Selected Internet Resources on Psychology

General Sites



American Psychological Association (http://www.apa.org/)
Includes:
  • Information for psychologists
  • Information for the public
  • Information for students

PsychCrawler (http://www.psychcrawler.com/)
"indexing the web for the best in psychology"
"a product of the American Psychological Association created to provide quick access to quality content in the field of psychology."
Not a directory site, just a search engine.
"Below are the sites currently indexed on PsychCrawler.

Library Research in Psychology: Finding It Easily (http://www.apa.org/science/lib.html)
"This pamphlet was created by the American Psychological Association (APA) Science Directorate to help students and non-psychologists find relevant research on psychological topics of interest."


Mental Health Net (http://mentalhelp.net/)
"The award-winning guide to mental health, psychology, & psychiatry online"
"Number of resources indexed: 9,300"
includes:
  • chat rooms for professionals and patients
  • professional resources
  • info on specific mental health issues / disorders
  • news
"Mental Health Net is run by psychologist, Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. and is an information service sponsored by CMHC Systems." A large list of the site's editors and reviewers is available, with biographical data for most.

Social Psychology Network (http://www.socialpsychology.org/)
Maintained by Scott Plous, Wesleyan University
"The largest social psychology database on the Internet. In these pages, you'll find more than 5,000 links to psychology-related resources."
Search, or browse categories in social psychology and general psychology
includes:
  • web-based reference tools
  • distance-education courses in psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognition and Perception
  • Cultural Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • History of Psychology
  • Industrial-Organizational Psychology
  • Neuroscience and Psychophysiology
  • Personality Psychology
  • Research Methods and Statistics
  • Social Psychology
Supported by an NSF grant
Available in 6 languages (English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Português)

Electronic Journals and Periodicals (http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/journal.html)
Collected or Developed by John H. Krantz, Ph.D., Hanover College
includes links to:
  • Journals and other periodicals
    • Psychology and Related Journals
    • More General Periodicals
  • Conference Proceedings
  • Online Bibliographies
Last updated May 8, 2000

Psychological Tutorials and Demonstrations (http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/tutor.html)
Collected by John H. Krantz, Ph.D., Hanover College
includes links to tutorials in:
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biopsychology/Physiopsychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Critical Thinking
  • Developmental Psychology
  • General Collections
  • Learning
  • Research Methods and Statistics
  • Sensation and Perception
  • Social Psychology

Psychological Experiments on the Internet (http://psych.fullerton.edu/mbirnbaum/web/IntroWeb.htm)
Edited by Michael H. Birnbaum
San Diego: Academic Press, 2000
Description of a book available for sale
Includes links to:
  • several sites of interest to experimenters
  • on-line research centers

Alley Dog (http://www.alleydog.com:80/)
"dedicated to helping psychology students prosper and enjoy psychology"
Includes:
  • a search engine for searching the APA, NIH, NIMH, and PsychCrawler
  • resource center: "We scoured the internet to find the very best Psychology-related sites; sites that contain useful and clear information. And if you're not sure what any of the topics are, just click here for a brief description of each topic."
"AlleyDog.com was NOT created as a moneymaking scheme. Rather, AlleyDog.com WAS created to help you (the students) learn, enjoy psychology, meet other students who share similar interests, and get the most out of your college Psychology career."
Created by Doug Kaufman

Psych Web (http://www.psychwww.com/)
Created by Russell A. Dewey, PhD
"lots of psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology"
Last updated 08/19/99
Includes:
  • "links to sites which have large lists of articles, usually just a page or two in length, dealing with psychological topics. Some of these are transcriptions of brochures used at campus counseling centers. Others are articles from online journals or "e-zines" (electronic magazines) dealing with psychology."
  • Complete text of The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
  • Complete text of The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
  • Links to "scholarly resources on the web"

Psychology Electronic Library (http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/psyc/)
University of Waterloo Electronic Library (UWELib)
Compiled by Shabiran Rahman, Librarian, Reference and Collections Development Liaison Librarian for Psychology and Sociology
Includes:
  • Reference assistance
  • Quick Facts, Guides & Bibliographies
  • Abstracts, Indexes & CD-ROMS
  • Electronic Journals

Athabasca University Psychology Resources (http://server.bmod.athabascau.ca/html/aupr/psycres.shtml)
"This list of psychology resources is based at the Psychology Centre of Athabasca University in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada. Several reviews of this site are available."
Includes:
  • research tools
  • student resources
  • writing help
  • various branches of psychology
Last updated on February 1, 2000


Behavior OnLine (http://www.behavior.net/)
"the gathering place for Mental Health and Applied Behavioral Science Professionals"
Includes:
  • full-text of the Journal of Online Behavior (a new journal)
  • discussion forums
  • AnyPsych Bookshop (temporarily closed)
  • Daily Dr. Katz cartoon

About.com - Mental Health Resources -- Academic Psychology Resources (http://mentalhealth.about.com/health/mentalhealth/msub16.htm)
"Resources for students and researchers in psychology. These are excellent resources to help you write papers and conduct research."
by Leonard Holmes, Ph.D. "a clinical psychologist who specializes in online mental health issues."

About.com - Education -- Psychology (http://psychology.about.com/education/psychology/)
by Shelley Wu, Ph.D., "a social psychologist and a certified web consultant."
"At this site you will find the Internet's largest collection of quality links for all areas of psychology, each one is personally reviewed and annotated by me. Adding to the resources are my own articles and newsletters."

Community Psychology Net (http://www.cmmtypsych.net/)
"Welcome to the award winning, searchable, comprehensive guide to the field of community psychology, prevention, intervention, and action research. This site is meant to be a resource for educators, professionals, researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, and others who are interested in learning more about the fascinating field of community psychology."
"This site is owned by Matthew Cook"
"Matthew J. Cook received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Fairfield University in 1997."
Last Modified: Monday, 21-Feb-2000
Includes:
  • bookstore for purchasing psych texts online
  • 1997 COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY READING LIST Compiled by: Clifford R. O'Donnell & Jim Dalton. This list is a project of the Executive Board of the Council of Program Directors in Community Research and Action (CPDCRA).

MegaPsych (http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols/megapsych.html)
"This site grew out of Addresses of Note for Psychology Faculty and Students (AON), by John W. Nichols, M.A., which is copyrighted. However, feel free to distribute it except for for-profit purposes."
John W. Nichols, M.A., teaches at Metro Campus, Tulsa Community College
This page was last updated September 20, 1999.
Includes:
  • Addresses of Note -- This page was last updated April 11, 2003.
  • Discussion Lists for Psych Faculty -- Last Updated July 1, 1998
  • Discussion Lists for Psych Students -- Last Updated May 2, 1998
  • E-Journals In Psychology -- Last Updated July 3, 1998
  • WEB Sites Of Note (An older, more graphic list that includes many of the classic "Best of the Web in Psychology" with descriptions of the sites)
  • psych wURLd (MegaPsych Bookmarks) (A large, simple set of links with descriptions of many of the sites)-- Individual Pages Updated Frequently
  • MegaPsych Feature Articles -- Updated Occasionally

Psychology Online Resource Central (http://www.psych-central.com/)
"The Resources For Psychology Students & Their Professors"
This site was last updated: 05/10/00
By Donna Stuber -- B.S. in Psychology, Missouri Western State College; M.S. in General/Experimental Psychology, Emporia State University; Ph.D. in Counseling & Student Personnel Services, Kansas State University
Includes:
  • Mega Sites
  • Miscellaneous Web Links
  • Online Journals
  • Online Writing Tutor
  • Psych Fun
  • Research Links
  • Teaching Links
  • Tips for Students
  • Undergraduate Publications

The Psychology Virtual Library (http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/psi/)
"The Psychology Virtual Library keeps track of online information as part of The World Wide Web Virtual Library. Sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as information sources before they are linked from here."
Edited by Gene R. Thursby, Ph.D.
Latest revision: 15 May 2000
Search, or browse by category
Includes:
  • Basic Academic Psychology
  • Clinical Social Work
  • Directories or Guides to Psychology Sites
  • E-Mail Lists and Newsgroups
  • History of Psychology
  • Journals (Electronic and Print)
  • Library Resources Online
  • Mental Health Resources
  • Psychology of Religion
  • School Psychology
  • Stress Management
  • Transpersonal Psychology
  • What's New in Psychology Sites
Freud Net (http://plaza.interport.net/nypsan/freudarc.html)
The Abraham A. Brill Library of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute
Last Updated: February 17, 2000
"This collection of links points to Internet resources related to Sigmund Freud and his works. Included in this collection are libraries, museums, and biographical materials, as well as materials in the Brill Library archives."

Online Books - Call Numbers Starting With BF (Psychology) (http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/subjectstart?BF)
links to full-text books in psychology

LSU Webliography -- Psychology Resources (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/soc/psychology.html)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Last Updated: Tuesday, 25-Apr-00
Abby Holt: Psychology Liaison
Includes:
  • General Psychology Resources
  • Research/Clinical
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Pharmacology
  • School Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology

UTA Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences (http://www2.uta.edu/library/testmain.asp)
A searchable list of some of the tests which can be found quickly in compilation volumes available in many libraries. This site was designed as a service to locate tests, measures, instruments, etc., when there is a known title and a copy of the test is desired.




 

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