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Psychology : Guide to Online Research

Online Reference Sources
Consult for background information, facts, definitions, statistics, etc.
APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct

APA Style  : An online guide to APA format.

APA Style :Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association

Career Information for Students : from the American Psychological Association.

The University of Alberta's Cognitive Science Dictionary

Article Indexes and Databases
Search for magazine, journal and newspaper articles.

EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite Medaille Only
Provides full text and indexing/abstracts for academic journals in a variety of disciplines, including psychology and related fields.

Highwire Press
Search for online journal articles in the life sciences, medicine and psychology. Free full-text depending on the publication and date.
ProQuest Medaille Only
Search for magazine, newspaper and peer reviewed journal articles in many different subject areas.

PsycARTICLES (Available through EBSCOhost)
Over 25,000 full-text articles are available from 42 journals published by American Psychological Association, Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber, covering general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology. Coverage: 1988 - present. Medaille Only

PsycINFO (Available through EBSCOhost)
Contains citations and summaries of international journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports, in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Covers 1887 - present. .Medaille Only
Psycline Article locator
Searches table of contents and abstract databases of selected online psychology and social science journals.

PsychCrawler      
Search multiple full-text psychology web sites. Indexed sites include the APA, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse,  and others.

Recommended Web Resources
Some of the "Best Psychology Sites on the Web." If you are looking for information on a specific subject - these links can be a great time saver.
Web Directories

Neurosciences on the Internet
A very large index of internet resources in the fields of neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science and human neurological diseases.

Psych Central: Dr. Grohol’s Mental Health Page    

Psychology World Wide Web Virtual Library
Provides access to thousands of websites dealing with the numerous aspects of psychology. Housed at the University of Florida.

Social Psychology Network    

Web Sites

American Psychological Association
Information on APA, psychology as a profession, publications, etc.

The Encyclopedia of Psychology
Provides links to "original information generated by respected researchers and practitioners in various fields of psychology," and a database of links to psychology related web sites.

MedlinePlus: Mental Health
Information on various topics about mental health including diagnosis, therapies, conditions, news, research, statistics and more.

Mental Help Net
A comprehensive source of online mental health information, news and resources.

National Institute of Mental Health
Information on mental health and disorders, research, access to conference proceedings, and many full-text articles on mental health. Includes links to: Health Information and Statistics on Mental Health    

The Personality Project   
Links to Web sites about personality theory and current personality research literature, as well as other links are provided.

E-Texts - Online Books, Journals, News, Reports, etc.
BMC Neuroscience
Open access journal publishes original research articles in all aspects of cellular, tissue-level, organs, functional and developmental aspects of the nervous system.
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health
Open access journal, includes articles on the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of mental health conditions; community mental health, health services research and economic aspects of psychiatry and pharmaceutical agents.
Cogprints
Open access archive of articles and other scholarly works in the areas of psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, philosophy and biology.

Free Medical Journals Online
Directory of medical journals on the Internet that provide free, full-text articles. Also includes publications in Basic Sciences, Physiology, Psychology, Sports Medicine, Addiction, Public Health and other related subject areas.

Psycline : a Guide to Psychology and Social Science Journals on the Web

PsycPort     
Links to the latest news articles relating to Psychology.

Classics in the History of Psychology    
Full texts of historically significant books, articles and chapters from psychology and related fields.

Mental Health : A Report of the Surgeon General 
The full text and the executive summary of the Surgeon General's December 1999 report, is available in HTML or .pdf formats. This comprehensive report discusses the lack of treatment for many Americans with mental disorders; the diagnosis, course, and treatment of  mental and behavioral disorders at different stages of life, and the impact of gender and culture. Supplemented by August 2001 report on Mental Health : Culture, Race and Ethnicity.

This page last updated 8/8/2006
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