Psychology

Psychology, Counselling and Coaching

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Journal databases and useful websites
Books and e-books
APA Style Referencing
Contact Subject Librarian

Journal databases and useful websites

Journal Databases

Databases provide references, abstracts and, in some cases, the full text of journal articles. A complete A-Z list of all databases is available on the library website.

Below are the main databases for psychology, counselling, coaching and related subjects. For tips and advice on getting the most out of them, see UEL Library Psychology blog.

EBSCO PsycINFO is is the key database for all psychology, guidance, counselling and coaching topics. It provides abstracts for over three million articles from over 2,500 different journals. Some full-text content is supplied by PsycARTICLES (all content from PsycARTICLES is automatically included in PsycINFO).
PEP-WEB (PEP Archive 1 Version 12 (1871-2009) release) contains the complete text and illustrations of 49 premier journals in psychoanalysis, 96 classic psychoanalytic books, and the full text and editorial notes of the 24 volumes of the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud.
There are several multi-disciplinary databases which cover psychology, counselling and coaching related articles. These include ScienceDirect, EBSCO Academic Search Complete and Web of Knowledge.
For Clinical Psychology, it is also worth searching on EBSCO CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature). For Coaching Psychology, have a look at EBSCO Business Source Complete.

Web sites for Psychology

There are plenty of great psychology-related websites out there. Here is a small selection of some of the key ones:

PsychNet-UK - Mental health and psychology directory with over 9,000 psychology, mental health & psychiatry resource links.
Psychology.org – Browseable collection of psychology links.
AllPsych Online - Dictionary of Psychology
Intute Virtual Training Suite: Internet Psychologist - A "teach yourself" tutorial on learning how to use the Internet for Psychology.
American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest professional association of psychologists worldwide. Its website features a large quantity of high quality, freely available information on all aspects of psychology.
British Psychological Society (BPS) is the representative body for psychologists and psychology in the UK . Information includes training for psychologists, ethics and professional conduct regulations and BPS student membership details.
Simply Psychology – Designed specifically for psychology undergraduates.
– Keep up-to-date with the very latest news, tips and advice on library services and resources for psychology and related fields. Blog entries can be browsed using the category links on the right hand side of the screen.

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Books and e-books

Your module reading list should be available on Moodle or UEL Plus. You can then use Library Search to find the availability of books and e-books, as well as to look for further reading.

The library also holds a wide range of reference and study skills books for psychology. Here are just a few examples (look on Library Search for lots more):

Dictionaries and thesauri, such as:
- Dictionary of psychology - 150.3 COR
- A student's dictionary of psychology - 150.3 HAY
- Dictionary of counselling - 361.0603 FEL
- Biographical dictionary of psychology - 150.922 SHE
- Encyclopedia of psychology - 150.3 ENC
Study guides, such as:
- ‘Study skills for psychology students’ by Latto and Latto – 150.711 LAT + available as an e-book
- ‘Study skills for psychology: succeeding in your degree’ by Freeman and Stone – 150.711 FRE + available as an e-book
- ‘Statistics without maths for psychology’ by Dancey and Reidy – 150.727 DAN + available as an e-book
- A short guide to writing about psychology by Dana Dunn - 808.06615 DUN

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APA Referencing

All sources you read, quote or paraphrase from when writing and producing work for University must be properly referenced. Many courses in the School of Psychology require you to use APA style of referencing. The library is well stocked with the latest 6th edition of the official guides to APA style. They can be found at the following locations:

Publication manual of the APA (6th edition) - 808.06615 PUB
Concise guide to APA style (6th edition) - 808.06615 CON
Mastering APA style: student's workbook and training guide (6th edition) - 808.06615 MAS
Mastering APA style: instructor's resource guide (6th edition) - 808.06615 MAS
Displaying your findings (6th edition) - 001.4226 NIC
Presenting your findings ( 6th edition) - 001.4226 NIC

There are also some helpful online guides, as recommended by your tutors:

http://www.docstyles.com/apalite.htm - Long standing resource that is updated regularly.Includes a .pdf version that is freely available for educational institutions.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ - excellent APA section along with more general material.

IMPORTANT: Always check with your tutors to find out which style of referencing you are expected to use. Most courses in the School of Psychology use APA style, but a small number use Harvard style referencing.

If you are required to use Harvard style, then it is highly recommended you use the University's official guide to Harvard: Cite Them Right (available in the library at 800.027 PEA and also from the bookshop).

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