Welcome
On this page you find the most important sources of information in the field of Psychology.
Reference works
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International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciencesEncyclopedia about behavioral and social sciences
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Gale Virtual Reference LibraryE-book versions of reference works in various fields
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Sage eReferencePortal to subject-specific reference works in the social & behavioral sciences
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Annual reviewsReview articles of the literature on specific topics, with extensive bibliographies
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WikipediaOnline free-content encyclopedia
Related Library Guides
Electronic theses BSS
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Student Theses Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences (from academic year 2021-22)These online theses are publicly accessible.
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Student Theses Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences (until academic year 2020-21)Note that these online theses are only accessible through Faculty computers at BSS.
Selected article databases
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PsycINFO
The leading international bibliography for psychology -
ERIC
Educational resources
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Medline
Bibliographic databse for the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. The MEDLINE database contains the same records as PUBMED.
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SocINDEX
Articles on sociology and related fields
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Web of Science
Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals, as well as international proceedings. With cited reference searching. -
Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
Selected journals for Psychology
The selection of journals below is inevitably somewhat arbitrary.
For a more complete, alphabetical list, see this list,
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American Psychologist American Psychologist is the official journal of the American Psychological Association. As such, the journal contains archival documents and articles covering current issues in psychology, the science and practice of psychology, and psychology’s contribution to public policy. The journal does not publish empirical research results except under special circumstances to be determined by the editor-in-chief. However, papers submitted to AP may include meta-analysis or some data analysis on salient points where the intention is to support arguments of broad implication in the field of psychology.
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ANNUAL REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY Critical review articles on significant developments in all aspects of psychology
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De Psycholoog Dutch scientific journal about psychology, monthly of the Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen (NIP).
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Annual Review of Clinical Psychology The Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, in publication since 2005, provides comprehensive reviews of significant developments in the field of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry.
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Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers in Psychology is an open access journal that aims at publishing the best research across the entire field of psychology.
Reference Works for Psychology
Smartcat
E-books
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PsycBOOKSE-books published by the American Psychological Association (APA)
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Oxford Handbooks on PsychologyMore than 200 online handbooks about psychological topics
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MIT CogNetE-books, journals and reference works about the brain & cognitive sciences, published by MIT Press
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Sage Research Methods Online (SROM)Research methods databases and tool
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Ebook central PsychologyEbook Central's e-books about psychology, from various academic publishers
Google Books
Book reviews
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PsycCRITIQUESArchive containing 43,056 full-text reviews of books and movies in psychology and the social sciences. PsycCRITIQUES ended publication in Fall 2017.
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