Key Links
- APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
Provides access to articles, books and book chapters, and dissertations that cover the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. Includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.
- APA PsycBooks This link opens in a new window
This database provides full text access to books and book chapters including classic psychology texts dating from the 1600s. Also includes entries from the Encyclopedia of Psychology published by the American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press.
- APA PsycTests This link opens in a new window
PsycTESTS provides descriptive summaries and the full text, when available, for thousands of non-commercial psychological tests and measures. Also provided are summaries of commercially available tests with links to the publisher. It includes a wide variety of test types in many subject areas and, if available, gives supporting documentation such as instructions, scoring guides, and answer sheets. Updated monthly.
About This Guide
This guide will help you locate the many resources in the BU collections related to the multi-faceted topic of psychology. It will provide information about how to find articles, psychological tests, data, and more. Please contact me using the information on the right if you need assistance with any or all of the following:
- finding helpful journal databases.
- developing keywords for a journal database search.
- finding a psychological test or measure.
- citing your sources.
- tracking down a specific article.
Getting Started: Background Sources
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders This link opens in a new windowGeared for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health practitioners, the DSM-5 provides comprehensive guidelines for diagnosing mental disorders. Published in 2013.
Publication Manual (OFFICIAL) 7th Edition of the American Psychological Association by Location: Reference X ; BF76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832161Publication Date: 2019-10-01
APA Style Simplified by ISBN: 9781118289099Publication Date: 2012-03-22
The Psychologist's Companion by Location: Mugar Stacks Stacks BF76.8 .S73 2003ISBN: 0521821231Publication Date: 2003-10-06
Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories by ISBN: 9781441904638Publication Date: 2014-07-08
