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Welcome to the Psychology Guide!

This guide is your one-stop library resource for scholarly and non-scholarly books and eBooks, databases and journals, web resources, research tips and tools, career information, and more on psychology or related topics! In this guide you'll also find information on library services, tools, and other web resources to help you write your papers, do your presentations, cite your sources, and more.

Use the blue buttons on the left to navigate through the guide and find what you need. Ask a librarian ( [email protected]) if you need additional assistance!

Psychology is a fascinating and varied discipline. Often, you'll find that the core resources below contain the information you need for your research. Also look to the menu on the left, where librarians have identified helpful resources for specific areas of research within psychology.

Core Psychology Resources

For many topics and research questions in Psychology, you'll find the resources below helpful. Icons indicate what kind of resources are included in each database.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)The most comprehensive, current, and critical resource for clinical practice available to today's mental health clinicians and researchers of all orientations. DSM-5 is used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders, and is the product of more than 10 years of effort by hundreds of international experts in all aspects of mental health. The criteria are concise and explicit, intended to facilitate an objective assessment of symptom presentations in a variety of clinical settings - inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, consultation-liaison, clinical, private-practice, and primary care.

Databases

• PsycARTICLES - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
  From the APA: a definitive source of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology
• PsycBOOKS - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
  PsycBOOKS includes the newest APA published scholarly and professional books including reference works from the APA Handbooks in Psychology Series that delve deep into specific subfields within psychology. Essential to education, research and teaching across the behavioral sciences, PsycBOOKS is an indispensable resource for every psychology program.
• PsycEXTRA - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
  Produced by the APA; document types include technical, annual and government reports, conference papers, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, and consumer brochures
• Psychiatry Online This link opens in a new window
  Collection of psychiatric references, including books, journals and self-assessment tools. Provides access to the DSM-5. The following journals are available through this database: The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, and The Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences.
• Psychology Database - ProQuest This link opens in a new window
  Full-text journals and indexing from top psychology and related publications
• PsycINFO - EBSCO This link opens in a new window
  From the APA, contains citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines
• SAGE Journals This link opens in a new window
  The SAGE Journals platform includes full text of scholarly journals from SAGE publications in many disciplines, such as, education, sociology, women's studies, criminal justice and business.
• ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
  Offers a collection of full-text, scholarly journals and eBooks in science, technology, medicine, and social sciences.
• SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
  SAGE Knowledge is home to an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content alongside SAGE Video, containing over 4,600 titles. Content includes reference works, academic books, professional development titles and more. This cross-media platform allows users to search and browse over 10,000 items, video, book and reference titles within the Social Sciences.
• VisualDx This link opens in a new windowVisualDx is an award-winning diagnostic clinical decision support system designed to enhance diagnostic accuracy, aid therapeutic decisions, and improve patient safety. Features include: an extensive curated medical image library; a smart search for chief complaints, diagnoses, and drug reactions; a custom patient-specific differential diagnosis builder.

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