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This guide provides recommendations for the best databases and other resources to search for your Psychology research. Please contact Swem Library's Psychology Liaison or the Swem Library Reference Department for assistance.
Liaison
Swem Library's Psychology Liaison: Mary Molineux 757-221-3076
Research: Getting Started @ Swem
Database/Article Indexes
MAJOR DATABASES FOR PSYCHOLOGY
PsycINFO - indexes 2,100 psychology journals, 1887-present, with full-text for some.
PsycARTICLES - indexes 60+ peer-reviewed psychology journals, 1895-present, all full-text.
Psychology and Behavorial Sciences Collection - indexes 575 full-text publications, including 550 peer-reviewed journals, some as far back as the 1930's to the present.
Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) - each indexes thousands of science and social sciences journals, with full-text for some.
ADDITIONAL DATABASES FOR PSYCHOLOGY
- PubMed - indexes medical journals; the "public" version of Medline but also indexes additional sources
- ScienceDirect - indexes some psychology journals
- Sociological Abstracts - indexes 1,950 social sciences journals, 1952-present, with full-text for some.
- Wiley InterScience - indexes some psychology journals and books (we have access only to the journals)
Print Resources
Background Information
Research Guides
Web Resources
- AmoebaWeb: Psychology on the Web
- Lots of links to websites -- from APA style guides to Psychology schools to introductions to psychology topics.
- Child & Family WebGuide
"Describes and evaluates web sites that contain research-based information about child development...created by faculty in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University, in collaboration with academic librarians at Tufts' Tisch Library and the Society for Research in Child Development."
- Child Development Institute
- Covers child development, parenting, learning, child psychology, etc.
- Classics in the History of Psychology
Contains full-text of public domain books and key articles in psychology. Developed by Christopher D. Green of York University.
- Cognitive and Psychological Sciences on the Internet
Maintained by Stanford University, this site provides links to electronic journals, conferences, academic programs, etc.
- History of Psychology
- Includes webpages about prominent psychological thinkers.
- Psych Web
Contains lots of psychology-related information. Created by Russell A. Dewey from Georgia Southern University.
- PsychCrawler
- (Currently under construction; a means to search the web for psychology sources; produced by the American Psychological Association.)
- PSYCLINE: Your Guide to Psychology and Social Science Journals on the Web
Created by Armin Gunther with the cooperation of Martien Brand, this web site serves as an index to over 1600 online psychology and social science journals.
- Psychological Science on the Net
"The largest psychology related index on the Internet." Maintained by maintained by M. Kimberly MacLin, Ph.D. and Otto H. MacLin, Ph.D.
- Psych-Central : Dr. Grohol's Mental Health Page
Includes resources for both psychology students and their professors.
- Social Psychology Network
The Internet's largest social psychology database, containing more than 5000 links to psychology resources.
APA Style Manuals and Help
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: Ref BF76.7 .P83 2001
Ask for copies at the Reference Desk and Circulation/ Reserves Desk.
APA Style Guide to Electronic References: Ref BF76.7 .P8312 2007
Ask for copies at the Reference Desk and Circulation/Reserves Desk.
American Psychological Association: APA Style Q&A
APA Formatting and Style Guide -- Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Guides to citing electronic/online sources: Style Manuals and Citation Guides
