LibGuides: Psychology: Find Sources

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Features of Journal Articles:

Also known as peer-reviewed or academic articles, they are written by experts and/or highly trained professionals in a particular field.
The rigorous peer-review process ensures articles are vetted and fact-checked before publication.
Journal articles typically focus on a topic through a very narrow lens.

Find Journal Articles:

PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
Citations and/or summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports for psychology and related disciplines from nearly 2500 journals,
Journal coverage: 1800's - present. Indexing from 1600's - present.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains full text for over 400 journals.
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Criminal Justice Abstracts Full Text This link opens in a new window
Indexes journals, current books, government reports, and dissertations published worldwide.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Full text from journals and books on early childhood to higher education, plus educational specialties like multilingual education, health education, and testing. Also includes education related conference papers.
MEDLINE Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for over 1,800 medical journals, and abstracts from over 5,400 current biomedical journals indexed by the National Library of Medicine.

Complete List of Psychology Databases

Features of Scholarly Books:

Due to the length, they typically cover a topic more broadly than journal articles.
They are typically written for a larger audience than journal articles.
They may contain a collection of related chapters by different authors.

Important Note: In most cases you'll only use a chapter or two for your research so don't be scared off by the length of a book.

Find Books:

DSM Library This link opens in a new window
Online access to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR). Also includes DSM-5™, DSM-5™ Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, and DSM-5™ Clinical Cases.
Information on how to cite the DSM-5 in APA Style, can be found in the APA Style Guide: Diagnostic Manual References.
SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
Wide range of ebook content including: scholarly books, handbooks, encyclopedias, professional development titles, textbooks, and the major works series.
Limit to "Content Available to Me" on the results page.
Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Search for materials in the Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, and Mansfield libraries plus online books, online media, and government publications.

Video Sources:

Videos provide access to several types of content that may be useful to psychology students:

Information on the history of psychology and psychologists,
Recordings of counseling sessions and other clinical techniques,
Discussions of psychological concepts.

Find Videos:

Psychotherapy.net This link opens in a new window
A collection of streaming videos that cover the fundamentals of psychotherapy, counseling, and addictions treatment.
Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Offers more than 68,000 titles spanning of subject areas of anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. More than 14,000 titles are exclusive to AVON, including content-types: documentaries, films, demonstrations, etc.

Find Statistics and Data:

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista.com consolidates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources.

Search Everything

Search Everything is the library's equivalent to Google. In addition to searching everything in the Library's Catalog (books, ebooks, media, etc.) it also searches most of our databases containing journal articles and other electronic resources.

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