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These Web resources are broad in scope and contain links to pages relevant to many aspects of the field of psychology and the mental health professions. These are good starting places to begin browsing the World Wide Web for quality psychology pages. Be sure to check the Psychology Sources page for appropriate materials available in Owens Library.
Academic
Info: Psychology Resources
This page is designed as a general guide to academic resources in the field
of psychology. It gives links to directories of psychology resources, search
engines and databases, reference resources, a student center, a digital library
and mental health resources. In addition, it provides links to two related
Academic Info pages - statistics and artificial intelligence. The page is
maintained by Mike Madin who also provides a collection development policy
as well as a statement about his background and qualifications.
APA Monitor on Psychology
This site is the homepage for the professional publication by the American
Psychological Association of the same name. Included here are full-text articles
from the publication, as well as news, statistical information, links, and
an archive of previous issues. All of this is housed in a searchable database.
Cogprints Cognitive Sciences Eprint
Archive
CogPrints is "an electronic archive for self-archive papers in any area
of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science
(e.g., artificial intelligence, robotics, vision, learning, speech, neural
networks), Philosophy (e.g., mind, language, knowledge, science, logic), Biology
(e.g., ethology, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, behavior genetics, evolutionary
theory), Medicine (e.g., psychiatry, neurology, human genetics, imaging),
Anthropology (e.g., primatology, cognitive ethnology, archeology, paleontology),
as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences
that are pertinent to the study of cognition." This site has a vast searchable
database of professional quality papers, most of which are reviewed, nearly
all of which contain extensive bibliographies. This is a great site for those
doing research.
A Cup of Neuropsychology?
This site is maintained by Dr. Anthony H. Risser, a neuropsychologist on the
Physician Board of NeurologyChannel.com, the editorial board for Medical World
Search (a medical search engine), and the editorial board for The CyberMed
Catalyst (the online journal of the Alliance of Medical Internet Professionals).
Included in this site is a list of links to information on several subjects
within the field of neuropsychology, a list of professional psychological
journals, and an in-depth explanation of what neuropsychology really is.
Current Topics in Psychology
Current Topics lists the best articles, Web sites and research tools
collected by Dr. Michael Fenichel. Topics covered include addiction, adolescence,
Alzheimer's disease, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, sleep disorders, social
phobia, Tourette syndrome among many others. Also available from Dr. Fenichel's
homepage are lists of resources for Adolescent Health & Mental Health and
School Psychology Issues.
Dr. John Grohol's Psych Central
Psych Central is a small, focused site for the consumer of mental health
information and for the mental health professional as well. It is a good link
to larger, more comprehensive sites in the mental health field. Dr. Grohol
is a clinical psychologist and a well-known pioneer and advocate for online
mental health information.
Encyclopedia of Psychology
This resource houses 1952 links to sites in the field of psychology in a searchable
database. It also has links broken down by topic. The general topics include:
career, people and history, environment behavior relationships, publications,
organizations, resources, underlying reductionistic machinery, and paradigms
and theories. The content administrator of this site is Dr. William Palya,
professor of psychology at Jacksonville State University.
Internet Mental Health
Internet Mental Health is a free encyclopedia of mental health information
that intends to cover treatment and research for the 54 most common mental
disorders, information on the 72 most common psychiatric medications (for
therapist), information on diagnosis of mental disorders, and information
on mental health related Internet links. This site is intended for use by
mental health professionals, patients who want to learn more about their illness,
friends and families of patients, mental health support groups, students,
and members of the general public who want to learn more about mental health.
Megalists of Psychology
Related Sites on the Web
This is Psych Web's list of web sites with large collections of psychology
related links.
Mental Help Net
Mental Help Net is committed to exploring the applications of online
communication in the mental health fields and increasing communication between
mental health disciplines. It's mission statement indicates that it will accomplish
these aims by coordinating communication between mental health disciplines,
by helping "to discuss, develop and debate in an open forum the future
of the mental health field in America and throughout the world", to "help
coordinate various components of the mental health field (such as education,
counseling, community networking, prevention, medication management, case
management, credentialing, managed care, public administration, therapy, etc.)
so as to bring about greater communication between them", to "better
educating the public about mental health issues", promoting "active collaboration
between all segments of the mental health community", improving "access
to mental health services and information", encouraging "research and
improved statistical development", publishing "such results and research papers
as needed to encourage the further development of outcome assessment measures",
cataloging and making available to online resources as they become available,
providing "professionals with the means to increase their own professional
knowledge in specific areas through continuing education courses online".
Resources are organized in categories -
community, news, book reviews, psych self-help, self-help groups, tests, symptoms,
medications, video, glossary, phone numbers, and therapists/clinics.
Neuropsychology
Central
This page contains a centralized collection of links to other Web sites, newsgroups
and the homepages of individuals working in the areas of neuroscience. Categories
with neuroscience related links include assessment, forensic, geriatric, imaging,
neuromedical, organizations, pediatric, publications, software, training,
and treatment. The page is maintained by Jeffrey Browndyke, a graduate student
in neuropsychology at Louisiana State University.
Psychology Online Resource Central
This page was created by Dr. Donna Stuber, who received her Ph.D. in Counseling
& Student Personnel Services from Kansas State University. This site houses
a searchable database, as well as a host of links about topics of interest
in the field of psychology. The links are divided into the topics of: APA
Writing Links, Areas of Specialization, Career Center, Conventions, Discussion
and News Groups, Graduate School Info, Interactive Web Sites, Library Links,
Licensure Links, Mega Sites, Miscellaneous Web Links, Online Journals, Online
Surveys, Online Writing Tutor, Organizations On The Web, Psych Fun, Psychology
Departments On the Web, Psychology Store, Psychology Students Home Page, Professors
Home Page, Research Links, Search Engines, Student Organizations Home Page,
Study Tips for Students, Teaching Links, and Undergraduate Publications.
PsychREF: Resources in Psychology on
the Internet
PsychREF is a guide and index of extensive Internet resources primarily
for faculty and undergraduate students interested in the field of psychology.
There are four categories of information covered by PsychREF are general resources,
faculty: teaching and scholarly activities, students and academic advisors:
online resources, and topics and subfields in psychology.
Psychwatch.Com
This page is touted as "The Online Resource for Professionals
in Psychology and Psychiatry." This page has current news, links, and
articles on current psychology topics. This site houses a searchable database
of archived articles, as well as a free newsletter, links to other psychology
resources, and information on the different disciplines within the field of
psychology.
PsycPort.com: Psychology
in the News
This page is a product of the APA (American
Psychological Association). It was "created to provide quick access to
mass-media information related to psychology." It is updated daily and
contains articles from magazines, journals, and newspapers.
Psych Web
The Psych Web site is a premier source of links to psychology information
on the Web, including links to APA style resources, books, brochures, careers
in psychology, commerce, departments, a link to find anything, psychology
journals by Armin Guenther on the web, megalists of other big psychology-related
Web sites, mind tools, psychology of religion, scholarly resources in order
by topic, self-help resources about psychological disorders, a self-quiz for
introductory psychology, sport psychology, state of consciousness, and tip
sheets for psychology majors.
Psychology WWW Virtual
Library
The links on this page refer to psychology sites pointing to academic departments,
basic academic psychology, books and publishers, clinical social work, directories
or guides to psychology sites, E-mail lists and newsgroups, employment (entrepreneurship),
history of psychology, journals (electronic and print), library resources
online, mental health resources, professional societies, psychology of religion,
school psychology, stress management, transpersonal psychology, and what's
new in psychology sites.
Locate academic departments,
institutes and professional organizations in psychology and related disciplines
with these pages. Also examine the General Resources above for other links
to psychology academic departments, institutes and organizations. Be sure
to check the Psychology Sources page for appropriate print or electronic directories available in Owens Library.
American
Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association is the world's largest organization
of psychologists. Since its founding, APA has been working toward the advancement
of psychology as a science, a profession, and a means of promoting human welfare.
CollegeSource
Access 24,849 college catalogs in full cover-to-cover original page format
representing 2 year, 4 year, graduate, professional, and international schools.
National Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH)
NIMH conducts and supports nationwide research on mental illness and mental
health, including studies of the brain, behavior, and mental health services.
Psychcrawler
This is the index to the American Psychological Association and National
Institute of Mental Health web sites.
Psychology
Professional Societies
This is the World Wide Web Virtual Library's listing of professional societies
related to the psychology discipline.
Yahoo
- Psychology Organizations: Professional
This is Yahoo's listing of psychology professional organizations in the United
States and abroad.
Find article citations and summaries with these Web-based periodical databases. PsycINFO is the most comprehensive periodical database for most psychology research
projects. Descriptions of other periodical databases useful for psychology
research are listed below.
EBSCOhost
The EBSCOhost system is a gateway to four periodical databases applicable
to psychology topics - PsycINFO, Academic Search, and Health Source
Plus. The full-text of many articles is available
online.
Education
Full Text
Education Full Text contains citations and summaries of journal articles as
well as selected full-text of articles for psychology topics concerning learning,
child development, special education, testing/mental measurements, and other
areas associated with education.
ERIC
This database provides access to citations and summaries of documents and
journal articles for psychology topics concerning learning, child development,
special education, testing/mental measurements, and other areas associated
with education.
Gale
This periodical database system is a gateway to a database with psychology-related
articles - Expanded Academic. The full-text of many articles is available online.
IngentaConnect
This Web-accessible periodical index and current awareness service provides
indexing for selected journals in the psychology and psychology related fields.
PubMed
This is an extensive database of medical literature and includes coverage
of psychiatric literature.
Remote
Access Full-Text Periodicals
This page provides links to academic and reviewed electronic journals, e-mail
newsletters, and electronic magazines.
Use these guides to write and cite in accordance with APA style recommendations.
Be sure to check the Psychology Sources page
for appropriate print sources available in Owens Library that can assist with
writing projects in the psychology field.
About.com:
Psychology: Writing Psychology Articles
This page has a number of very useful links on the writing and citing of psychology
articles and papers. It contains links on APA (American Psychological Association)
format, effective academic writing, tips and techniques, tools for writing,
writing labs, and the psychology of writing. For help writing a psychology
paper or article, check it out!
APA Style: Electronic References
This site is maintained by the American Psychological
Association homepage. It contains very helpful information on citing e-mail
communications, web sites, specific documents on web sites, articles and abstracts
from electronic databases, and web citations in text. All citations are shown
in the official APA format.
Citing Sources
Use this page to determine the best American Psychological Association citation
format for materials found on the Internet and in print. This page includes
examples of American Psychological Association style citations for full-text
articles retrieved from Gale and EBSCOhost.
Psychology With Style: A
Hypertext Writing Guide
This guide is oriented toward undergraduates and summarizes much of the material
in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,
4th ed. This guide is produced and maintained by Mark Plonsky.
Miscellaneous Resources
Classics in
the History of Psychology
Classics in the History of Psychology is an effort to make the full-texts
of a large number of historically significant public domain documents from
the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines available on
the World Wide Web. The target audience is researchers, teachers, and students
of the history of psychology, both for use in their courses on the history
of psychology, and for the purposes of primary academic research. The initial
set of documents was chosen by the editor of the project, Christopher D. Green
of York University, in consultation with a number of other professional historians
of psychology.
Scholarly
Psychology Resources on the Web
This is Psych Web's subject arranged list of psychology links with scholarly
merit.
All quoted material is from the respective source.
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