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The field of psychology deals with the human mind and human behavior. Psychologists might obtain data from controlled experiments, conduct surveys, questionnaires or administer personality or performance tests. The University of Utah's Department of Psychology offers programs in the areas of Clinical Psychology, Cognitive and Neural Science, Social Psychology and Developmental Psychology. This guide may be helpful in starting your research in psychology.

Marie Paiva (library subject specialist) | U of U  Psychology | David Dodd (Department Representative)
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PSYCHOLOGY DATABASES:

The primary index for scholarly psychology research, from the American Psychological Association. Indexes over 1400 journals in addition to dissertations, book chapters, and technical reports. Includes publications in more than 30 languages. Citations and abstracts only; no full-text.

The links below will take you to alphabetized lists in which the database will appear.
AgelineThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
Annual ReviewsThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
AnthrosourceThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
Biological AbstractsThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
Child Abuse, Child Welfare and AdoptionThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
CINAHLThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
CognetThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
Digital DissertationsThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
eHRAF This resource is available to University of Utah users only.
Family and Society Studies WorldwideThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
Health and Psychosocial InstrumentsThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
MEDLINE EbscoThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
Psychology & Behaviorial Sciences CollectionThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
Social Work AbstractsThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
Sociological AbstractsThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
SPORTDiscusThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.
WorldCatThis resource is available to University of Utah users only.

 
ADDITIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES return to top

-Publication Manual of the APA (fifth edition, 2001)
available at the General Reference Desk
GEN REF BF 76.7 .P83 2001

-Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
GEN REF BF 311.E53 2003

-Blackwell Handbook of Perception
GEN REF BF 311 .B537 2001

-Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment
GEN REF BF 176 .C654 2004

-Handbook of Psychology
GEN REF BF 121 .H1955 2003

-Penguin Dictionary of Psychology
GEN REF 31 .R43 2001

-The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
GEN REF 31 .E52 2004
WEB LINKS return to top

American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org
This site contains useful information for students, practiconers, ethics in psychology, jobs, and the annual convention.

American Psychological Society
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/
This covers funding opportunities, teaching in psychology, and the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at the national level.

Psych Web
http://www.psychwww.com/
This Web site contains lots of psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology. It covers a variety of topics from religion to sports psychology.

PsychCrawler
http://www.psychcrawler.com
Type in a topic and it searches indexes in psychology on the Web.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov
Working to improve mental health through biomedical
research on mind, brain, and behavior including breaking news and highlights.

Encyclopedia of Psychology
http://www.psychology.org/
Takes you to many sites on the Web including environment behavior.

Social Psychology Network
http://www.socialpsychology.org/
This site can lead you to more than 5000 social psychology links. It also contains information on graduate programs and careers.

Society for Personality and Social Psychology
http://www.spsp.org/
This specialized link will lead you to conference information, publications, and a student's section.

Great Ideas in Personality
http://www.personalityresearch.org/
Personality theory and research
on mind, brain, and behavior.

Community Psychology Web
http://www.cmmtypsych.net/
This is a comprehensive guide to the field of community psychology, prevention, intervention, and action research. It contains information on funding and graduate schools.

Amoeba Web
http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb/
This site will take you to forensic psychology, school psychology, statistics and testing, parenting and many other topics of interest.

Human Memory
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs6751_97_winter/Topics/human-cap/memory.html
The areas of this Web site are human memory, human senses, and human thought processes.

University of Alberta's Cognitive Science Dictionary
http://web.psych.ualberta.ca/~mike/Pearl_Street/Dictionary/dictionary.html
A great place to start your research in psychology and related topics. It is a well organized Web site.

British Psychological Society
http://www.bps.org.uk/index.cfm
This discusses psychological testing, international matters, conferences and consultation papers.

Neurosciences on the Internet
http://www.neuroguide.com/
This covers neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive science sites and information on human neurological diseases.

Cognitive Science Society
http://www.cognitivesciencesociety
This contains information on jobs, funding, graduate study, conferences in areas within conitive science like anthropology, artificial intelligence, and linguistics

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Created on October 14, 2004. Last updated on July 28, 2008