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Psychology Subject Guide
Databases and Journal Indexes The following database is available to everyone: ERIC (FREE database from the U.S. Dept. of Education)ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. Note that most documents that are not available online can be accessed in the microfiche cabinets. The following databases are only available to faculty, staff, and students of Charleston Southern University: Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost)  A general, multi-disciplinary database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals e-Duke Journals Scholarly Collection: Expanded Provides online access to journal titles published by Duke University Press. Subjects include the Humanities and Social Sciences. The number of titles in the collection is expected to grow from year to year. All of the journals are also accessible by title through the library's Journals by Title webpage. EBSCO eBook Collection A collection of over 21,000 electronic books available in full text online. These titles may be searched in the library's catalog or directly in the EBSCO database. Formerly known as NetLibrary, titles in this collection cover all subject areas. ERIC (EBSCOHost) This subscription service from EBSCOhost provides access to education literature and resources included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. The database contains more than 1,194,000 records and links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC. Expanded Academic (InfoTrac) A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals. General OneFile (InfoTrac) A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines ranging from architecture to biology and history to mathematics. JSTOR An archive of scholarly journals that offers high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. Select Advanced Search to choose discipline title. Liebert Online An authoritative database continaing peer-reviewed journals in the most promising areas of biotechnology, biomedical research/life sciences, clinical medicine and surgery, and law. Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOHost) Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. It contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership. Opposing Viewpoints in Context Provides contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, it features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. Oxford Journals Online Provides abstract and full text access to journals published by Oxford University Press. Disciplines covered in Oxford Journals are the humanities, law, life sciences, mathematics & physical sciences, medicine, and social sciences. Oxford Reference Online Premium Combines language and subject reference works together to form a large reference library. It contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCOHost) Searches nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. It covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. PsycARTICLES (EBSCOHost) Contains full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. The database includes more than 45,000 articles from 57 journals - 46 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor and errata from each journal. PsycBOOKS (EBSCOHost) A database of more than 16,000 chapters in PDF from over 1,000 books published by APA and other publishers. The database includes most scholarly titles published by APA from copyright years 1953 - present. It also includes 100 out-of-print books and a total of more than 400 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology. PsycINFO (EBSCOHost) Contains nearly 2.3 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s. 97 percent of the covered material is peer-reviewed. Journal coverage, which spans 1887 to present, includes international material selected from more than 2,100 periodicals in more than 25 languages. PsycTESTS (American Psychological Association) Provides the full text of psychological tests and measures as well as structured information about tests of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work. Updated monthly, PsycTESTS includes a wide variety of test types: achievement and aptitude tests, intelligence tests, tests of cognitive functioning, occupational tests, personality tests, and more. Includes fields for validity and reliability data (when available), test purpose, construct, format, number of items, and more. Includes descriptive summaries of commercially available tests with links to the publisher, and provides full text, descriptive summaries, and relevant citations on the development and assessment of tests and measures that can be used in research and teaching. SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOHost) A sociological research database that features more than 1,660,000 records with contains full text for 344 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 129 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 700 books and monographs, and full text for 6,800 conference papers. SpringerLink An online collection of science, technology, and mathematics (STM) books, journals, and reference works from Springer-Verlag. Subject areas covered include Architecture and Design; Behavioral Science; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Business and Economics; Chemistry and Materials Science; Computer Science; Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law; Mathematics and Statistics; Medicine; Physics and Astronomy; Professional and Applied Computing. Print Sources Annual Reviews Annual Review of Psychology (Ref. BF/30/.A56) General Biographical Dictionary of Psychology (Ref. BF 109 .A1 Z85 1984) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV (Ref. RC 455.2 .C4 D54 2000) Dictionary of Psychology (Ref. BF 31 .C72 1999) Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science (Ref. HQ 767.84 .E52 2005) Fifty Key Thinkers in Psychology (Ref. BF 109 .A1 S49 2004) Handbook of Psychology (Ref. BF 121 .H1955 2003 v. 11) Oxford Companion to the Mind (Ref. BF 31 .O94 2004) Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms (Ref. BF 1 .P65 Thes. 2005) Encyclopedia of Mental Health (Ref RC 436 .E52 1998 v. 1-3) Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology (Ref. BF 31 .E52 2001 v. 1-4) Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (Ref. BF 31 .E5 1994 v. 1-4) Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (Ref. BF 31 .E5 1994 v. 1-4) Encyclopedia of Psychology (Ref. BF 31 .E55 2000 v. 1-8) Test and Measurements Buros. Mental Measurements Yearbook. (Ref. Z/5814/.P8/B932) Buros. Tests in Print. (Ref. Z/5814/.B9/B8) Buros. Tests in Print II. (Ref. Z/5814/.E9/B82) Buros. Tests in Print III. (Ref. Z/5814/.E9/T47/1983) Buros. Tests in Print IV. (Ref. Z/5814/.E9/T47/1994) Educational and Psychological Measurement. (Periodical - updates Buros volumes) Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes. (Ref.BF/698.4/.M38/1990) MMPI Handbook. (Ref. RC/473/.M5/D34/V.1-2) Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education, and Business. (Ref. BF/176/.T43/yr.) Tests in Microfiche (Ref. microfiche cabinets) Internet Resources American Psychological Association (APA)
APA's Finding Information About Psychological Tests FAQ Buros Institute of Mental Measurements Test Reviews Online Classics in the History of Psychology
Dr. John Grohl's Psych Central
Internet Mental Health
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMA)
Neuropsychology Central
Personality Project
Online Journals The following journals are available online: Harvard Mental Health Letter (Harvard Medical School)
PSYCHE: an interdisciplinary journal of research on consciousness (Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness)
Psychiatric News (American Psychiatric Association)
Psychiatric Times (CME, Inc.)
Psycoloquy (American Psychological Association)
SelfhelpMagazine
Yahoo! Directory of Psychology Journals Find a list of e-journals in psychology available at CSU Journals and Magazines The following journals are available in the CSU library: ABS American Behavioral Scientist Administration & Policy in Mental Health Adolescence American journal of mental deficiency American Journal of Orthopsychiatry American Journal of Psychiatry American Journal of Psychology American journal of psychotherapy American Journal on Mental Retardation American Psychologist Archives of psychiatric nursing Behavior Therapy Behavioral Neuroscience British Journal of Educational Psychology Character and personality Child Development Contemporary psychology Criminology Developmental Psychology Educational and Psychological Measurement Family Relations Human Development Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Journal of abnormal and social psychology Journal of Abnormal Psychology Journal of applied behavior analysis Journal of Applied Psychology Journal of Biological Psychology Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry & Allied Disciplines Journal of Comparative And Physiological Psychology Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Journal of Counseling & Development Journal of Counseling Psychology Journal of Educational Psychology Journal of Experimental Psychology. Animal Behavior Processes Journal of Experimental Psychology. General Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception & Performance Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Journal of Family Issues Journal of General Psychology Journal of Marital and Family Therapy Journal of Marriage and Family Journal of Music Therapy Journal of occupational and organizational psychology Journal of occupational psychology Journal of Parapsychology Journal of Personality Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Journal of Psychology Journal of Psychology & Theology Journal of Research in Personality Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences Mental Retardation Merrill Palmer Quarterly Professional Psychology Psychological Assessment Psychological Bulletin Psychological Reports Psychological Review Psychology in the Schools Psychology of Women Quarterly Psychology Today Psychopharmacology abstracts Psychopharmacology bulletin Schizophrenia Bulletin Social Psychology Quarterly Transactional Analysis Journal Worm runners digest YC Young Children |
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