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    Psychology Guide     

    Text in BROWN indicates that the item is located in Hoover Library.
    Dewey call numbers for books in Psychology: 150-159; 616.8

    Databases with Full-text Psychology Articles

    • Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) Provided by the Maryland Digital Library.
      • Multidisciplinary database indexing over 3000 journals and magazines and full text for over 1,200 titles (i.e. only some articles are available full text).
      • 1990 to present, but dates vary widely with the journal.
    • Expanded Academic Index ASAP (InfoTrac)
      • Multidisciplinary database indexing about 2000 journals and magazines with about 1000 titles in full text (i.e. only some articles are available full text).
      • 1980 to present, but dates vary widely with the journal.
    • FindArticles.com
      • Search for articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.
      • Note: Text only, i.e. no images, charts, tables, etc. Nor does it provide volume, issue, or page numbers.
    • Science Direct
      • Some full-text articles including journals in Psychology. Click on the link for journals and limit the subject area to Psychology.
    • National Academy Press
      • Search or browse over 1,500 books online in science, engineering, health, and technology, including behavioral science.
    • Project Muse Provided by the Maryland Digital Library.
      • Search from over 100 journals in the humanities and the social sciences.
      • Only journals from the 45 Johns Hopkins Press are full text.
      • Dates vary widely, mostly 1996 to present.
    • PsycARTICLES (Ebsco)
      PsycARTICLES (Maryland Digital Library)
      • A full text database that provides over 30,000 articles from peer reviewed journals published by the APA and other distinguished organizations.

    Individual Psychology Periodicals with Full-text Articles

    Psychology Indexes with Citations

    • PsycINFO (Ebsco)
      PsycINFO (Maryland Digital Library) PsycINFO (American Psychological Association)
      • Note: This is the premier psychology index.
      • Indexes and abstracts psychology-related journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports.
      • 1887 to present. Updated monthly.
      • Paper format: Psychological Abstracts; Vol. 19 (1945) - 80 (1993) only; (Call number: Index 150.5 P974)
    • FirstSearch (OCLC) - includes the following databases:
      • ArticleFirst - index to items from table of contents of journals, 1990 to present;
      • ECO - index to scholarly journals, 1995 to present;
      • UnionList - list of periodicals held by OCLC member libraries;
      • WorldCat - catalog of all items cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
    • MEDLINE
      • primary medical database.
    • Social Sciences Index (H.W. Wilson)
      • Indexes 521 journals in anthropology, criminal justice, criminology, economics, environmental studies, ethics, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, minority studies, public policy areas, psychiatry, psychology, social work, sociology, and urban studies.
      • 2/1983 to present.
      • Note: this database allows only 4 users at one time. You could get a message saying the database is busy. In that case, try again later.
      • Paper format: 4/1974 to 12/1991; (Call number: Index 300 S678).
    • ingenta
      • Search article summaries from over 20,000 publications.
      • Searching is free; viewing the article requires a fee.
    • Mental Health Service Research Websites
      • Listing of Mental Health Service Research Websites.
    • PSYCLINE (Armin Günther)
    • Science Online - Search Multiple Journals
      • Search a number of journals from 1965 to present in:
        biochemistry, cell and molecular biology; microbiology and virology; immunology; neurosciences and neurobiology; physiology; plant sciences; other life sciences; clinical medicine; medical research; cardiovascular medicine; psychiatry and psychology; physical sciences; and social sciences.
      • citations with some abstracts and full text.
    • Wiley Interscience
      • Search all John Wiley & Sons' journals, 1996 to present.
      • Citations and abstracts only.

    General Resources

    • Archive of Sexology
      • Great deal of information on human sexual behaviour. Includes:
      • International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
      • Patterns and trends in sexual attitudes and behavior in 32 countries around the world. Online version of the multivolume work.
    • Encyclopedia of Human Behavior. (1994). (Vols. 1-4). V.S. Ramachandran (Ed.). San Diego: Academic Press.
      • (Call number: R 150.3 E54)
    • Encyclopedia of Psychology. (1994). (2nd ed., Vols. 1-4). (1994). Raymond  J. Corsini (Ed.). New York: John Wiley and Sons.
      • (Call number: R 150.3 E55)
    • International Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, Psyoanalysis, and Neurology. (1977 and 1983). (Vols. 1-12 and Progress Volume). Benjamin B. Wolman (Ed.). New York: Aesculapius Publishers.
      • (Call number: R 150.3 I61)
    • Neuropsychology Central
      • Links to resources about the study of the human brain-and-behavior relationship.
    • Sigmund Freud and the Freud Archives (Robert Salnave, New York Psychoanalytic Institute and Society)
      • Links to Internet resources related to Sigmund Freud and his works.

    Counselling

    • Counselor Connection (Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority)
      • Links to Internet resources for professional counselors.

    Mental Health

    • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). (4th ed.). (1994). American Psychiatric Association. Washington, D.C.: Author.
      • (Call number: R 616.89075 D536)
    • Mental Health Net (MHN)
      • One of the most comprehensive source of online mental health information, news, and resources.
    • National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
      • Information on PTSD, particularly among veterans.
    • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (National Institutes of Health)
      • Information (fact sheets, reports, bibliographies, statistics, etc.) on symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of various mental illnesses, and their research. 

    Psychology and Mental Health Statistics