Psychology

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Finding Psychology Journals (Online and Printed) at IUPUI

Online Psychology Journals via University Library's "Find e-Journal" system
Online Psychology Journals via the Ruth Lilly Medical Library's A-Z List
IUCAT Periodical Title Search (IUCAT --> login --> Periodical Title Search)

Finding Psychology Articles in Library Databases

PsycINFO Key Resource - The core index leading to journal articles in the area of psychology. Also includes citations to articles from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as: psychiatry, education, business (organizational psychology), medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Provides citations and abstracts from over 1,400 professional journals as well as chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations; published from 1872 to the present.

PsycARTICLES Key Resource - Full-text articles published by American Psychological Association journals and selected Education Publishing Foundation journals. Coverage is from 1988 to the present.

Medline - The premier database leading to journal articles in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the pre-clinical sciences. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine; coverage is from the mid-1960's to the present.

PubMed - PubMed is the free public interface to MEDLINE. It provides access to the same journal citations in MEDLINE as well as additional life science journals. PubMed also provides access to the integrated molecular biology databases included in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Entrez retrieval system. PubMed is maintained and updated by the National Library of Medicine on a weekly basis. Please note, PubMed does not include or link to the electronic full-text of indexed articles when IUPUI Libraries pays for such access (use Medline, for this type of access).

Science Citation Index - A multidisciplinary, citation index with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences, including psychology. Other psychology-related topic areas covered include: medicine, neuroscience, and psychiatry. Coverage is from 1987 to the present.

Social Sciences Citation Index - A multidisciplinary, citation index with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences, including psychology. Other psychology-related areas covered include psychiatry and sociology.

Sociological Abstracts - The core index leading to journal articles in the area of sociology and related social and behavioral sciences. Provides citations and abstracts from over 1,700 professional journals as well as abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Published from 1963 to the present.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) - Provides access to educational-related journal articles, reports, conference proceedings, government documents, dissertations, books, etc. Coverage begins from 1966 to the present. Use this database to find resources related to educational and child psychology.

ABI/INFORM or Business Source Premier - Both databases provide access to articles in business magazines and peer-reviewed business journals. Subject areas covered include: marketing, management, accounting, finance, economics, industry-specific topics, and corporate strategies. Consider using these databases to retrieve articles related to organization/industrial psychology topics.

Academic Search Premier and/or Expanded Academic ASAP - Both databases lead to magazine and journal articles from all discipline areas including the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. These databases are an adequate place to start your research; however, for more comprehensive coverage of psychology-related topics, search PsycINFO or PsycARTICLES. Both sources index popular magazine articles and scholarly journal articles.

AARP Ageline - Leads to journal articles, books, book chapters, reports, and government documents for materials related to aging and middle age, from an interdisciplinary perspective of psychology, economics, sociology, gerontology, public policy, business, health and health care services, and consumer issues. Documents on health care and policy comprise about half the database. Coverage is from 1978 to the present.

Family & Society Studies Worldwide - Covers research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. Coverage spans from 1970 to the present indexing publications from a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history and social work. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources.

GenderWatch - Full-text articles dealing with the impact of gender on a variety of subjects.

Reference Materials

Please Note: the titles marked Key Resource indicate that the item is a major resource in the field.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

A-Z Handbook of Child and Adolescent Issues STACKS BF721 .T38 2000
Biographical Dictionary of Psychology REFERENCE BF109 .A1 B56 1997; STACKS BF109.A1 B56 1997
Child Development
The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science REFERENCE BF31 .E52 2001 v. 1-4 Key Resource
Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment REFERENCE BF176 .C654 2004 v. 1-4
A Dictionary of Psychology REFERENCE BF31 .C65 2001
The Dictionary of Psychology REFERENCE BF31 .C72 1999
Dictionary of Statistics for Psychologists REFERENCE BF39 .E927 1999
Dictionary of Theories, Laws, & Concepts in Psychology STACKS BF31 .R625 1998
Encyclopedia of Adult Development STACKS BF724.5 .E53 1993
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology REFERENCE BF636 .E539 2004 v. 1-3
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science REFERENCE BF311 .E53 2003 v. 1-4
Encyclopedia of Human Emotions STACKS BF531 .E55 1999
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience REFERENCE RC334 .E53 1999
The Encyclopedia of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychoanalysis STACKS RC437 .E49 1996
Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment STACKS BF39 .E497 2003 v. 1-2
Encyclopedia of Psychology REFERENCE BF31 .E52 2000 v. 1-8 Key Resource
Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy REFERENCE RC475.7 .E55 2002 v. 1-2
Encyclopedia of Relationships Across the Lifespan STACKS HM132 .T83 1996
The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders REFERENCE RC437 .G35 2003 v. 1-2
Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Handbook of Child Psychology REFERENCE BF721 .H242 2006 v. 1-4
Handbook of Developmental Psychology STACKS BF173.H364 2003
Handbook of Industrial, Work, and Organizational Psychology STACKS HF5548.8 .H2652 2001 v. 1-2
Handbook of Psychology STACKS BF121.H1955 2003 v. 1-12 Key Resource
Handbook of Social Psychology STACKS HM251.H224 1998 v. 1-2
Learning & Memory REFERENCE BF318 .E53 2003
Oxford Companion to the Mind 1987 version; REFERENCE BF31 .O94 2004; STACKS BF31 .094 1998
Psychologists and Their Theories for Students
Psychology Basics STACKS BF31.P765 1998 v. 1-2
Stat!Ref via Ruth Lilly Medical Library
- Provides access to full-text medical and drug information for healthcare professionals. Includes textbooks and handbooks on psychiatry and psychiatric disorders
Steven's Handbook of Experimental Psychology STACKS BF181 .H336 2002 v. 1-4

Style Guides - How to create a bibliography

APA Style.org
- provides tips for citing electronic resources
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association REFERENCE DESK BF76.7 .P83 2001; STACKS BF76.7 .P83 2001 Key Resource
Concise Rules of APA Style REFERENCE BF76.7 .C66 2005; STACKS BF76.7 .C66 2005 (multiple copies available)
Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format, Purdue University

Diagnostic Manuals - Diagnosing mental disorders

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR via StatRef; REFERENCE DESK RC455.2.C4 D536 2000 Key Resource
Ingenix (ICD-9-CM) International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification via StatRef; Ruth Lilly Medical Library REFERENCE WB15 I112

Web Resources

The Internet resources listed below are primarily gateways or portals to psychology resources and/or reflect the program emphasis of the Department of Psychology at IUPUI. Those items marked Key Resource are particularly good starting points for undergraduate research.

Addiction Search, by Emil Chiauzzi, Ph.D.
Guide to reliable Internet resources on addiction, including both substance abuse and behavioral addictions. Organized both by type of addiction (e.g., drugs, alcohol, gambling) and by type of resource (e.g., statistical sources, populations, treatment). The site focuses on research, especially the kind that gives an overview of a key area.

Classics in the History of Psychology by Christopher D. Green, York University; Toronto, Canada
Archive of historically important psychology books and articles in the public domain, most published during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes works by James Mark Baldwin, William James, James Gibson Hume, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, B.F. Skinner and many others.

Developmental Psychology Tree by McGraw-Hill Publishers
Online resources for teaching and learning developmental psychology, including directories of related web resources, bibliographies of print resources (to McGraw-Hill books), digital image galleries (to McGraw-Hill material), and student assignment and test/study question ideas. Covers childhood, adolescence and adult development. Please note, the 'Web Resources' pages lead to a mixture of both educational and commercial sites.

Encyclopedia of Psychology by William Palya, Jacksonville State University Key Resource
Extensive, annotated directory of Web sites on psychology, organized in a click-through tree of topics and subtopics.

History of Psychology Archives by Muskingum College
Pictures and brief biographies of many important psychologists from the nineteenth century to the present, plus summaries of their theories and bibliographies of related print resources. Also includes links to other Web sites on the history of psychology.

Internet Mental Health by Phillip W. Long, M.D.
Web site offering basic information on mental disorders, gathered from sources used by professionals. Includes standard disease descriptions, diagnostic criteria, and treatment recommendations. Also includes links to predefined PubMed searches that deliver lists of recently published articles on each disorder.

National Institute of Mental Health by United States Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
The NIMH's web site allows you to find out about the NIMH and it's divisions as well as information about mental health for consumers, practitioners, and researchers.

Neurosciences on the Internet (Neuroguide.com) by Neil A. Busis, M.D.
Organized guide to neuroscience resources on the Internet, including general and specific web sites, academic departments, research institutes and labs, scholarly societies, electronic journals, teaching resources and more.

Open Directory Project by Netscape Administrators and Volunteer Net-Citizens
Possibly the most extensive directory of psychology resources on the Internet, containing over 2,800 Web sites, organized by category with numerous cross-references. This directory includes many Web sites not found in other psychology Web gateways, and so is useful for unusual topics or exhaustive searches. However, keep in mind that more effort is needed to find and evaluate individual resources in this larger, less selective Web gateway.

PsycGrad by Curt Burgess, University of California, Riverside
A selective list of web resources and books on: doing well as an undergraduate, applying to graduate school, succeeding in graduate school, and life after graduate school.

Psychology Virtual Library by Gene R. Thursby, University of Florida Key Resource
Gateway to Internet resources on psychology. Includes links to general and specific websites, e-mail lists and newsgroups, psychology department home pages, scholarly societies, electronic journals, book publishers, self-help resources and more. "Sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as information sources before they are included on the site." - page introduction

PsychScholar by John H. Krantz, Hanover College
Selective gateway to Internet resources on psychology, designed specifically for college students and instructors. Heavy emphasis on study guides, tutorials, teaching aids, undergraduate and graduate programs, professional networking, job seeking and careers.

Psych Web by Russell A. Dewey, Ph.D.
Provides psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology. Although not directly affiliated with an institution of higher education, this site was developed and is maintained by a professor at Georgia Southern University. It is a great resource for locating psychology information, including departments of psychology and a "crib sheet" for using the APA publication style.

Social Psychology Network by Scott Plaus, Wesleyan University Key Resource
Large social psychology database supported by National Science Foundation grant funding. The 'Psychology Subject Areas' and 'Social Psych Subject Areas' menu selections provide access to key topic areas in psychology such as: Clinical Psychology, Cognition and Perception, Developmental Psychology, Psychology of Gender, Interpersonal Relations, Social Influence, etc.

Scholarly Societies Project: Psychology by Jim Parrott, University of Waterloo Library
Directory of websites for scholarly societies and organizations dealing with all aspects of psychology.

Reference:
Selected annotations above were written by Carrie Preston, Ohio University Libraries, and are being used with permission.

Tests & Measures

Important Note: Psychological measures (test, scales, inventories, etc.) can be difficult to obtain without paying a fee. Most often, you need to purchase the test from a commercial publisher or the test's author. Occasionally, a test will be included with a journal article or printed in part or in full in books. If you wish to acquire a test for educational purposes, you may be able to obtain a copy free of charge; however, this still entails contacting the publisher or author and stating your purpose for the test. Having said this, you can find some free tests and measures at the following web sites:

Key: The items below are primarily directories that list the types of measures that are available for use and supply name and contact information about how to acquire them. Some of the sources also provide reviews of the measures. Those titles marked Measures Included contain copies of or samplings of the actual measures or tests.

Directory of unpublished experimental mental measures. Publisher: C. Brown Publishers. 8 vols. (1974-2003)

IUPUI University Library Reference BF431 .G625
Lists non-commercial, experimental measures, with very short descriptions. Created to enable researches to determine what types of noncommercial experimental test instruments are currently in use. Entries are not evaluative, but include information about reliability, validity, and related research, if available. Most recent volume published in 1997; each volume includes a cumulative index to all volumes.

The ETS test collection catalog Publisher: Educational Testing Service. 6 vols. (1986-)

IUPUI University Library Reference LB3051 .E79
Also available on the internet as ETS Test Collection
Identifies and provides descriptions, but no critical commentary, for achievement tests and measurements, vocational tests and measurements, tests for special populations, cognitive aptitude and intelligence tests, attitude tests, and affective measures and personality tests. A small number of the tests and measures listed are available through the Tests in Microfiche Collection (see entry below) and will indicate this in the record entry.

Exercise/Physical Health Measures Measures Included

Page maintained by Dr. James Sallis, researcher in this field..

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)

Provides citations to evaluation and measurement tools (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science.

Measures for clinical practice : a sourcebook, 2nd and 3rd ed. Publisher: Free Press. Measures Included

Reference BF176 .C66 1994 v. 1-2
Stacks BF176 .C66 1994 v. 1-2
Stacks BF176 .C66 1994 v. 2
On Reserve BF176 .C66 2000 v. 1-2
Stacks BF176 .C66 2000 v. 1-2
Indexes instruments that measure common problems seen in clinical practice. Measures included are relatively short, easy to score and administer. Volume 1 contains measures for couples, families, and children. Vol 2 contains measures for adults with problems outside the context of the family. Please note, the measures are often reproduced in the source!

Measures of personality and social psychological attitudes. Publisher: Academic Press. Measures Included

Reference BF 698.4 .M38 1991
Stacks BF 698.4 .M38 1991
Lists instruments for measuring attitudes and opinions. A sample, and in some cases the entire instrument, is reproduced, accompanied by an evaluative essay describing the intent, reliability, and validity of the test.

Mental measurements yearbook (MMY). [Select EBSCOhost and scroll down to the Mental Measurements listing] Publisher: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. 15 vols. (1940-2003)

IUPUI University Library Reference (vols. 2-15) LB3050 .M56
IUPUI University Library Stacks (vol. 2-10) LB3050 .M56
A free version is also available on the internet as Mental Measurements Yearbook Test Reviews Online; however, it does not contain the reviews of the online version above.
The source provides descriptive information, references, and critical reviews of more than 4,000 commercially available tests.

Perceived Stress Scale Measures Included

Dr. Sheldon Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale.

Psych Web's Free Online Tests Listing Measures Included

Provides some free tests and measures.

Self-Report Measures Measures Included

Provides some free tests and measures.

Tests: a comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology, education, and business. Publisher: Pro-Ed, Inc. 4th ed. (1997)

IUPUI University Library Reference BF176 .T43 1997
1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th ed. in Reference
Provides psychologists, educators, and human resources professionals with short descriptions of tests, with no critical commentary. The fourth edition updates information contained in previous editions and presents descriptions of new and revised tests. Selected tests in this resource have been reviewed in the ten-volume Test Critiques.

Test critiques Publisher: Pro-Ed, Inc. 10 vols. (1985-1994)

IUPUI University Library Reference BF176 .T419
Contains critical reviews of commercial tests used most frequently in psychological assessment, business, and education. Beginning with volume three, there are cumulative indexes covering preceding volumes.

Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences: Tests available in compilation volumes. Publisher: Helen Hough, Health Sciences Librarian, Central Library, University of Texas at Arlington.

Lists tests that can be found in compilation volumes available in many libraries. Once a test is located, check IUCAT to determine if University Library owns a copy of the book that contains the test or measure.

Tests in Microfiche Collection/ETS. Publisher: Educational Testing Service. (1975-2000) Measures Included

IUPUI University Library Microfiche LB3051 .T45
Cumulative Index shelved on top of Microfiche Cabinets
Includes 1,000+ unpublished instruments that may be of interest to students doing research. Please note, this collection consists of the actual tests; it is not merely an identifying tool! There is a cumulative index to the collection shelved on top of the microfiche cabinets. The online ETS Test Collection Catalog also serves as an index to this collection.

Tests in Print (TIP). Publisher: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. 6th ed. (2002)

IUPUI University Library Reference LB3051 .T478
Consists of descriptive listings of and references to commercially published tests that are in print and available for purchase and use. The most recent edition of this title serves as a comprehensive index to the Mental Measurements Yearbooks and covers the following types of tests: education, neuropsychological, personality, intelligence and general aptitude, developmental, and behavior assessment tests."

Additional Resources

Below are additional titles that will assist you in identifying measures, and, in some cases, reproduce the actual test or measure. Remember, the titles marked: Measures Included provide some test reproduction!

Commissioned Reviews of 250 Psychological Tests
IUPUI University Library Reference BF176 .C65 2000

Directory of Psychological Tests in the Sport and Exercise Sciences
IUPUI University Library Reference GV706.4 .D57 2002

Family Measurement Techniques: Abstracts of Published Instruments, 1935-1974
IUPUI University Library Stacks HQ728 .S86 1978

Gender roles : a handbook of tests and measures Measures Included
Stacks HM253 .B43 1990

Handbook of Family Measurement Techniques 3 vols. Measures Included
IUPUI University Library Stacks HQ728 .H267 2001

Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures
IUPUI University Library Stacks HQ60 .H36 1998

Instrumentation in Education: An Anthology
IUPUI University Library Stacks BF39 .B57 1993

Measures of social psychological attitudes Measures Included
Stacks JA74.5 .R63 1976

Testing Young Children: A Reference Guide for Developmental, Psychoeducational, and Psychosocial Assessments
IUPUI University Library Stacks BF719.6 .T47 1993

Tests and Measurements in Child Development: Handbook II 2 vols. (1976)
IUPUI University Library Reference BF722 .J643

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