Psychology and Psychiatry Databases
(see also
Health Sciences - Articles,
Education and Counseling,
Social Sciences, and
Social Work)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- PsycINFO
(Ebsco)
 
- Created by the American Psychological Association, this contains nearly 2.3 million
citations and summaries of scholarly articles (from 2,100 journals), book chapters, books, and
dissertations published in more than 25 languages with some dating back to 1887. Covers
psychology and its related disciplines, as well as the psychological aspects of related fields
such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology,
linguistics, anthropology, business, law, and more. 97 percent of the covered material is
peer-reviewed.
- ProQuest
Psychology Journals (ProQuest)
- Provides abstracts and indexing for more than 650 leading psychology and psychosomatic
publications, with over 540 titles available in full text along with the accompanying charts,
diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements. Also includes 4,000 full text
dissertations from 2000 through 2005. Covers clinical and social psychology, as well as related
disciplines such as genetics, communication, criminology, addiction, neurology, social welfare,
the psychology of business and economics, and more.
- PsycARTICLES
(Ebsco)
- Contains the full text of more than 100,000 articles from 59 peer-reviewed scholarly and
scientific journals (48 published by the American Psychological Association and 11 from allied
organizations), some dating back to 1894. Covering general psychology as well as specialized,
applied, clinical and theoretical research, it includes all articles, letters to the editor, and errata
from each journal.
- Psychology:
A Sage Full-Text Collection (Sage)
- Provides the full text of 36 psychology journals, some dating as far back as 1941.
- Animal
Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest)
- Covers animal behavior, with subjects ranging from
neurophysiology to behavioral ecology and genetics to applied
ethology, including aggression, learning, communication, evolution, foraging,
reproductive behavior, and more. Surveys all of the important journals dealing
with the biology of particular taxonomic groups. Covers 1982 to the present.
- Mental
Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (Ebsco)
- Produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, it provides users
with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.
Contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse
areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership.
Covers from Volume 1 to the present.
Tests in Print serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests
that are currently in print in the English language. It includes test purpose, test publisher, in-print status,
price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
- OT
Search: The Occupational Therapy Bibliographic System (AOTF)
- Produced by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, this indexes
occupational therapy and related subject areas,
such as rehabilitation, education, psychiatry, psychology, health
care delivery, and health administration. Also covers the related allied
health, biomedical and psychosocial literature. Includes journals,
monographs, dissertations, theses, conference proceedings, and
audio-visual materials.
- PEP
Archive (Ebsco)
- Produced by Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing, this database offers
the full text of 20 peer-reviewed psychoanalytic journals and more than 40 classic
psychoanalytic books dating as far back as 1920, including the full text of Freud's
correspondence with his chief collaborators and all major works by Bion, Klein, and
Winnicot, as well as contributions by other important figures, for a total of over 50,000
articles, book chapters, book reviews, letters, and commentaries, as well as 4,000
figures and illustrations.
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
General -
Specialized -
Psychoanalysis -
Psychological Conditions -
Children and Adolescents -
Elderly
- General:
- Gale
Encyclopedia of Psychology (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Covers the entire spectrum of psychology, including notable people,
theories and terms, landmark case studies and experiments, applications
of psychology in advertising, medicine and sports, and career information.
- Psychologists
and Their Theories for Students
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more
(more information).
- Specialized:
- Encyclopedia
of Health and Behavior
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Addresses the interaction of behavioral, psychological, emotional, social, cultural,
and biological factors with physical health outcomes, such as heart disease, cancer, arthritis,
diabetes, and chronic pain.
- Learning
and Memory (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides an overview of the full range of current knowledge about learning and
memory, including advances in the changing fields of memory, neuroscience, and cognition. Covers
autobiographical memory, collective memory, schizophrenia and memory, and more.
- Mental
Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (Ebsco)
- Produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, it provides users
with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.
Contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse
areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership.
Covers from Volume 1 to the present.
Tests in Print serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests
that are currently in print in the English language. It includes test purpose, test publisher, in-print status,
price, test acronym, intended test population, administration times, publication date(s), and test author(s).
- Psychoanalysis:
- International
Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- PEP
Archive (Ebsco)
- Produced by Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing, this database offers
the full text of 20 peer-reviewed psychoanalytic journals and more than 40 classic
psychoanalytic books dating as far back as 1920, including the full text of Freud's
correspondence with his chief collaborators and all major works by Bion, Klein, and
Winnicot, as well as contributions by other important figures, for a total of over 50,000
articles, book chapters, book reviews, letters, and commentaries, as well as 4,000
figures and illustrations.
- Psychological Conditions:
- Drugs,
Alcohol, and Tobacco: Learning About Addictive Behavior (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of Health and Behavior
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Addresses the interaction of behavioral, psychological, emotional, social, cultural,
and biological factors with physical health outcomes, such as heart disease, cancer, arthritis,
diabetes, and chronic pain.
- Gale
Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Gale
Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Handbook
of Death and Dying (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Macmillan
Encyclopedia of Death and Dying (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Children and Adolescents:
- Child
Development (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Part of the Macmillan Psychology Reference Series, this title
covers issues related to human development from conception through adolescence.
Written for the general reader.
- Encyclopedia
of School Psychology (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Guide to the latest research on school learning, motivation, and educational
assessment in the fields of psychology, education, counseling, child development,
and special education. Covers student success, behavior disorders, intelligence testing, learning disabilities,
strategies to improve academic skills, and more.
- Learning
and Memory (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides an overview of the full range of current knowledge about learning and
memory, including advances in the changing fields of memory, neuroscience, and cognition. Covers
autobiographical memory, collective memory, schizophrenia and memory, and more.
- Elderly:
- Encyclopedia
of Aging (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
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