewed collection of useful websites for teaching and learning about human development."

National Network for Child Care Child Development--Selected Literature

Also available on the site are resources and links.

Society for Research in Child Development

This site includes links to publications, information on membership, job postings and announcements, and more.

Zero to Three

From the National Center for Infants, Toddlers & Families, a national non-profit charitable organization whose mission is to strengthen and support families, practitioners and communities to promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers. Provides information for parents and practitioners.

Other Special Topics Sites

Community Psychology Network

Searchable, comprehensive guide to the field of community psychology, prevention, intervention, and action research.

Consciousness Studies Webliography

From the University of Arizona.

Institute of Psychohistory

The Institute for Psychohistory is a scholarly research and publication institute chartered by the State of New York as a not-for-profit educational corporation, the Association for Psychohistory, Inc.

Narrative Psychology and Internet Guide

Bibliographical, pedagogical, and Internet resources concerned with "the storied nature of human conduct" -- Le Moyne College

Neuropsychology Central

A directory listing devoted exclusively to the subject of Human Neuropsychology.

Psychoanalysis: literature search

Sponsored by the American Psychoanalytic Assn, this resources cites and indexes more than 30,000 articles from 20 psychoanalytic journals, as well as book reviews drawn from six psychoanalytic review journals. The online database corresponds to the 1920-90 cumulation of Paul W. Mosher's Title Key Word and Author Index to Psychoanalytic Journals (2nd ed., 1991).

Sport and Exercise Psychology

Lists professional groups, journals, and conferences in Sport and Exercise Psychology. Links to other Sport Psychology Web sites.

Trauma Information Pages

From David Baldwin, this site focuses specifically on emotional trauma, traumatic stress, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and disaster mental health issues.

The Whole Brain Atlas

Combines clinical data with magnetic resonance (MR), X-ray computed tomography (CT), and nuclear medicine images. From Keith A. Johnson, M.D. and J. Alex Becker

Selected Full Text Resources

ERIC/AE Full Text Internet Library

Full-text books, reports, journal articles, newsletter articles and papers that address educational measurement, evaluation and learning theory. Organized by into following areas:

· Educational Quality

· Learning Theory

· Evaluation

· Student Evaluation

· Tests & Testing

· Professional Standards

· Research

· Statistical Analysis

Classics in the History of Psychology

An internet resource developed by Christopher D. Green, York University, Toronto, Ontario . "Classics in the History of Psychology is an effort to make the full texts of a large number of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines available on the World Wide Web. The target audience is researchers, teachers, and students of the history of psychology, both for use in their courses on the history of psychology, and for the purposes of primary academic research.

The Psychology of Cyberspace

John Suler, professor of psychology at Rider University, published this electronic book which explores how participants behave in on-line environments. Available at http://www.rider.edu/users/suler/psycyber/psycyber.html

Societies, Organizations, and Associations

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and was established in 1953. The AACAP is a membership based organization, composed of over 6,300 child and adolescent psychiatrists and other interested physicians. AACAP's members actively research, evaluate, diagnose, and treat psychiatric disorders and pride themselves on giving direction to and responding quickly to new developments in addressing the health care needs of children and their families.

American Academy of Psychoanalysis

The American Academy of Psychoanalysis is a national professional organization of medical psychoanalysts. Fellows of the Academy are graduate psychoanalysts. Other membership categories are Scientific Associates, Psychiatric Associates, and Candidate Members.

American Association of Pastoral Counselors

The American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC) represents and sets professional standards for over 3,200 Pastoral Counselors and more than 100 pastoral counseling centers in the United States. AAPC was founded in 1963 as an organization which certifies Pastoral Counselors, accredits pastoral counseling centers, and approves training programs. AAPC is non-sectarian and respects the spiritual commitments and religious traditions of those who seek assistance without imposing counselor beliefs onto the client.

American Association of Suicidology

The American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is dedicated to the understanding and prevention of suicide. AAS promotes research, public awareness programs, and education and training for professionals and volunteers. In addition, AAS serves as a national clearinghouse for information on suicide. The membership of AAS includes mental health professionals, researchers, suicide prevention and crisis intervention centers, school districts, crisis center volunteers, survivors of suicide, and a variety of lay persons who have an interest in suicide prevention. AAS is a not-for-profit organization.

American Board of Forensic Psychology

Information on Forensic Psychology - Includes a list of University programs in Forensic Psychology.

American Medical Association

The web site of the American Medical Association (AMA) whose work includes the development and promotion of standards in medical practice, research, and education; strong advocacy agenda on behalf of patients and physicians; and the commitment to providing accurate, timely information and discourse on matters important to the health of America.

American Psychiatric Association

The American Psychiatric Association is a medical specialty society recognized world-wide. Its 40,500 U.S. and international physicians specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional illnesses and substance use disorders.

American Psychoanalytic Association

The American Psychoanalytic Association is a professional organization of psychoanalysts throughout the United States. The Association is comprised of Affiliate Societies and Training Institutes in many cities and has about 3,000 individual members. The Association is a Regional Association of the International Psychoanalytical Association.

The American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association (APA), in Washington, DC, is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists. APA's membership includes more than 155,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. Through its divisions in 50 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 59 state, territorial, and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance psychology as a science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting human welfare.

American Psychological Association of Graduate Students

This web site is the home page of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS). APAGS is the official graduate student organization of APA, home to 31,000 graduate and undergraduate students in psychology.

American Psychological Society

The American Psychological Society (APS), founded in 1988, is the most active and rapidly growing scientific society in the world dedicated to advancing the best of scientific psychology in research, application, and the improvement of the human condition. APS members are a diverse group of the world's foremost scientists and academics, working individually and together across the broad span of knowledge encompassed by basic and applied psychological science.

American Psychological Society Student Caucus

The American Psychological Society Student Causus (APSCC) is an organization which acts as a voice for students in APS policy decisions and as a national networking and informational source. The APSCC consists of 50 chapters nationwide with the number growing each year.

Association for Behavior Analysis

The Association for Behavior Analysis is dedicated to promoting the experimental, theoretical, and applied analysis of behavior. The ABA encompasses contemporary scientific and social issues, theoretical advances, and the dissemination of professional and public information. ABA is a membership organization that provides a forum for twenty-one special interest groups, maintains a mutually beneficial relationship with thirty-six affiliated chapters located around the world, and organizes an annual convention.

Association for Computational Linguistics

The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) is an international scientific and professional society for people working on problems involving natural language and computation.

Association for Death Education and Counseling

The Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) is an international, multidisciplinary organization dedicated to improving the quality of education, counseling and care-giving pertaining to dying, death, grief and loss; to promoting the development and interchange of related theory and research; and to providing support, stimulation and encouragement to its members and those studying and working in related fields.

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements

Online index of tests and test reviews from the Buros Institute

Cognitive Neuroscience Society

Since its founding in 1994, the Cognitive Neuroscience Society has been dedicated to bringing its 1000 worldwide members the latest research and dialogues, so that thoughtful analysis can take place within both public and professional circles. The Society's members, who are engaged in research that is related to the general areas of perception and cognition, are connected to a vast network of cutting-edge information. This information is presented, at the Society's member-supported annual scientific conference of international members and colleagues, by well known and respected leaders in the field. This three-day program of speakers, panels, and posters addresses various aspects of cognitive neuroscience education and research.

Human Behavior and Evolution Society

The Human Behavior and Evolution Society (HBES) is an interdisciplinary, international society of researchers from the social and biological sciences who use evolutionary theory to discover human nature (including evolved cognitive, behavioral, emotional and sexual adaptations). The Society was formed in 1988 and promotes the exchange of ideas and research findings using evolutionary theory, including studies of animal behavior, to better understand human nature.

International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

The International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) was founded in 1972 and has a membership of over 500 persons in more than 65 countries. The aims of the Association are to facilitate communication among persons interested in cross-cultural psychology and to examine more effectively the universal validity of psychological theories in all branches of psychology and related disciplines.

International Association of Applied Psychology

The International Association of Applied Psychology is the oldest international association of psychologists. Founded in 1920, the Association now has more than 2.000 members from more than 70 countries. The Association's goal is to establish contact between those who, in different countries, devote themselves to scientific work in the various fields of applied psychology, and to advance the study and achievement of means likely to contribute to the scientific and social development in these fields.

International Psychoanalytical Association

The International Psychanalytical Association (IPA) is the world's primary psychoanalytic accrediting and regulatory body, with its beginnings in the roots of psychoanalysis itself. The IPA works in partnership with its Component Organizations to train, support and network psychoanalysts, developing clinical, educational and research programmes suited to each particular locale. Additionally, the IPA organizes conferences and congresses, fosters the creation of new psychoanalytical groups, publishs monographs and newsletters, and functions as a focus for information on all aspects of professional psychoanalytic life.

International Society for the Study of Dissociation

Includes membership information, conference information, and lists publications.

International Society of Political Psychology

The web site of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) whose purpose is to facilitate communication across disciplinary, geographic and political boundaries among scholars, concerned individuals in government and public posts, the communications media, and elsewhere who have a scientific interest in the relationship between politics and psychological processes. ISPP seeks to advance the quality of scholarship in political psychology and to increase the usefulness of work in political psychology.

International Society on Infant Studies

The International Society on Infant Studies (ISIS) promotes research in applied and basic aspects of infant development. Some of the areas of this research include sensation, perception, cognition, emotion, and language both in normal and abnormal development. Membership in the society is open to the scientific community. Professionals with an advanced degree (beyond the B.A.) and students engaged in the process of obtaining an advanced degree in the area of infant development are eligible for membership.

Jean Piaget Society : Society for the Study of Knowledge and Development.

The Jean Piaget Society, established in 1970, has an international, interdisciplinary membership of scholars, teachers and researchers interested in exploring the nature of the developmental construction of human knowledge. The Society was named in honor of the Swiss developmentalist, Jean Piaget, who made major theoretical and empirical contributions to our understanding of the origins and evolution of knowledge. The Society's aim is to provide an open forum, through symposia, books, and other publications, for the presentation and discussion of scholarly work on issues related to human knowledge and its development. The Society further encourages the application of advances in the understanding of development to education and other domains.

National Association of School Psychologists

The web site of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). The NASP is the largest association of school psychologists in the world. Over 19,000 members of NASP strive to assure that all children grow up in educationally and psychologically healthy environments by promoting research-based, effective programs that prevent problems, enhance independence, and promote optimal learning for all individuals. This is accomplished through caring professional service, state of the art research and training, advocacy, and ongoing program evaluation.

Psychology Departments

Psychology Departments

From Hanover College.

Psychology Departments on the Web

From PsychWeb.

Gradschools.COM

Links to Psychology graduate programs.

U.S. News and World Report Rankings for Graduate Programs

Article for Black Psychology course:

Article on Shooter Bias: “Police Officer’s Dilemma: Using Ethnicity to Disambiguate Potentially Threatening Individuals”

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last revised: 10-2-09 by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA