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Databases

PsycINFO Date Coverage: 1887 - Current Contains more than two million citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations; many with full-text.
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PsycInfo "Cheat Sheet" (Quick Reference Guide)
PsycARTICLES Coverage Dates: 1987 - Current Full-text from 42 journals published by the American Psychological Association & allied organizations.
Medline Indexes over 4,600 journals in the medical and health sciences. Links to full-text where available.
Pubmed (MEDLINE)

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
There are hundreds of journals & books in Psychology (and related-disciplines) available in Elsevier, and this database provides full-text access to almost ALL of it

**Access to journal content from 1995+ for ALL journal titles (except third-party titles that Elsevier hosts on their platform).

**Access to ALL book content, including book series, encyclopedias, handbooks, and major reference works.

Web of Science The world's largest and most comprehensive index of research literature in the world. It is an excellent source for psychology and science-related articles and citation analysis.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 10,000 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,500 peer-reviewed journals.
Springer Journals This link opens in a new window Full text access (1997-present) to most journals available through Springer.

PTSDpubs
Provides citations and abstracts to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other psychological effects of trauma.
Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Review of Interventions
Annual Review of Psychology Coverage: Volume 1 (1950) - present of the "Annual Review of Psychology". Annual Reviews offers comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists providing a synthesis of the primary research literature. Each year, Annual Reviews critically reviews the most significant primary research literature to guide you to the principal contributions of the field and help you keep up to date in your area of research. (From Publisher Web Site).
PsychiatryOnline PsychiatryOnline covers diagnosis & differential diagnosis, case vignettes, multidisciplinary treatment guidelines, and the latest research – all within a single search and navigation interface that integrates journals & books. Includes the following reference books (and more) : DSM-5, DSM-5 Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, DSM-5 Clinical Cases APP Practice Guidelines Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 7th edition The APP Textbook of Psychiatry, 5th edition & study guide Self-Assessment in Psychiatry Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments The APP Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment, 4th edition & study guide Gabbard's Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders, 4th edition Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd edition Dulcan's Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry & study guide The APP Textbook of Psychopharmacology, 4th edition & study guide The American Psychiatric Publ
DSM-5 Online The DSM-5 Online subscription includes access to the complete DSM archives (DSM-I, DSM-II, DSM-III, DSM-III-R, DSM-IV, DSM-5 and a couple of significant changes to between-edition printings) for research and archiving purposes; as well as the APA Practice Guidelines, abstracts from AJP in Advance and Psychiatric News.
Oxford's Very Short Introductions - Psychology Very Short Introductions offer concise introductions to areas of study in Psychology (among other fields). It offers a bridge between reference content and higher academic work. "All titles provide intelligent and serious introductions to a huge range of subjects, written by experts in the field who combine facts, analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable." (from publisher blurb)
Oxford's Very Short Introductions: Neuroscience
JoVE Neuroscience JoVE Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary section devoted to investigations of the structure, function, physiology, and pathophysiology of the brain and nervous system. Included methodologies range from molecular and cellular level studies to full central and peripheral neural systems. Potential treatment platforms and surgical techniques for neurological diseases and disorders are also presented in this section.

Online Books

Springer eBooks, 2010-2021 This link opens in a new window A collection of electronic books in a variety of subjects. Users have the option to order a personal print copy of ebooks owned by Drake for $24.99 (regardless of the actual book price). These "MyCopy" books are soft-cover b/w print copies that are mailed to the user's address.
Oxford Scholarship Online Ebooks This link opens in a new window
Over 4,000 ebooks published from 2016-present in humanities, sciences, business, and social sciences. Full chapters can be downloaded by PDF.

Oxford Handbooks Online - Psychology Oxford Handbooks Online is one of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing, containing in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field. There are over 100 handbooks in Psychology. Including: Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Eating Disorders, Exercise Psychology, Organizational Psychology, etc.
Research Guide to Psychology (2018) by Deborah Dolan
This book serves as a guide for anyone conducting research in the field of Psychology.
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It includes:
-Definition and deep background sources
-Specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks
-Current research - Journal Articles and Annual Reviews
-Tests and Measures
-Bibliographies
-U.S. Government Resources
-Biographical Resources
-Directories and Organizations
-Style Guides
-Diagnostic Measures
-Career Path and Educational Resources
-Book Reviews
-Major Museums and Archives
Hathi Trust
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Search the digitized versions of almost 2,000,000 books in the public domain (pre-1923).

Online Reference Books (encyclopedias, dictionaries)

Oxford Reference Online
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Online access to over 100 dictionaries & reference works in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
CREDO Reference - Psychology CREDO Reference contains a variety of reference sources in many subjects, including Psychology.
Gale eBooks
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Access over 100 standard Gale Reference works online! Includes reference materials in the subject areas of: Arts, Business, Education, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, and Social Science.
Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, 3rd ed., 2016
This resource covers the entire spectrum of psychology, including: notable people, theories and terms; landmark case studies and experiments; applications of psychology in advertising, medicine and sports; and career information.
Social Psychology: How Other People Influence Our Thoughts and Actions, 2017
This book provides an introduction to social psychology that covers its history, theories, and core concepts. It explains intrapersonal (how others influence our views about ourselves) and interpersonal (how we think about and act toward other people) applications of this discipline in today’s society.

SuperSearch

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Journals in Psychology

Find Journals

This form allows you to browse the tables of contents of scholarly journals and choose full text articles. To search for articles across multiple journal titles, use SuperSearch.

InterLibrary Loan (ILL)

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Free to all Drake faculty, staff, and students. If there are books, book chapters, or articles that we don't have access to at Cowles, we can almost always get access to these items via another library. Order your items through Interlibrary Loan.
WorldCat.org
Search libraries across the country. The "Check for Full Text @ Drake" link will take you to an InterLibrary Loan request form.

Other Resources

Book Catalog Cowles library's online catalog of books and ebooks.
Nature Neuroscience (1998-One Year Ago) Access to one of the leading journals in the neuroscience field. It covers all areas of basic research on the brain, neural physiology, and function in health and disease. Also includes research on neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, neurochemistry, neural development, and neural behavior.
Statista Statista includes ready-made statistical charts, graphs and tables on health issues (including psychology-related topics), marketing, demographics, communication, technology, politics, leisure and public opinion polls. Data on over 60,000 topics from over 18,000 sources are categorized into 21 market sectors. About 20 percent of the data in Statista come from government sources like the World Bank and the U.S. Census. The rest come from industry, marketing, and trade groups. The tables, charts and graphs can be downloaded as images or into Microsoft Powerpoint and Excel.

Streaming Video

Psychotherapy.net Videos Psychotherapy.net's Video Collections feature the richest and most diverse compilation of high quality streaming training videos in the field of counseling, psychotherapy, addiction, and more. Our diverse formats are geared for a variety of teaching needs, including single-session demonstrations, multiple-session demonstrations, clinical case consultations, interview and documentary style films. Most use actual clients. Our videos cover most major modalities, including individual therapy, group therapy, couples and family therapy, child therapy, art therapy, psychodrama and therapeutic communities using a wide representation of client populations. Our online streaming platform offers such teaching resources as: running searchable transcripts, downloadable instructor's manuals, and clip making with direct sharing.