Psychology Resources on the Internet

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.

Internet Survival Guide of Industrial/Organizational Psychology by Filip Lievens, Ghent University; Belgium
Guide to Internet resources on industrial and organizational psychology, including practical applications for human resource management. Also includes sections on statistics and methodology for social science research.

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.

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