Psychology Web Resources

General

AmoebaWeb (Douglas Degelman, Ph.D., Vanguard University of Southern California)
http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb/
Here are psychology web sources of all types. A great site to start with.

American Psychological Association: APA Online: Topics
http://www.apa.org/topics/
The public APA page site covers topics such as children, depression, disabilities, minorities, and women. Follow links to related articles and book citations. This site contains an amazing amount of information!

Best of the Web: Psychology
http://botw.org/top/Science/Social_Sciences/Psychology/
A good site for finding information about topics in psychology as well as psychology as a discipline including notable theorists, academic departments, and research methods.

Mental Health Information Network (BU Medical Library & Mass Dept of Mental Health)
http://mhin.bu.edu/index.cfm
This site provides "a comprehensive access point for quality-filtered information and links, as well as content information and materials provided by DMH and other mental health information providers. The site will serve as a mental health information resource for consumers and staff in the Metro Boston area, as well as regionally, and nationally." Topics include substance abuse, suicide prevention, disorders and diseases, and much more.

National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
This government site contains public information, news & events, research activities, and grants & contracts. Some publications can be requested for free through a fax machine or computer with fax capabilities. Be careful to print PDF files using the Adobe print command--not the browser print button.

Social Psychology Network
http://www.socialpsychology.org/
Of particular interest here are the links to social psychology topics such as: prejudice, discrimination, and diversity; the psychology of gender; social influence; interpersonal relations; and violence, conflict resolution, and peace.

Neuroethics (Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania)
http://ccn.upenn.edu/
Serving as a primer on issues related to neuroethics, this site has summaries on issues, bibliographies on various topics, links to other relevant sites, and other information.

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Encyclopedias, Books, and Papers

Encyclopedia of Psychology (William Palya, Department of Psychology, Jacksonville State University)
http://www.psychology.org/
Here find "original information generated by respected researchers and practitioners in various fields of psychology" as well as a "hierarchical database of links to websites providing information about scientific psychology." The search engines are best used with simple terms. Results will be "off the Web" but are carefully selected for addition to the site.

Classics in the History of Psychology (Dr. Christopher D. Green, Department of Psychology, York University)
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/
"Classics in the History of Psychology is an effort to make the full texts of a large number of historically significant public domain documents from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines available on the World Wide Web. There are now over 25 books and about 200 articles and chapters on-line."

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Online Journals

Current Research in Social Psychology
http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.html
This is a peer reviewed, electronic journal covering all aspects of social psychology. Articles cover topics such as gender issues, efficacy of reinforcement Schedules, self awareness, etc. The only drawback here is the lack of a search engine. You must browse through titles for information.

Psyche: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Consciousness
http://www.theassc.org/journal_psyche
Published by the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, this journal contains research articles and survey articles on the "interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of consciousness and its relation to the brain."

Psychiatry On Line
http://www.priory.cocom/psych.htm
Full-text articles, online forums on forensic psychiatry, transcultural mental health, and many other categories are available.

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Associations

American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org
This official web page of the APA contains information about publications (including tables of contents and abstracts for the most recent issues of APA journals), a Concept Corridor (see above), news releases, the Ethics Office "Principles and Code of Conduct", grad school information, etc. Have fun exploring!

The American Psychological Society
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/
The APS mission is to "promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, and the improvement of human welfare." Information on APS, job listings in the field of psychology, publications, conventions, and other psychology links are included.

International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology
http://www.iaccp.org/
The aims of this Association are to "facilitate communication among persons interested in a diverse range of issues involving the intersection of culture and psychology". Find here information on conferences sponsored and books published by IACCP, related graduate programs, and news of Association members.

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Medical Issues

DANA BrainWeb (Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives)
http://www.dana.org/brainweb/
The non-profit organization of more than 175 pre-eminent neuroscientists, including 6 Nobel Laureates, recommends the Internet sites reviewed on this site as helpful resources for people concerned about brain diseases and disorders. Scroll down the first screen for a list of brain-related diseases.

PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
This index to medical journals is designed for professional use. Use the thesaurus or "details" button to find out the appropriate terms to use when searching.

See also Medicine & Nutrition Web Sources
http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/med&nut.htm

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Graduate School Information

Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Resources (American Psychological Association)
http://www.apa.org/education/grad/index.aspx
Find here information for students about graduate programs and schools.

College Source (Limited to the WSC community)
http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/dbalpha.htm#College_Source
This resource provides access to complete college catalogs representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate and professional schools. Use the "Advanced Search" and select "Criteria" to find major programs of study and other criteria. Then view or print the school's profile with admission requirements, financial aid options, and other valuable information.

Pursuing Psychology: Graduate School Information Page (Linda Walsh, University of Northern Iowa)
http://www.uni.edu/walsh/linda2.html
"Here is a sampling of sites that provide information on preparing for and applying to graduate school."

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