Research by Subject: Psychology

Books: Use the Library Catalog

Journals/Magazines

PsycINFO
Bibliographic citations in psychology for journal articles, books, and book chapters. 1872-present.

PsycARTICLES
Full-Text of articles from APA psychology journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals. Most 1988-present.

Psychology: a Sage Full-Text Collection
Psychology journals from Sage Publishing covering Applied Psychology, Assessment, Child Development, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Family Studies, Group Work, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities, Neuropsychology, Personality, Psychiatry, School Psychology, Social Psychology, and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

PubMed
Citations to biomedical articles from MEDLINE and additional life science journals back to the 1950s; incl. links to sites with full-text articles and other related resources. Help with searching PubMed is available here.
Note: MEDLINE is also available via EBSCO and ScienceDirect

Sociology: a Sage Full-Text Collection
Sociology journals from Sage Publishing covering Childhood, Contemporary Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Consumer Culture, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Leisure Studies, Social Theory, Sociology of Sport, and Labor Studies.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text
Access to the full text of over 240 journals covering sports, physical education, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, kinesiology, coaching, training, sport administration, sport law and legislation, sports facility design and management, doping, health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention, rehabilitation, physical therapy, nutrition, exercise physiology, recreation, leisure studies, tourism, allied health, occupational health and therapy.

SocINDEX with Full Text
Sociology research database; Index/abstracts for journals, books, conference papers and other sources. Searchable cited references also provided.

Health Sciences: a Sage Full-Text Collection
Journals from Sage Publishing in full text covering nursing,health services & administration, child psychiatry, public health, aging and gerontology, physiology, physical medicine & rehabilitation, pediatrics, learning disability, health education & health promotion, and health evaluation.

PsychiatryOnline
Psychiatry database incl. DSM-IV-TR (and related books), American Journal of Psychiatry (and 5 other journals) and other resources.

ScienceDirect
Full-text scientific, technological, medical journals; subjects covered include biology, biochemistry, business management and accounting, chemistry, computer science, economics, finance, environmental science, mathematics, medicine, neuroscience, nursing, physics, psychology, education, and communication. Includes access to selected full-text reference books. Indexing/Abstracts to additional titles.

AgeLine
Index of social gerontology: aging in psychological, health, social, economic contexts.

Contemporary womens issues
Information on women in 150+ countries: sociology, psychology, health, education and human rights. 1995-present.

GenderWatch
Research gender issues worldwide. Study the evolution of the women\'s movement and the changes in gender roles over the last twenty years.

Google Scholar
Peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from broad areas of research. Supports cited reference searching. Includes recent or unpublished work that hasn't been indexed in other databases.

LGBT life with Full Text
World\'s literature regarding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender issues. (Was GLBT Life with Full Text)

Web Sites

CRETV, Center for Research on the Effects of Television

Ithaca College Department of Psychology

Dictionaries

Dictionary of Psychology (Oxford Reference Online)
Call Number: Ref JK271 .A5
Clear, concise descriptions cover key areas including cognition, sensation and perception, emotion and motivation, learning and skills, language, mental disorder, and research methods. The range of entries extends to related disciplines including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, the neurosciences, and statistics.

Encyclopedias

Oxford Companion to the Mind (Oxford Reference Online)
A guide to a wide variety of aspects of the mind, the brain and consciousness.

Handbooks & Guides

DSM-TR-IV
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision via PsychiatryOnline. The standard diagnostic tool used by mental health professionals worldwide to diagnose mental disorders. Each psychiatric disorder is accompanied by a set of diagnostic criteria and descriptive details.

ebrary
Over 44,000 full-text ebooks on business & economics, education, technology, humanities, life & physical sciences, law & politics, medicine, social & behavioral sciences, language & literature, and career guidance. Approximately 175 ebooks are single-user access titles; all other ebooks support multiple-user simultaneous use. In order to view, copy, or print from an ebook, you must download and install the ebrary Reader plugin.
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PsychiatryOnline
Psychiatry database incl. DSM-IV-TR (and related books), American Journal of Psychiatry (and 5 other journals) and other resources.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Call Number: REF BF76.7 .P83 2001
The APA manual covers grammar, punctuation, style, and citation for scholarly articles and research papers in the social sciences.

Tests and Measurements

Mental Measurements Yearbook.
Online site provides information on 4,000 commercially available psychological tests. Search by test title or by keyword. Complete reviews may be purchased. Print editions contain descriptive information and critical reviews of new and revised tests from the in categories such as personality, developmental, behavioral assessment, neuropsychological, achievement, intelligence and aptitude, educational, speech and hearing, and sensory motor.

Mentalhelp.net Tests
Links to online tests and questionnaires from the Mentalhelp.net site.