Article databases
Discover
Searches multiple journal article databases simultaneously. Databases include PsycINFO, Mental Measurements Yearbook, Business Source Complete, ERIC and Health Databases on EBSCOhost. Excellent starting point for undergraduates.
PsycINFO
Main database for psychology. Included in Discover searches.
Scopus
Multidisciplinary topics, includes Medline. Excellent coverage of scholarly journals. Excellent for citation searching.
Google Scholar
Google’s academic search. Excellent coverage of scholarly journals and good for New Zealand topics. Includes Pubmed.
Health Databases on EBSCOhost
Includes health psychology topics.
Business Source Complete
Business database with good coverage of industrial and organisational psychology.
ERIC via EBSCOhost
Education database covering mostly American articles in the area of educational psychology.
Sociological Abstracts
Scholarly international coverage of social psychology and sociology.
Newztext
Searches full text New Zealand newspapers, magazines and radio transcripts. Includes Index New Zealand.
Index New Zealand
Covers psychology topics and other related disciplines in New Zealand-published journals such as New Zealand Journal of Psychology, New Zealand Journal of Counselling and New Zealand Medical Journal.
Terms and conditions for library online resources
Legal guidelines about how and by whom Library-subscribed article databases may be used.
Background information
Background information
Excellent comprehensive overview of psychology and counselling topics. Search tip: search on your topic, then refine results to Encyclopedia About this resource
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5-TR
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology
Detailed full-text articles on psychology and counselling, including biological psychology, psychological tests, research methods and statistical procedures.
Psychological tests
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Full text reviews of commercially published tests from 1985 onwards. Note: there is a limit of 4 simultaneous users. Also available via Discover. About this resource
Print reviews of tests from 1940-1984.
Full text unpublished tests from 1980 onwards, including actual test instrument and links to the literature. Includes information about availability of some tests that are commercially available. About this resource
School of Psychology Test Library
Psychology students are able to borrow psychological tests (commercially published, non-commercial and unpublished) from the School of Psychology Test Library at the Manawatū Campus. Contact Hung Ton (H.Ton@massey.ac.nz) in the School of Psychology for more information.
More information
Videos and documentaries
View videos of unscripted "live" therapy sessions with individuals, couples and families, as well as experts modelling a range of therapeutic approaches. Includes keyword searchable transcripts of the interviews. About this resource
Counseling and Therapy in Video
View videos of scripted therapy sessions and discussions of interview techniques. Includes keyword searchable transcripts of the interviews. About this resource
View recorded television programmes from New Zealand and selected international channels. About this resource
Statistics
Concepts and definitions
Oxford Reference Online Premium
Includes A Dictionary of Psychology. About this resource
Drugs and medicines
Medicines Complete
Online access to key international drug references.
Medsafe Medicine Data Sheets
Prescribing information for specific medicines approved for distribution in New Zealand
An evidence based, peer reviewed, full text resource that contains information on more than 10,000 topics, access to Lexi-com drug monographs and interaction information for drugs and herbs. About this resource
Books and ebooks
Search Discover
To find books, journals, DVDs & other material held by Massey.
Search Libraries Worldwide
For postgraduate students and staff to find and request books that are not held by any Massey University Library.
Find books, ebooks and textbooks
Google Books
Searches across the full-text content of a huge range of books. You can then check by searching Discover to see if the book is held by Massey University Library. About this resource
Research Methods
Full-text content relating to research methodologies from books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, journals, and videos. About this resource
Search the Library for material on research methods in psychology
Theses
Find theses and research reports
Locate Massey, New Zealand and international theses.
Related subject guides
Social Sciences
This guide covers general social sciences topics, including human geography, politics, social anthropology, and sociology.
Education
Learn where to start your research in education.
Health and Nursing
This guide includes rehabilitation studies, speech & language therapy, and public health.
New Zealand Government
This guide provides access to New Zealand government, legislative and parliamentary resources.
New Zealand Statistics
This guide covers general New Zealand statistics from a wide range of sources from the 1840s to the present.
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