PSYCHOLOGY

• Psychological Abstracts. Washington: American Psychological Association, 1927–. Provides nearly two million references to journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations from journals in psychology and related fields published from 1840 to the present, most of them with abstracts. A thesaurus of the subject descriptors is available to determine the most effective search terms. The electronic version of this index is titled PsycINFO and covers publications from 1840 to the present; in some libraries PsycINFO provides selected links to full-text articles. Recently added material also includes the sources cited in a work and links to works that have cited a given article.

• APA Onlinehttp://www.apa.org The site for the American Psychological Association, providing news from the field, a roundup of selected research on topics such as anger, trauma, addictions, and depression, and information about the organization, such as the APA's Code of Ethics. Some of the information at this site is available to members only, though some of it, such as the PsycINFO database and APA journals, is probably available through your library.
• National Institute of Mental Healthhttp://www.nimh.nih.gov From the federal agency charged with research into mental health and illness, this site offers useful information about health topics and statistics, with links to current research findings and clinical trials.
• PsychCrawlerhttp://www.psychcrawler.com A search engine for sites of interest to psychology researchers. Though the number of sites is limited and very selective, the search engine allows for highly focused searches. PsychCrawler is a product of the American Psychological Association.
• Psychology World Wide Web Virtual Libraryhttp://www.dialogical.net/psychology/index.html A directory of selected links with brief descriptions. Areas covered include psychology of religion, transpersonal psychology, school psychology, mental health, and history of psychology. Maintained by Gene R. Thursby of the University of Florida.
• Psych Webhttp://www.psywww.com A selective directory linking to quality resources for teachers and students of psychology. Includes scholarly resources by subfield such as abnormal, behavioral, and forensic psychology, neuroscience, and sport psychology. Maintained by Russel A. Dewey.
• Social Psychology Networkhttp://www.socialpsychology.org A deep directory of resources on topics such as gender and psychology, social cognition, and interpersonal psychology, as well as information on programs and organizations, research reports online, and social research groups. The site is maintained by Scott Plous at Wesleyan University.
• Social Work and Social Services Web Siteshttp://gwbweb.wustl.edu/websites.html A no-frills directory of links covering topics such as families, health care, poverty, crisis intervention, and welfare. The site is a service of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis.

• Blackwell Dictionary of Cognitive Psychology. Ed. Andrew W. Ellis et al. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994. Contains surveys of major topics in cognition and provides selective bibliographies.
• Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology. Ed. Andrew M. Colman. 2 vols. London: Routledge, 1994. Offers survey articles on major topics in psychology, including perception, learning, biological aspects of behavior, developmental psychology, abnormal psychology, and research methods. Each article is written at a fairly technical level and includes a selected bibliography and references.
• Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. Ed. W. Edward Craighead and Charles B. Nemeroff. 3rd ed. 4 vols. New York: Wiley, 2001. Defines and discusses terms, theories, methodology, and issues in psychological practice and offers brief biographies of important psychologists.
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). 4th ed. rev. Washington: American Psychiatric Association, 2000. Classifies and describes mental disorders and includes diagrams to aid in the diagnosis of mental disorders as well as a glossary of technical terms.
• Encyclopedia of Human Behavior. Ed. V. S. Ramachandran. 4 vols. San Diego: Academic Press, 1994. Offers articles on a wide range of topics, such as left- or right-handedness, blushing, interpersonal communications, and intelligence. Each article provides an overview of the current state of knowledge about a topic and provides references to research.
• Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence. Ed. Robert J. Sternberg. 2 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1994. A collection of more than 250 articles on various aspects of intelligence, including reasoning, problem solving, aphasia, and measurement.
• Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Ed. Howard S. Friedman et al. 3 vols. San Diego: Academic Press, 1998. Includes substantial articles on major disciplines in the field, research areas, and topics of public interest. Designed for both students and health professionals, this work provides current and thorough coverage of mental disorders, treatments, personality traits, and psychological aspects of such topics as television viewing, parenting, and homelessness.
• Encyclopedia of Psychology. Ed. Alan E. Kazdin. 8 vols. Washington: American Psychological Association, 2000. The most thorough and scholarly treatment of psychology topics, including methodology, findings, advances in research, and applications.
• Encyclopedia of Social Work. Ed. Richard L. Edwards et al. 19th ed. 3 vols. Washington: National Association of Social Workers Press, 1995. With supplements. Offers substantial articles, with bibliographies, on subjects such as foster care for children, adolescence, and public health services as well as short biographies of important figures in the field.
• Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, 1938–. An essential reference work for those interested in psychological tests. This work surveys and reviews tests of aptitude, education, achievement, and personality and includes bibliographies of related research. It is available in both print and electronic formats. The electronic version includes the full text of articles from 1983 through the present.