Psychology & Counseling

For databases containing articles and other information, see our Psychology & Social Sciences databases page. We also have a brief tutorial on Doing Research in Counseling & Psychology.

Psychology & Counseling

Addiction Search

http://www.addictionsearch.com/addictionsearch/

Easy-to-use site for finding information on available substances and gambling, eating, or sexual disorders. Also provides links to additional resources on statistics, treatment, organizations, prevention, and social issues.

Encyclopedia of Psychology

http://www.psychology.org/

Links to resources on topics such as careers, history of psychology, theories, organizations, publications, etc.

History of Psychology

http://academic.udayton.edu/gregelvers/hop/welcome.asp

Links to information on significant individuals in the field from all time periods.

Internet Mental Health

http://www.mentalhealth.com/

Well-organized site providing diagnosis and treatment information on common mental disorders, pharmacology information on selected medications, a magazine of related mental health articles, and links to other Internet resources (including ones on specific disorders).

PIE (Policy Information Exchange) (Missouri Institute of Mental Health)

http://mimh200.mimh.edu/mimhweb/pie/

Searchable database of documents related to mental health and public policy. Provides links to organizations, government sites, research institutes, etc. and includes a list of mental health related conferences worldwide.

Psych Central: Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Page

http://psychcentral.com/

Extensive list of sites for mental health, psychology, and self-help information. Has both general resources and those of professional interest. The author reviews and rates each site.

Psych Web

http://www.psychwww.com/

Links to various materials, such as brochures, journals, and papers. Special feature on career information. Offers mix of scholarly and self-help resources.

PsychScholar (Hanover College)

http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/

Links of interest to scholars, professionals, and students in the field. Information on careers, resources for the classroom, current research, etc. is included.

PsycSite

http://kenstange.com/psycsite/

Emphasizes resources on the "science" of psychology. Information includes psychology journals on the Internet, resources listed by topic, other meta-lists of psychology-related sources, software available on the Internet, discussion groups, university psychology department home pages, and professional and student information.

Social Psychology Network (Wesleyan U.)

http://www.socialpsychology.org/

Excellent site for links to social psychology topics, such as discrimination, gender studies, interpersonal relations, group dynamics, violence, etc. Also provides general psychology resources and a search engine.

Yahoo's List on Psychology

http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Psychology/

Agencies, Associations, etc.

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

http://www.aamft.org/index_nm.asp

American Counseling Association

http://www.counseling.org/

American Mental Health Counselors Association

http://www.amhca.org/

American Psychological Association

http://www.apa.org/

International Association of Applied Psychology

http://www.iaapsy.org/

National Association of School Psychologists

http://www.nasponline.org/

National Board for Certified Counselors

http://www.nbcc.org/

Research Methods & Writing (including APA Style)

Note: Additional links to information on writing papers and doing bibliographies are available on our writing and citation guides pages.

The Web Center for Social Research Methods (Bill Trochim)

http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/

Provides online texts and papers, links to related sites on social research and methods, a statistical primer, simulations, text questions, student projects, etc.

Psychology With Style: a Hypertext Writing Guide

http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/apa4b.htm

Guide to the APA manual and writing for the profession. Follows an outline of a typical paper, from title page to reference list.